Helios probe

[duncan1297]

The challenge is to recreate the Helios probe

it broke the record for the fastest man made object ever(252,792 km/h or 157,078 mi/h or 43.63 mi/s or 70.22 km/s or 0.000234c)

and closest flyby of the Sun of any spacecraft.

here is the orbital path

score board (most accurate)

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Edited May 9, 2013 by duncan1297

[Fyrem]

Mods allowed or stock only?

AP to match Kerbin orbit?

weight of helios? or can we use any probe style/weight we care to.

[duncan1297]

mods are allowed but nothing crazy. I guess the challenge is just to recreate the speed and orbit as closely as possible. it dosent matter what its weight is but if it looks like the real thing you get bonus points

[Fyrem]

well, just to say : it will not be possible to match the speed AND orbit of any 'real' craft in KSP. This is due to the fact that KSP celestial bodys and the real Sun/Earth do not match.

We can match EITHER the orbit (and at which we will have a speed much slower than the Real helios,

or we can match the speed, (and we will have an orbit that extends far past Kerbins orbit).

but just for the fun, I will try to match the graphed orbit, and will let you know what the PE speed turns out to be.

I will aim for a PE of 3,157,883 km (1/2 of Moho AP), and match my AP with Kerbin's orbit :13,599,840 km

Edited May 9, 2013 by Fyrem