The Budgey Admiral Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Today was the launch of not only one, but in fact TWO new exploration ships. The Hemera launched today, together with her sistership Horus. Both are in excellent shape, as are their crews, and are likely to undergo first missions in the coming days. The Horus is capable of equipping a heat shield for aerobraking, I will likely do that around Duna or Eve. I am afraid these ships won't go much further. Then again, I have not tested that yet, and I have no clue on how to calculate deltaV... The Hemera was the first iteration and serves more as a prototype. She also lacks a M700. So no mapping, only scanning sadly. The Horus features a M700 on her underside, which allows her to pioneer a base deployment action. She has no atmospheric probe though, only a small RCS lander. I don't have time for much more, so the only real progress I made today was mapping Kerbin from orbit with a dedicated satellite on polar orbit. MapSat 2 (Don't ask what happened to MapSat 1) was launched mainly because I wanted to know something: I noticed that Minmus' poles are very rich in minerals. I was wondering if that is a feature all planets have, or if it is unique to Minmus. Turns out it in fact is. Also, the polar orbit made for some interesting views on Kerbin's poles. As you see here, the satellite is operation perfectly fine. It orbits the poles at roughly 80 km and... DAMNIT BOB, I TOLD YOU NOT TO SHOW THIS IMAGE!!! MAPSAT 1 WAS OUR SECRET! YOU RUINED ME! Done in KSP 1.0.5. No mods used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Testing a new jet-trainer plane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fearless Son Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 29 minutes ago, Triop said: Testing a new jet-trainer plane. I wish that cockpit was stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 5 minutes ago, Fearless Son said: I wish that cockpit was stock. Stock in the game or on this plane ? It looks stock, so legit enough for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fearless Son Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 2 minutes ago, Triop said: Stock in the game or on this plane ? It looks stock, so legit enough for me. In the game, I mean. We need a good Mk1 inline command pod with a capacity of two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 1 minute ago, Fearless Son said: In the game, I mean. We need a good Mk1 inline command pod with a capacity of two. Agreed, my guess is that's never gonna happen...AviationCockpits mod is good enough for me, stock or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkOwl57 Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, Triop said: Testing a new jet-trainer plane. ooohhhhh I'm going to say that cockpit is..... AirplanePlus? EDIT: Oh goddangit I didn't see that there was another page after this and it tells the answer..... *facepalm* Edited January 24, 2017 by DarkOwl57 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Just now, DarkOwl57 said: ooohhhhh I'm going to say that cockpit is..... AirplanePlus? No, AviationCockpits mod, but AirplanePlus is something I need now.... Made a stock trainer to see how it would look, had to place the engines in the back for a good COM/COL setting: Not bad, not bad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOfMaar Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Today it was my turn to raise the bar for KSP visual enhancement and with help from the awesometacular @Poodmund I escaped my little barely-there purple skybox and defied the Poodmund skybox status quo! I also went and orbited in atmosphere, again. This might be the last time I fly, at all, this upgrade concept to my NOX Crown spaceplane because the steering gets lousy at any decent speed. The added engine weights over its current release version have made it a flying brick. I also finally made something that I can (almost) comfortably share on KerbalX, a concept space taxi with nearly 1.2 TWR on Mun surface and 4000 dV. (The inner-center engines are up-scaled a little more to exactly 1.25m after these screenshots). It's inspired by the Asp craft from Elite: Dangerous. A 1.25m USI reactor clipped in the back more than provides for the engines and the up-scaled solar panels draw > 4 EC/s each. There's currently no Mono/RCS on this. Lastly there's an open space in the center and room on the engine stacks for more Xenon or plenty LS. Mods used here: Malemute, Tweakscale, surface Lights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leafbaron Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 1 minute ago, JadeOfMaar said: Today it was my turn to raise the bar for KSP visual enhancement and with help from the awesometacular @Poodmund I escaped my little barely-there purple skybox and defied the Poodmund skybox status quo! I also went and orbited in atmosphere, again. This might be the last time I fly, at all, this upgrade concept to my NOX Crown spaceplane because the steering gets lousy at any decent speed. The added engine weights over its current release version have made it a flying brick. I also finally made something that I can (almost) comfortably share on KerbalX, a concept space taxi with nearly 1.2 TWR on Mun surface and 4000 dV. (The inner-center engines are up-scaled a little more to exactly 1.25m after these screenshots). It's inspired by the Asp craft from Elite: Dangerous. A 1.25m USI reactor clipped in the back more than provides for the engines and the up-scaled solar panels draw > 4 EC/s each. There's currently no Mono/RCS on this. Lastly there's an open space in the center and room on the engine stacks for more Xenon or plenty LS. Mods used here: Malemute, Tweakscale, surface Lights. where do i get this skybox? