DarknessHasLost Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 On 2/25/2017 at 4:13 AM, Thrawn889 said: i dont think ive killed any Kerbals other than in reverts XD Although i have stranded them places. The Mun being my Most common one. Jeb is currently going crazy alone on an orbital station above the Mun with no intentions atm to bring him home... I always hire new kerbals for missions that i dont intend to recover, i happen to supply half of my own rescue quests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boganaut Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Got a screen grab of work in progress mobile Duna base built to fulfill a career mission, rescue Daxie Kerman and establish a better presence on Duna than the current horizontal rocket and debris from previous rescue mission. Image is a test-hover over the KSC launchpad using engines on detachable Duna Ascent vehicles. Aside from hover test, I have set staging to kick one rocket off at a time and ignite engine at the same time - works quite well! Haven't spent more time on the various rover mission elements though. This evening, the interplanetary cruiser SS Torg Mathar departed Tilenna's Mobile Truckstop in Ike orbit... ...and used a bit over 25% fuel loading to intercept Steylin Kerman's floating cupola module in retrograde orbit of Duna. The reaction wheels are going to have to work hard to keep the SS Torg Mathar flying true, but the piece of paper says we gotta get that piece of junk landed on Kerbin! There are two Kerbonauts aboard who have been rescued from the vicinity of Duna, so the next burn may be to place the ship on a return trajectory to Kerbin. Its not a science vessel, but it has a lab because the bean counters at HQ figured they could turn a buck on it... and it has worked out quite well as one of the passengers picked up from Ike was a scientist and had gathered a fairly large amount of data from Ike. It has also been handy to level up the crew at various voyage milestones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NISSKEPCSIM Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 (edited) EDIT: Never mind... Edited April 5, 2017 by NISSKEPCSIM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordFerret Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 (edited) 13 hours ago, Bornholio said: Do they actually help the network? Seems like they would have no advantage since they must connect to orbitals themselves. Your suspicion is pretty much correct, kinda... it's a yes/no. Originally my relay satellites, 3 of them, were at a 500km equatorial orbit, pretty much at the limit of their relay antenna's range (the HG-5). Planes and ground vehicles near polar regions were not getting full signal, so, towers. That worked fine. But, about the same time I put the towers up, I put new relay satellites up; 4 of them, Ion powered, same HG-5 antennas, but at 400km equatorial orbits - and - an additional 4 more at 400km polar orbit (they're actually 50m farther out than the equatorial relays, so they'll never collide). So, yea, the towers are there but kind of useless. Look at it this way; They provide jobs. The equipment requires periodic maintenance: battery change-outs, solar panel tracking motors need re-calibration and oiling, and somebody has to climb up there and clean all that Keagull poop off the dishes. They also attract Kolar bears, so I'm thinking maybe of using that new passenger jet I built for polar tourist Kolar bear excursions..... more jobs and/or regular feedings for the Kolar bears. Edited April 5, 2017 by LordFerret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnan Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Sent Jeb on a mission to Mun. He returned with 821 science. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 5 hours ago, JadeOfMaar said: Jiminy flarping crispies, what're you using to separate those boosters, BIGGER boosters?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
septemberWaves Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 (edited) 2 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Jiminy flarping crispies, what're you using to separate those boosters, BIGGER boosters?! They look like Flea engines. AKA the first SRB that you get at the beginning of a game that definitely shouldn't be used as a sepratron for a booster with a dry mass of less than 50 tonnes. Edited April 5, 2017 by eloquentJane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bornholio Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 I tweakscale fleas in early career for sepatrons they keep the same plume though..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOfMaar Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 56 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Jiminy flarping crispies, what're you using to separate those boosters, BIGGER boosters?! Don't tempt me. But yes, the tech node containing them was the last one I unlocked on its tier so I used Fleas. I took half of the SF out of them but clearly that wasn't enough. I get to watch the boosters collide behind me and and harmlessly explode every time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
septemberWaves Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 15 minutes ago, JadeOfMaar said: But yes, the tech node containing them was the last one I unlocked on its tier so I used Fleas. A nice trick to help with clean booster separation before you unlock sepratrons is to stick the radial decoupler at the top of the booster. It doesn't always work, but it generally helps out at least to some extent because the top of the booster is really where you need the most force to act during separation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOfMaar Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Just now, eloquentJane said: A nice trick to help with clean booster separation before you unlock sepratrons is to stick the radial decoupler at the top of the booster. It doesn't always work, but it generally helps out at least to some extent because the top of the booster is really where you need the most force to act during separation. I do that, thanks. I still wanted some separatron action, particularly in the realm of the boosters flipping over more strongly on separation. I must need more fleas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikki Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 (edited) My Kerbals went to science the cake out of [REDACTED]... A perfect Kertonov cargoplane with a mobile lab plus habitat, a mobile miningrig to refuel the plane and a small rover, all tightly stuffed into the cargobay. Ten Kerbals make a journey, 100% Stock KSP, not one single mod: (Third pic contains a spoiler) Some hours went into this project... Plane flies perfect... Spoiler Jebediah shows his skill... And Kerbals stay happy!!! Crazy, all stock... Edited April 5, 2017 by Mikki Pic into spoiler:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbital Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 I have 12 Kerbals and have been rotating them between a space lab (creatively called Skylab...) and