MaxwellsDemon Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 In my grand career reboot (using tougher settings and KCT), sent probes to the Mun and Minmus, and made my first orbital rescue (in this campaign). Tough when having to make a rendezvous 'manually' (using just the navball, stock nodes and information in the Map screen) and no RCS control-- but not impossible. [Achievement unlocked! ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadwave Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Got this probe into Duna orbit. The mission/design of it was originally based off the Mars 2 Orbiter and Lander. This Duna orbiter here had a lander attached to the top, but since I'm new to interplanetary travel and the characteristics of Duna, I didnt account for the weak atmosphere of Duna and the lander crashed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarrisonChisholm Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Yesterday I was about to toss the Gilly Orbiter mission manual in the bin. The transfer stage had burned out 650m/s short of Eve capture, & we had only 72 units of fuel with the probe's maneuvering Ant thruster. However we'd spent $160,000 to get it there, we may as well try until we fail. Step 1, 650 m/s burn to get capture- check, and hey there's fuel left. Step 2, 450 m/s plane change to match Gilly- check. Step 3, ...well holy crap; what luck. Only a 47 m/s burn gets me an encounter! Step 4, 400 m/s to capture-- and 12 units of fuel left!?! We did it!! I will never again look down on the lowly Ant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obi_juan Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Probably I am of the few that think that KSP is making an improvement on planetary atmospheres. When I send the firs ship (an automatic probe) to a planet with atmosphere I try to make a plane to check several locations for the future crewed missions. So I wanted to make a plane for Duna, In the past electric engines, or Karbonite engines, were able to fly in Duna. But in this new version al these engines don't have enough power for a practical plane... But this is more realistic behavior... Duna only have the 5% of the atmospheric pressure of Kerbin. At that altitude, when the pressure is only 5%, in Kerbin the jet engines don't have power, and the propeller blades don't have enough air to impulse the plane... I was thinking on make a rocket plane with enough fuel for a 15min autonomy... At this moment I saw the ION engine, high ISP low power... But the pressure in Duna is almost like don´t have atmophere, so the power and the ISP are reduced only about 5% in the worse conditions... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choctofliatrio2.0 Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 11 hours ago, Geschosskopf said: It looks like a podracer XD ...I know what my next project is. I sent my first interplanetary probe (first successful one that is), to Duna. It took many tries :./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geschosskopf Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 17 minutes ago, obi_juan said: Probably I am of the few that think that KSP is making an improvement on planetary atmospheres. When I send the firs ship (an automatic probe) to a planet with atmosphere I try to make a plane to check several locations for the future crewed missions. I'm the same way. I'd much rather fly if possible than drive around a planet I haven't tried flying on Duna yet in 1.0.5 (been too busy messing with Tekto in OPM). Thanks for the heads-up on the new conditions there. Awesome ion plane, BTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 My cat crashed my SSTO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NecroBones Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 (edited) Still some details to add, but I have a Saturn S-1C flyable. Yes, that's a 1.25m probe core attached to the fuel tank. It's also using the Rhino's flame effects for now. But it needs something bigger, so I'll make that too at some point. Edited December 31, 2015 by NecroBones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadwave Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Created another Duna 2 Orbiter and Lander and actually got the lander on the ground this time, yay Also mastered asparagus staging, which needless to say, did help me with fuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bev7787 Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Finishing off another KSP cinematic, leaving a teaser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dwarf Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Spent some more time working on my old rocket plane, the Fermion. It's part of my ongoing vendetta against side-mounted shuttle orbiters, and it performs better than I could have hoped. Right now I'm throwing a little station together to put it through its paces, and then I'm gonna integrate it into my career fleet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Designed and built an improbable-looking plane that flew nearly 1000KM on 50 units of fuel, using the tiniest Jet engine.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketPilot573 Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 (edited) I had some technical difficulties with the fireworks display... Anyways Happy 2016 everyone! I didn't even know such a big explosion was possible... Judging by this last picture I estimate only about 30% of the fireworks went off. Shame. Edited January 1, 2016 by RocketPilot573 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cantab Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Shuttle screenshot323 by cantab314, on Flickr screenshot325 by cantab314, on Flickr That has like 3 km/s of delta-V in the ET, as designed - this thing can go to Laythe and land a payload there. In theory. (In practice I have a modded system anyway). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbadevlin Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 I finished my Saturn V rocket, right on the deadline, ok, ok, 30m after my deadline (midnight 12/31/15) http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/129023-stock-saturn-v-replica/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
problemecium Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Just as the new year rolled in, I sent my Duna mothership on its way out of Kerbin's SOI: The "Dunaginata" is a much more modest craft than Kidonia, weighing in at a comparatively light 511 parts and 215 tons, but is nevertheless a weighty beast. Inside its main cargo bay is a lander for Ike and an advanced portable station that includes a survey probe, scientific probe, and ISRU mining bot; attached to the tail are the portable station expansion kit (which upgrades the station to include an artificial gravity ring) and a lander/ISRU refinery for a contract. Since Duna only has one moon, far fewer components are needed for this mission than for Kidonia's, which is the primary reason for the smaller size, mass, and part count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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StrandedonEarth Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 I found a Scientist named Theoory Kerman and just had to hire him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Sierra Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Built this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speeding Mullet Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 6 hours ago, Red Dwarf said: Spent some more time working on my old rocket plane, the Fermion. It's part of my ongoing vendetta against side-mounted shuttle orbiters, and it performs better than I could have hoped. Right now I'm throwing a little station together to put it through its paces, and then I'm gonna integrate it into my career fleet. Now that's a nice looking shuttle. Do you have a thread on this one? Alternatively can you give any more information. I'm interested in alternatives to my Buran and other's shuttles also! I went wing-suit flying on Kerbin today: SM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snarfster Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Happy New Year fellow Kerbonauts! Instead of fireworks, I'll leave these re-entry flames. This morning I just made a simple shuttle to move tourists about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Shirt Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 8 hours ago, SSgt Baloo said: Designed and built an improbable-looking plane that flew nearly 1000KM on 50 units of fuel, using the tiniest Jet engine.. Not much for planes but this is awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex_NL Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 (edited) Few weeks back I build an X-Wing. (http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/27292-what-did-you-do-in-ksp-today/&do=findComment&comment=2326720). Today I tried my luck at building a B-Wing. Like its movie counterpart it's very manoeuvrable. Just don't expect it to fly in the direction you want. Admiral Ackbar was right: "It's a trap!" It's a flying death trap! 100% stock and 100% deadly ... for the unfortunate pilot. Edited January 1, 2016 by Tex_NL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snarfster Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 59 minutes ago, Tex_NL said: Few weeks back I build an X-Wing. (http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/27292-what-did-you-do-in-ksp-today/&do=findComment&comment=2326720). Today I tried my luck at building a B-Wing. Like its movie counterpart it's very manoeuvrable. Just don't expect it to fly in the direction you want. Admiral Ackbar was right: "It's a trap!" It's a flying death trap! 100% stock and 100% deadly ... for the unfortunate pilot. Nice work. Fits very nice with the Star Wars O.D. I've been having this vacation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alchemist Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 (edited) Decided to work on this craft a bit. P.S. It got the orange tank to 100 km orbit. Edited January 1, 2016 by Alchemist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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