FungusForge Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 I spun Kerbin's start position around 180 degrees so days switch over at midnight instead of midday. It always mildly annoyed me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Findthepin1 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 This thread is going to hit 2 million views in the next few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Shirt Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 My SSTA continues to drill and convert ore in to fuel on Minmus. Meanwhile back at KSC the design team thought it would be cool to build a small MK1 nuke powered plane. Slapped it together in a few minutes and rolled it out on the runway. Reached the end of the runway at about 50+ m/s, still on the ground. Leaping off the edge it looked briefly like the Wright brother's first flight. Gracefully gliding until it touched the ocean with a huge splash. Every one held their breath until it was obvious the plane survived intact. It now became my first powered boat. Tried to submerge but it was too buoyant. Cruised around a bit before turning back to shore. It pulled up the bank and amazingly gained speed. Cresting the hill I corrected to return to the runway. The thought was enough speed had been gained that it would soar once it hit the ramp at the end of the runway. Instead it exploded. No one was particularly surprised, well maybe a little that the pilot walked away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proteus Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 i got kspgasm today,i just looked at this rocket today for 5 min without blinking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 (edited) Today we tried a new fuel called L.A.V.A. Bad idea.... Edited March 3, 2016 by Triop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joco223 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 3 minutes ago, Triop said: Today we tried a new fuel called L.A.V.A. Bad idea.... Nice one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Just now, Joco223 said: Nice one Thanks, found out what L.A.V.A. stands for: Liquid And Very Aggresive ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
731destroyer Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 I sent probes to Eve, Duna and Jool now im on my way to moho with a probe then i have to go back to duna with a rover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermil Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Not much. The teams are safe, comfortable and in good spirits. Danvey, Lealian and Lindra are still on Duna. Tandan, Sigrid and Bilfal are on their way to Jool. They finished their burn today. They will of course do a number of coarse correction burns eventually, but it's like a year off. Good thing their rocket is so modern and spacious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Dilsby Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 (edited) Nothing much--just left LKO for Minmus. Edited March 3, 2016 by Kuzzter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjarf Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 I know space crafts don't necessarily have to be aerodynamic, but that is a quite unusual shape even for a space craft. I kinda like it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Findthepin1 Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 (edited) EDIT3: WOOT WOOT WE MADE IT TO 2 MILLION Edited March 4, 2016 by Findthepin1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HorusKol Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 (edited) Valentina had a nice fly by of Mun - first trip there and back, with a nice free return orbit (gonna need a bigger rocket to get into orbit). The final return was a bit tedious - only had enough dV to get my PE at Kerbin down to 50 km, so Valentina had to aerobrake in 8 or so passes before finally slowing down enough to stay in Kerbin's atmosphere. Meanwhile, Jeb exploded a couple of launchers on the pad - trying to get enough science to unlock solar panels and the OCTO probe to start a communications network. Edited March 4, 2016 by HorusKol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 (edited) 404 Edited March 4, 2016 by Triop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil deCube Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 (edited) Science crew change at Dres Surface Observatory. Edited March 4, 2016 by Phil deCube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Well...Took on a challenge I didn't make... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Wilson Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 I started constructing my first space station with Realism Overhaul & Real Solar System: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exbyde Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Testing a biplane, seeing how many kerbals i can get to the mun cheaply. there's 12 of em in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bev7787 Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Ok it works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proteus Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 2 hours ago, exbyde said: Testing a biplane, seeing how many kerbals i can get to the mun cheaply. there's 12 of em in there the first picture is a WIN! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RizzoTheRat Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Failing at SSTO design again. I've decided to build a "crew training bus" to take new recruits on a small tour in order to train them up. I figured if I can design a 4-6 seater SSTO capable of landing on the Mun, it can refuel at the base there while the crew are out planting flags, visit Minmus for some more flag planting (and top up the tanks at the base there), and then briefly drop in to a Solar orbit before returning to Kerbin, all for the cost of the initial tank of fuel. My first attempt at about 20something tonnes with 2 Whiplash and 1 Nerv failed dismally. It was massively overpowered at low altitude (45 degree climb at 1/3 throttle) and not enough power once the jets flamed out, so I'm hoping the same basic idea with 1 whiplash and 2 nukes might work, but it means significantly more weight, otherwise I guess 2 rapiers and a nuke, but that means carrying oxidiser, I'd only planned to carry enough for the belly mounted Vernor landing engines. I could probably use my bigger Rapier powered SSTO, as it's got a lot of cargo bay space that I could fill with extra LFO and a crew cabin, but I really should get the hang of designing/flying SSTO's. I've got a degree in aeronautical engineering and several hours solo FFS, how hard can it be! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightshift83 Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Not much yet US primaries are just too funny right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evanitis Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 (edited) 11 minutes ago, RizzoTheRat said: My first attempt at about 20something tonnes with 2 Whiplash and 1 Nerv failed dismally. It was massively overpowered at low altitude (45 degree climb at 1/3 throttle) and not enough power once the jets flamed out That sounds like an all right proportion for me. The rocket TWR is low indeed, but that only means it needs an irregular ascent profile. I think if you don't pitch up after firing the nuke, and stay on ~15° AoA, you should reach orbit. Keep in mind that your initial AP shouldn't always reach 70km - if you raise your PE to 70km+, it won't degrade much if you already reached 50-60km. (of course, AP and PE still switches, but you get what I mean.) If all else fails, you can switch the whiplashes with rapiers. Add just a tiny sip of oxidizer so the hybrids can help the nuke a bit in the circularization. Edited March 4, 2016 by Evanitis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RizzoTheRat Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Think I got to about 1100m/s on the whiplashes alone before firing up the nuke, but was on a shallower AoA than you suggest as I'd levelled of to build speed, so maybe I was just on too shallow a trajectory when then jets flamed out. I'll give it another try to see if it my piloting that's at fault rather than my design then. Reading Slashy's post here I need to think about intakes too, currently using 2 radial ramps per engine and no idea if that's overkill or not enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Iron Crown Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Tried to make an orbital rocket in RP-0 using tier zero tech and within the 40t base pad limit: Hot staging! The rocket had enough delta-V to do it, but lack of attitude control once out of atmo foiled the attempt. Adding an RCS system and better avionics to add that control would cut into delta_V too much. I may have to give up and get lighter avionics and engines better than Aerobees and A4s. (Any other RP-0 players spend way too much on KCT simulations?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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