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkOwl57 Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 2 minutes ago, Triop said: Yeah; the reason I'm thinking APlus is because it's got a shortened tail-fin part and it looks a lot like that On a totally different note, I made a cargo ship with 6 APlus propellers If I crash in the Dakar, I could use it to Air-drop in another car Send medical supplies and rescue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 2 minutes ago, DarkOwl57 said: Yeah; the reason I'm thinking APlus is because it's got a shortened tail-fin part and it looks a lot like that On a totally different note, I made a cargo ship with 6 APlus propellers If I crash in the Dakar, I could use it to Air-drop in another car Send medical supplies and rescue! I still need to make my run......1 week left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmashingKirby148 Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Lads... It's back... The GTX 1060 is back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkOwl57 Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 3 minutes ago, Triop said: I still need to make my run......1 week left. What... Are you telling me, Triop, the person who literally made the KSP Dakar a thread of the month, HASN'T FINISHED HIS RUN?!?!? Oh wait no; I just re-read the message. YOU HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED?!?!?!?!? 3 minutes ago, SmashingKirby148 said: Lads... It's back... The GTX 1060 is back. Thanks for the new background! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmashingKirby148 Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 3 minutes ago, DarkOwl57 said: Thanks for the new background! Ahaha, np, np. xD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Will the Fly fly ? It flies, but they never came back, in fact, we have no idea where they are right now.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyko Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 28 minutes ago, JadeOfMaar said: Today it was my turn to raise the bar for KSP visual enhancement and with help from the awesometacular @Poodmund I escaped my little barely-there purple skybox and defied the Poodmund skybox status quo! I also went and orbited in atmosphere, again. This might be the last time I fly, at all, this upgrade concept to my NOX Crown spaceplane because the steering gets lousy at any decent speed. The added engine weights over its current release version have made it a flying brick. Please share your skybox awesomeness!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOfMaar Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 8 minutes ago, Triop said: Will the Fly fly ? It flies, but they never came back Frog Kraken? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regex Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 10 minutes ago, Triop said: It flies, but they never came back, in fact, we have no idea where they are right now.... Where ever they've gone, at least one of them is overjoyed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 (edited) 2 minutes ago, regex said: Where ever they've gone, at least one of them is overjoyed. The only way to get an orange overall, smile during flight, Big Brother is watching, always.... Edited January 24, 2017 by Triop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelo Kerman Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Here is the Danube Delta's ASET IVA: Pilot's Station: (NOTE: There is no digital altimiter that I could find) Copilot's Station: Captain's Chair: Flight Engineer's Station: Systems Engineer's Station: 10 Forward: I have some reworking to do for the Clydesdale before its ASET IVA is done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 We have contact........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOfMaar Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Before I release the above skybox (with a not-so-permissive license).... Would there be any interest in this one too and its fully permissive license? http://imgur.com/a/31SOT Album Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDJ Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Not bad Triop. Not bad at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraden Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 14 minutes ago, JadeOfMaar said: Before I release the above skybox (with a not-so-permissive license).... Would there be any interest in this one too and its fully permissive license? http://imgur.com/a/31SOT Album <snip> Very yes... to both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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