Land Speed Record.

[AceGamer]

Whats the fastest you have gone in Kerbal Space Program on land?

I'm just about to go and see how fast I go, comment your speeds!

[AceGamer]

Just got up to 200 m/s and then it just exploded and all that survived where the... Struts... they are so op...

[xclusiv8]

318m/s! :-D The way it works is: I blast down the runway, at the end I eject the cockpit section. I tried finding a straight and long patch of land but could not find anything better than the runway.

Edited April 30, 2013 by xclusiv8

[saik0]

723 m/s is my top speed manned dragster. Though I know its still short of bring the current record holder.

[AceGamer]

Wow nice i usaly just turn around off the run way and do it there but by far the best place is the north pole as it is very flat!!

[xclusiv8]

723 m/s is my top speed manned dragster. Though I know its still short of bring the current record holder.

That is ridiculously fast.

[Bracken]

Did the Kerbal survive that? I can't see any way out.

My best survivable run is 458m/s which is over 1022mph. I have done 462 in the same car but didn't have Dxtory recording. Can anyone beat me without killing Jeb?

It's quite hard to fly, you have to launch at 5/6 throttle and increase to full right away to stop it crumpling the car. You have to time the SRBs just right, and you really have to wait to deploy the chute or it just gets ripped off.

I initially thought a long flat place was the best to do this, and made 250m/s running on the grass at KSC, but the runway is clearly the way to go. I also found that over 300m/s you need to totally re-design your ejector seat to keep it from smashing into the ground.

Also, first post, hello everyone.

[Spitfiredzwww]

Phew. 499m/s in a mainsail-and-LV-t30 rocket car-obviously not survivable

[Benie]

You guys make my Speed Rover look sad. It can get up to 60m/s before the wheels pop. But I got up to 153m/s before losing control with modded wheels that won't pop.

Uses an Aerospike Engine.

[PhsycoTimmay]

You guys make my Speed Rover look sad. It can get up to 60m/s before the wheels pop. But I got up to 153m/s before losing control with modded wheels that won't pop.

Uses an Aerospike Engine.

If you use the actual landing gear they will not pop or break

[Spartwo]

183m/s a cockpit and a ring of sepratrons.

[Felix Maxwell]

723 m/s is my top speed manned dragster. Though I know its still short of bring the current record holder.

This is the most glorious thing I have seen today.

[Spitfiredzwww]

I managed (at the end of the runway, not in any of the pics) 822m/s wonder how close it is to the actual record.

[CaptRobau]

343 m/s (so just above mach 1) with just a modified wheel (so that it doesn't break at such low speeds and one can use something other than the landing gear) and HyperEdit (so I can get to the North Pole, which has a lot of flat space). I like to do sort of realistic trial. So solid/liquid/jet engines and slowing down to zero speed, ie. surviving. The best design is three long SRBs, wheels and the Mk2 cockpit, which gets to the aforementioned 343 m/s.

I imagine when aerodynamics are introduced to stock KSP, one can finally do realistic trials because I'm struggling to get results similar to real-life records. Would probably push my 343 m/s a lot higher (if made more aerodynamic).

Been trying to get that on 1080p video to put on YouTube, but every attempt so far either breaks up before I can get to a complete stop. Earlier attempts worked, but I either didn't record it or at bad quality (360p). The 'Spirit of Kerbin' has a mind of its own. Maybe it'll work in 0.21.

[OXYER]

I got my vehicle up to 392 m/s before I reached the end of the runway. I then did a flip a crashed into the ocean.

[CheftonUTD]

Thought I'd try a different approach altogether, seeing if the game would let me boost a single engines' volumetric efficiency to an absurd level.. Pretty much along the lines of a massive turbo system to a air-breathing engine.

Didn't get much faster than 200m/s on the runway, it kind of flies though...

Hmm, must need to upgrade the fuel pumps and exhaust system haha.

[Orum]

First off, I'm not sure if we're supposed to use FAR for this or not, but I can't stand going back to the default drag model. Also, I assume we're supposed to do this at as close to sea level as possible, so I was at < 31m above sea level for the entire run (until the vehicle lifted off and/or exploded). So for this, I used FAR, and a few parts collections; KW, B9, and MechJeb are used on the vehicle itself, and KJR was used (as I use that by default as well).

I did it at the south pole as it's flat and has more flat area than the north pole, making it easier to land there while still having plenty of room to test. Getting it there was harder than actually doing the runs themselves, especially with deadly reentry installed. the actual ground speed vehicle is a 2 stage / 4 wheeled "rocket" with the first stage being an air-breathing jet engine, which gets me up to about mach 0.9.

"This isn't even my final form!"

Then I decouple the jet engine and its liquid tank and let the rocket take over. This invariably ends in disaster as the planet is far from perfectly smooth when traveling at these speeds. Here's a shot just prior to one of those disasters:

Then after I've blown up, I take a look at my speed. The highest I've gotten so far? 838 m/s (mach 2.44)!

Edited February 28, 2014 by Orum

[Michaelo90]

In this challenge i have reached 453 m/s stock and 740 m/s with FAR and realchutes, and stopped before the end of the runway After that FAR run it seems everbody else gave up...

Without braking i reached over 900 m/s before the end of the runway

Edited February 28, 2014 by Michaelo90

[rholtsla98]

You guys make my Speed Rover look sad. It can get up to 60m/s before the wheels pop. But I got up to 153m/s before losing control with modded wheels that won't pop.

Uses an Aerospike Engine.

Something you can do to make it more stable is make it have a low wide base, the lower and wider the better.

[m4rt14n]

How about inverted wings, sort of like a spoiler to plant the rocket down tp the ground? Would that work?

[Soda Popinski]

My original design for the Thrust KSC Land Speed Challenge. We had to stop on the runway. Watch this to see what worked and didn't work.

Topped off at 467 m/s

Edited March 1, 2014 by Soda Popinski

[Whackjob]

I think for the purposes of amusement I will have to take a Whack at this challenge tonight.

[Hello moto]

Whackjob will make something that will spin Kerbin beneath him...

Prepare yourselves

[Mr.Rocket]

I think for the purposes of amusement I will have to take a Whack at this challenge tonight.

Ba*dum tiss

Can't wait to see this

[Whackjob]

Just to solidify the restraints of this challenge, shall we note specifics? I would recommend starting from SPH launch point only, and speed value taken from end of runway, not total during flight or whatever.

Drag race challenge. I will endeavor to be the draggiest.

Edited March 2, 2014 by Whackjob