plaerzen Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Yeah I figured it out. I was tired when i posted that last night and didn't even check it after the post or anything. I Do the SRB burn starting at around 18-20k where the atmosphere is still thick enough to provide stability, and this burn will get me almost to 75x75 orbit, (it might even work to get to orbit 100%, I've jsut never been efficient enough with it) and then kick in the liquid rocket engines for 10-15 seconds to circularize. Left with just over 1 km/s of dv. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin0 Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 I made my first successful SSTO cargo spaceplane, looks awesome and can get into orbit really fast with plenty of fuel left.Javascript is disabled. View full album Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cantab Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Something that I always suspected, and was confirmed when I started looking at the numbers for the three stock SRBs, is that the new NASA/ARM/KD25k SRB is really weak, thrust-wise. The other SRBs are pretty powerful compared to everything else you've unlocked in the tech-tree, at the time that you get them, and they also have better TWRs (and thus shorter burn times). But the KD25k feels almost useless in normal play, unless you stack a lot of them on your rocket. They're meant to accompany the 2.5m and 3.75m parts, and yet the thrust is only equivalent to the Skipper (and I noticed in all of this, that the Skipper was nerfed at some point, since it used to have 800 thrust, but that's another topic).I've never really felt that way myself. Compared to the smaller SRBs it carries more fuel compared to its thrust giving lower full TWR, but the empty TWR is actually a shade above the BACC (but much less than the RT-10). It gives three times the thrust of any 1.25 m liquid engine, and clusters of four and seven beat the LFB and the quad SSME cluster by around 30-40%, so thrust is not something it's lacking I feel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r_rolo1 Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 @NecroBones Those are very nice SRB and something that the stock game actually needs ( it looks like the devs never heard about the Polaris and all the subsequent naval US missiles... ). In fact the only thing that I can point to that collection is the lack of a 0,625m SRB ( for upper stages or very low weight payloads ) , but the ones you make look good and seem actually stocklike.Also, those R5 are really sweet looking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slam_Jones Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Finally decided to explore Dres. Got my cruiser into (a very eccentric due to low dV) orbit around Dres, and successfully deployed my lander to the surface.After work, I'll attempt to bring the lander back to the orbiting cruiser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NecroBones Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 (edited) I've never really felt that way myself. Compared to the smaller SRBs it carries more fuel compared to its thrust giving lower full TWR, but the empty TWR is actually a shade above the BACC (but much less than the RT-10). It gives three times the thrust of any 1.25 m liquid engine, and clusters of four and seven beat the LFB and the quad SSME cluster by around 30-40%, so thrust is not something it's lacking I feel.Some good points, but I just never liked feeling like I needed to stack them in quad-clusters, compared to individual RT-10 or BACC boosters earlier in the career. If they had higher thrust, it could be tuned downward to meet your needs, but you can't tweak them upward, so I feel they're limited. All personal opinion, of course. Too each their own, for sure! Edited November 13, 2014 by NecroBones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electronicfox Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 I finally built a single-launch mun construction base. Inside those structural fairings are ore, metal and rocketpart tanks, as well as some batteries and monoprop. This is enough to build the kethane mining parts and more tanks to hold more resources.After enough expanding, it can theoretically build a larger launchpad and a duplicate of itself to launch to other bodies.Soon, the Kerbol system will be my VAB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFarnsworth Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Built this thing. And no, I don't know why either. I went to orbit, tumbled out of the sky, recovered, and landed it in one piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LABHOUSE Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 press f3presssss efff threeeeeeI did it just doesn't tell how the wings came off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electronicfox Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 I did it just doesn't tell how the wings came off.It will tell you what collided with what. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1greywind Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 I've spent hours just flying over Kerbin. People who say that there's nothing on Kerbing except KSC and few easter eggs are plainly wrong. Kerbin has stunning landscapes: rivers flowing through giant canyons; plains blistered with thousands small lakes; mountains towering over hidden lakes. Today I've learned that our small KSP world is much more then just launch pad for cheap rockets. Javascript is disabled. View full album Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragosnat Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 I've spent hours just flying over Kerbin. People who say that there's nothing on Kerbing except KSC and few easter eggs are plainly wrong. Kerbin has stunning landscapes: rivers flowing through giant canyons; plains blistered with thousands small lakes; mountains towering over hidden lakes. Today I've learned that our small KSP world is much more then just launch pad for cheap rockets. http://imgur.com/a/psJvlI do agree there are some stunning places to visit at Kerbin. Just takes a bit to find them as well as what you like. Or maybe we are easily impressed. =^.^= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theoderich Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Tried myself in 6.4x sized Kerbol system.. Didn't even get into orbit yet. But nearly .. my periaps was only a few km below the surface in the last try I did. I think the rocket is fine, but my gravity turn isn't yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissioner Tadpole Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 I was recently attacked by a previously undocumented breed of Kraken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cantab Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 (edited) More mod trying-out. Installed AntennaRange and knocked up a Mun lander with a little rover to test it out.Launch:After a slow lumber off the pad it got a bit squirrely around Mach 1, no great surprise with the rover on one side and no fairings. Still made orbit with no major drama though. Aero-failure-less FAR at least seems pretty easy.Landing:The trick here was to use twin engines and thrust-limit one, so it flies nearly straight despite the off-centre load, and I can then stick both back to full throttle for takeoff. Landing was pretty routine, if not super-efficient.Rover closeup:Drives quite well, if a bit skiddy. I rolled it plenty of times but no damage, and the QBE has enough torque to right it on the Mun.Now to make Munar orbit and then hopefully I should see the orbiting lander come in and out of contact with the rover. Edited November 14, 2014 by cantab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jouni Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 I managed to launch the 6.4x Tylo lander after adding 4 Skippers to the upper stage and another set of 6 SRBs for the launch.The refueling is going to be even more tedious than in my big Eve mission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizezed Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Well, I started a new career. No mods because I'm not really sold on any yet and I'm not totally sure how to install them. Spent a couple hours getting all the science I could at KSC at the time. So just EVA reports and surface samples from all the buildings. Yielded about 300 science. Then I started actually building rockets and slowly but surely got into space. Spent some time in the tracking station and found a class E asteroid that will come within 200km of Kerbin. I don't have advanced enough tech to grapple it, but I'm thinking of just sending up a huge rocket to collide with it to mess with its orbit. Never done anything like it before and it probably won't have any effect, but I think it might be interesting to see. Just sent up my first satellite and got its orbit to about 115km. It's only solar panels and comm devices, but it looks neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamuchi Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Worst idea ever, use a craft with ion engines to push an asteroid It worked ok`ish, untill docked and trying to bring it home... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bigbootie Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Finally managed to make a plane that actually achieved orbit. Too bad that's about all it can do but it helped me to understand what it takes. Now I can make more.Here she is in orbit:And landed safely which was actually my first successful landing too. Missing one engine but otherwise ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbootie Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 One variation of the many landers and transfer ships I sent to several planets and several moons:Same ship modified to be a lander/ScanSat/Orbiter:This setup was complete overkill to send a lander to Minmus:Crazy Mun lander I made with tons of fuel. I think I hit like 6 biomes and 2 anomalies before I parked it as a base. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbootie Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Great pics. I have done the same before. Great fun.I've spent hours just flying over Kerbin. People who say that there's nothing on Kerbing except KSC and few easter eggs are plainly wrong. Kerbin has stunning landscapes: rivers flowing through giant canyons; plains blistered with thousands small lakes; mountains towering over hidden lakes. Today I've learned that our small KSP world is much more then just launch pad for cheap rockets. http://imgur.com/a/psJvl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamagePen Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Hypersonic flights and zoom climbs with a U-2 and Lightning replica. Kerbin is a beautiful place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackdown Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Ending my KSP-boring-me episode and slowly resuming NorthKerbal space program.Javascript is disabled. View full album Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richy teh space man Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 I finally got the Kethane refueller I posted the other day to my base on Laythe, now I just need ideas on what to build there.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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