annallia Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Didn't do much just toyed around with rebuilding my little rover for moving hab modules so I can set up offworld bases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop149 Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 (edited) Today was refueling and more refueling. After refueling runs 9 and 10, Kidonia is now about a quarter full xPI'm starting to wonder if I made it too big.How many parts is the Kidonia. . . . and how do you prevent you computer from running at 5 FPS and catching fire?I've always avoided huge builds for fear of FPS crash + Kraken attack, but of that thing works then perhaps my fear is unfounded?I have been inspired to build something a little bigger. . . . not Kidonia big, but bigger!For fueling my (mostly) dry launches I plan to do it around Minmus using mined resources, it's damn sight easier to lift fuel from that gravity well than from Kerbin's! I say mostly because I launch with enough fuel to make it to Minmus orbit! Edited August 5, 2015 by Bishop149 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reactordrone Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Launched a couple of tourists on a sub orbital flight of he sun mission but didn't quite have enough fuel left for a direct return to Kerbin so they've gone on a little slingshot past Eve and are on their way to Duna to meet the more sane members of their tour party. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goddess Bhavani Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 This is a KSP remake of the iconic in-flight scene of X-Com, featuring the Skyranger VTOL. Stock craft, release thread here: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/130695-X-4-Enforcer-STOVL-Assault-Transport-a-X-COM-Skyranger-Replica?p=2121041#post2121041 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SickSix Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Well thank god I downloaded KIS. When I went to dock my two stages of my Duna station I discovered to my horror that my 2.5m docking port to my puller stage was on backwards! So I sent up a small craft with tools and extra ports asap. After several frustrating trial an errors (before reading the KIS user manual in detail) sessions with Bill I finally got it sorted. I now have 2 separate vessels on their way to Duna but unfortunately they will arrrive nearly 100 days apart. I need to get better at that. The science station will get there unmanned. I will be sending more stuff out there as well. And tonight I need to dowlnload Kerbal alarm clock.Also launched my first survey scanner over the moon. Next step will be to drop some surface probes and refine the search for my first mining expedition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LethalShade Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Designed this little baby, it flies well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxwellsDemon Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 I deployed my improved Multiprobe in Munar orbit, and my first probe arrived at Eve. It was something less than a total success, but I got some data back. The second of the pair of probes arrives two Kerbin days later, so I'll try something a little different to see if I can improve.(Love the trial-and-error aspect of KSP!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmiddlemass Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Jeb tried out his new dirt bike... (to be honest it needs more work but he seemed happy anyway)Born to be wild! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overland Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Lost another locomotive a 40 class.. 4003..seen here in happier times..she follows a long line of trains lost in development stages not far outside KSC due to 1.0+ updates causing problems..unlike her younger sister trains that were lost 100s of kms outside of KSC on the open road of green endless fields Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 I improved my SSTO spaceplane drone from 35.6% payload fraction to 37.7%http://imgur.com/a/NJ2K6I just keep cranking them out today. Now with extra long cargo bay with room for 3 Orange tanks. Payload fraction upped slightly to 37.9%.Javascript is disabled. View full album Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capi3101 Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Spent the evening in my second career save, largely doing tourist missions for money though I did successfully fulfill a couple of rescue missions before the night was out (same general rocket for both types = good design, IMHO) as well as a couple of relatively high-paying parts test contracts. I discovered that Fundraising Campaign set at 25% is a pretty awesome way of making some extra dough without hobbling my early game too much; I'm two or three game days in at this point and I've got my Level 2 R&D unlocked, with the game already offering me the Explore Duna contract - and this before Jeb has made it into Munar orbit for the first time (and I haven't tried to send anything to Minmus as yet). I've got 73 science; I'm thinking of sending Bob out to do some dumb ground science (of which I've done not a lot - just the Launchpad and Runway) to get that extra oomph I need to unlock another 90 point tier node. Probably Electrics (though I've also considered Space Exploration - which would give me another science instrument).I really probably need to go back to my regular career save at some point - I'm just having a lot of fun with this one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainApollo Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Will send a three Kerbal crew to Minmus and back safely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LethalShade Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 I should stop drinking before designing absurd spaceplanes that are not going to fly.Drinking coffee, of course.(This thing is able to fly) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikki Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 ...Drinking coffee, of course.(This thing is able to fly)Your plane looks very good, i would have really wondered how you build such a thing without a serious koffeineshock...Happy Landings ! (I like koffee with milk and all.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goddess Bhavani Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Previously in the thread someone rightly commented the X-Com Skyranger is so fat and stubby it should not be thinking of going to orbit...But oh my god after a few hours of work it becomes a Mach 3.5 intercontinental clipper, has STOVL capability, and I did not know something so fat could be so fast and agile! Thanks again @LethalShade for the idea and craft file! It was fun taking it apart and re-engineering it to the point it can dance like a butterfly, and sting like a bee! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slam_Jones Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Worked on a new fighter. Doesn't quite have a name yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LethalShade Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 (edited) Previously in the thread someone rightly commented the X-Com Skyranger is so fat and stubby it should not be thinking of going to orbit...But oh my god after a few hours of work it becomes a Mach 3.5 intercontinental clipper, has STOVL capability, and I did not know something so fat could be so fast and agile! Thanks again @LethalShade for the idea and craft file! It was fun taking it apart and re-engineering it to the point it can dance like a butterfly, and sting like a bee! Thanks to you. We should make some planes again if I come up with an interesting design.BTW, here's my own fighter jet, the Shark MkII :Why shark ? Well, see for yourself :It really looks like a shark.(This, or my caffeine addiction makes me hallucinating) Edited August 5, 2015 by LethalShade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mordin86 Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Those are some mind blowing creations you are sharing guys - wow for the creativity and assembling skills! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayana Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Added a drone core to my SSTO.Took it on a test flight.Hit physics warp to coast to orbit.Explosions due to physics warp overheating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LethalShade Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 I managed to almost hit mach 1 with the Shark MkII with less than 1/3 of its maximum throttle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NecroBones Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Making enormous SRBs... (3.75m x 21m tall) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wjolcz Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 (edited) Today I sent my engineer to the Mun in order to train him in base assembling.Nothing spectacular. The module to the right is an old, unmanned and low-tech outpost I landed there in order to fulfill some contract. Never visited by anyone before. Figured I might go there, gather science and go back home.Next stop: Duna. Edited August 5, 2015 by Veeltch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrooperCooper Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 The ESA launched its new heavy lifter system, which is supposedly able to deliver 500 tons of cargo into a low Earth orbit. Click here for details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDJ Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Decided to join the Elcano challenge and started designing a rover with Tank Treads. I found them more effective negotiating bumps and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annallia Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 I started building a colony ship. Got the basic design made, got the first few pieces into orbit (even using extraplanetary launchpads I had to break this thing up..)Then decided to take a break and something went funky with my computer so now I am MIA till I fix it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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