the various inkarnations of the Odysseus vehicle. The goal is to get them all 5 stars while visiting all planets and moons. Two of them got there, but I still have two with 3 stars ad the rest has 4. We managed to set probes to Jool but no Kerbals reached there yet. Here are some random photos from the recent voyages. We've been to Eloo! but we keep missing Jool. MechJeb gives me estimates in years. Although the trip to Eloo took over 3 years and they're still almost a year from home. BTW, to keep track who is who I name my Kerbals to match their function: Sonya and Sidgurd are scientist for example, Pammy and Parker are pilots and Emily and Elma are the engineers on this journey. The drawback of creating your own Kerbals is that they vanish once their ship is recovered on Kerbin. So mine live in a Skylab for now and once they all reach 5 stars it will be time to retire them. There is also a Temp Hab made from stock parts only in case one of the mods freaks out and I need to remove or reinstall mods without losing Kerbals. OK, I'm a 50yo playing with virtual dolls....hmmm... Anyways.... Sonya Kerman as the first Kerbal on Eloo And this is the nuclear-magneto-plasma-something monstrosity that got them there. Taking off from Kerbin (not realistic, I know...) Preparing for the long burn... (modified version from the above screenshot) Odysseus XTR passing in the shadow of Skylab's giant solar panels. Again, an older build of the vessel. And away we go, next stop Eloo! Skylab... Odyssus' awesome behind. The engine in the middle is a modified Kerbodyne Rhino LFO for landings and the four others are NF Colossus Magnetoplasmadynamic engines burning Lithium and kolossal amounts of electricity. Two large nuclear reactors running at 50% (to last for the time of the journey) are required for those babies, solar panels won't cut it unless you do multiple short burns and wait for batteries to recharge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Found an old mod "SCANsat" that still works, scanning Kerbin right now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKosanianMethod Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 I haven't done anything in a while, but I plan on doing some work on my battleships over spring break... and maybe finally starting a career game on something higher than 1.0.5. Maybe I'll have time to get an early start today. 8 minutes ago, Triop said: Found an old mod "SCANsat" that still works, scanning Kerbin right now... What version of SCANsat and KSP are you running? And what mod lets you see through the cockpit (unless it's the stock cutaway)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 9 minutes ago, TheKosanianMethod said: I haven't done anything in a while, but I plan on doing some work on my battleships over spring break... and maybe finally starting a career game on something higher than 1.0.5. Maybe I'll have time to get an early start today. What version of SCANsat and KSP are you running? And what mod lets you see through the cockpit (unless it's the stock cutaway)? Version : 1.2.2.1622 Mod: See through is stock, there is a little button on the left of the Kerbals portrait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fearless Son Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 2 hours ago, JadeOfMaar said: I do that, thanks. I still wanted some separatron action, particularly in the realm of the boosters flipping over more strongly on separation. I must need more fleas... I find a good trick for booster separation lower in the atmosphere is to put stabilization surfaces toward the bottom of them. Not only does it help general rocket stability, but once the radially-mirrored boosters detach it makes each booster's individual drag profile asymmetric, and the aerodynamic forces help them peal away to the sides. This is mostly relevant on lower-stage boosters where the air is thicker and the acceleration is great, but it is a little less relevant at higher altitudes where the air is thin and one has more time to throttle-down and adjust in order to clear from the previous stage before beginning a strong burn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcalm Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 An electric propeller powered seaplane powered by an onboard nuclear reactor? Why yes, that does sound like a good idea, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbital Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 (edited) Stopover at Duna, on the way back home from Eloo... Edited April 5, 2017 by Kerbital Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Finally on my way to the deepest point of Kerbin... Brought some science stuff: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbital Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 (edited) Edited April 5, 2017 by Kerbital Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 (edited) 1385 Meters below sea level, mission succes ! EDIT: Got to 1390 meters; Edited April 5, 2017 by Triop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotAnAimbot Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Kept building my F-6 Longbow interceptor and working on a turbojet tank. I'm pretty satisfied with both of them, and I'm thinking about publishing them on the KS submission thread some time from now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragosnat Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 (edited) Welp. After a few months of playing KSP for a few hours a day with very few time warps lasting more then a Kerbin Day. My first craft finaly reached Duna: Was able to get high and near Duna science with goo, science Jr, temp and Presure thingy. And has enough fuel to get a Kerbin encounter one day while almost running dry... Edited April 6, 2017 by Aragosnat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bornholio Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Fixing yesterday's lunar lander mistakes I sent Val to the lunar north pole. hop skip and a 800dV jump hit three biomes. Solved, by using different part, the strange shadows on my fairings, got the boosters and main+side stages all recoverable. Still lost two solids when they collide. Wish it had those nice decouplers with the built in sep motors. Made it to the lowlands after visiting the north pole and major crater along the way. Jettisoned the camera system before the picture thinking i was going to leave science instruments on the surface. Note to self, lower decouple force... Few seconds of fuel left in the base as heaing to lunar orbit. Science packages disposed of, and running on fuel cells. Bye-bye lander stage. Got my re-entry down very well, peak heating was very limited. Didn't actually need the lunar rated heat shield. Peak G force was only 6.9g and it happened well into lower atmosphere at ~40km. Until this phase I had peaks at 3.4g on ascent and 3.5g at peak heating. Much better than the 15g+ hits that my previous designs suffered. Think next one will move more inside a storage bay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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