irongut Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 (edited) Extreme aerobraking!I finally warped time so my Discovery JL-1 mothership and probes would reach Jool. This is my first interplanetary mission and was launched several rl weeks ago. After 3 attempts I managed to work out a suitable periapsis so that I wouldn't either escape Jool's SOI or spiral into its crushing gravity well. Pretty fireworks ensued but the ship held together and I achieved a reasonably equatorial orbit from Jool's atmosphere out to past Laythe. A couple more passes have since brought my apoapsis down to inside Laythe's orbit and tomorrow I'll circularise properly. Edited May 20, 2014 by irongut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jouni Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 I made a stupid mistake in my first Tylo landing attempt. The plan was to complete the mission in three parts: first figure out how to land, then learn to land efficiently, and finally try to take off. After the first succesful landing, I accidentally quicksaved instead of quickloading, so I was left with something like 100 m/s too little to reach orbit. The only thing I could do was to abandon the lander, circularize with the jetpack, and launch a rescue mission from Laythe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravenchant Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Where's it headed?Duna! As I don't use NERVAs unless absolutely neccessary, the "nearby" planets are going to see lots of activity before the Kerbals go to Laythe or so There are seven ships- apart from the habitat one, they carry 3 landers, 2 15-ton rovers, comm sats/beacons, a small station and 3 auxiliary craft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coreross Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 I returned Bill from Dres to Kerbin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrianCEV Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Bob,Milbus,Edlu and Melzon landed successfully after delivering a station component,Jeb,and Bill.I somehow managed to land it up hill without crashing into the nearby mountains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cesarcurado Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Tried to put a bomb from infinitedice's boat parts pack with the minisub under a carrier, result: kraken, and the damn carrier flew like 600 meters in the sky.Kurt Kerman is still dead in the ocean floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cantab Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Save scumming.My Mun lander hadn't previously given me any trouble. But I'd slightly tweaked the design, to bring the Goo Canisters back up instead of leaving them. That way I can take back two results for the experiment, putting one in each of the orbiter's command pods.This small, seemingly trivial change resulted in the landing legs knocking the engine off when they decoupled. Twice. Third time round, I got lucky.I've since changed the design again, hopefully the fault won't recur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baalnamib Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 I built this:I'll send this little piece of junk to Duna. (without SSTO) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capi3101 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Career game met with abject disaster today. For starters, my Ike flight seems to have completely disappeared; I caught Jeb sipping coffee in the astronaut complex when he was supposed to be orbiting Ike.Things also made a turn for the worse with my Gilly mission. After realizing that the mothership couldn't produce electrical power on its own (all the solar panels were on the drop probes and the two returning to Kerbin had battery packs only), I left one probe attached and went ahead and sent the lander portion off to Gilly, with the mothership staying in Eve orbit. Landing went okay, but on return to Eve I discovered that I had managed to put the lander in a 180 degree retrograde orbit relative to the mothership. With only 100 m/s of fuel left and a hell of a lot of science at stake, it's definitely time for me to begin planning a rescue mission. The hope is to save both parts of the mission; aerobraking to get both in the same flight might be tricky at best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryxal Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 I managed a landing on Tylo and took off again ... though it's a good thing I did a quicksave before the descent, the first try plowed into the side of a hill. This was with the use of the Kethane mod, but then, it's also a lander for all 5 of Jool's moons and didn't drop anything anywhere (except on launch from Kerbin).Come to think of it, I had to load from a quicksave on Laythe too ... it blew up when the chutes deployed the first time! I should probably have used two drogue chutes and two normal instead of four normal... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGCJerry Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 (edited) Made my own version of a Kerbal Kannon and shot Kerbals about 520m/sec away from KSC and crashing them about 5km away in the hills... ... Edited March 24, 2014 by MGCJerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 My version of N1. Not the real deal but inspired by it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Othuyeg Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Made my own version of a Kerbal Kannon and shot Kerbals about 520m/sec away from KSC and crashing them about 5km away in the hills... ...http://2thextreme.org/forum_images/ksp/kk.jpgI'd love to see your setup dude. Also there is a challenge for the best Kannon.http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/72287-Kerbal-Accelerator-Challenge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xaelath Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Tested some self-made rockets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jank Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 In the ongoing dragging-out Lars Kerman rescue mission, Jack Kerman tried to dock a Kaku-class Lander with the Tyson-class Interplanetary Station in orbit over Duna, only to find that somehow his Clampotron Sr had come loose - though still attached to the Lander, it could not dock with the station... back to the ole drawing board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liowen Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 I have not done much in KSP today as I needed to get a new mouse, my old one was randomly double clicking and making build crafts a nightmare. Soon I will be able to play much better....once it i all updated of course. I have also been messing around with a science lab mobile base setup and I hope to have it finished and flight worthy soonish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nepos Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 I killed a Kerbal and learned that Deadly Re-entry Mod is deadly if you re-enter to steep. RIP Halgel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nepos Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 My version of N1. Not the real deal but inspired by it.http://i.imgur.com/NOpccFt.jpgI like the look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker Joe Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 I continued the adventures of Raybart Kerman! (See mission reports for more info) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauix Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 I sent my first mission to Duna. When I arrived there, I found out that the lander was defective and, after transfering all its fuel back to the interplanetary stage, I headed back to Kerbin in shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kialar Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 I can't stand it. I have to show you folks my base on Vall with this wonderfull view on Jool and Laythe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ph34rb0t Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 My first arrival at Duna in KSP. And I've been with KSP since, uh...0.09 or so. *Cough*Leaving Kerbin.Scienceing up Duna and Ike in one pass. This is perfect!Ike-rise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGCJerry Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 I'd love to see your setup dude. Also there is a challenge for the best Kannon.http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/72287-Kerbal-Accelerator-ChallengeI'm still working on the design. I'll show pics when I get it tweaked a little more. I'm also going to be moving a long distance move later this week so I'll be out of contact for awhile after this Thursday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Started my first manned Duna lander mission This mission was a cursed ball to handle had to redo it so much times. Anyways it was worth it.Here's a preview of how decoupling the Retroburners looks like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 (edited) Finished to add more part to my orbital shipyard around Minmus and is currently constructing an copy of it I will send to Jool.The ship in the back is an ketane and ore miner. suprisingly its far heavier than the shipyard as it carry so much ore. Edited March 24, 2014 by magnemoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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