Triop Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 3 hours ago, Triop said: "Anybody seen Jeb ?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzgy Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Stock Coaxial helicopter development is going well. This is stable(-ish) and runs at 30 rads or so. Now wondering if its small enough for a replica I plan on making. And if that's not bright enough *cough azimech cough* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Kerman Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 The Jupiter Explorer probes continued with their mission One week until periapsis. Closest approach is 12800km. Jupiter is huge Contract complete! Everything looks so tiny... Bye Jupiter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azimech Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 5 hours ago, qzgy said: Stock Coaxial helicopter development is going well. This is stable(-ish) and runs at 30 rads or so. Now wondering if its small enough for a replica I plan on making. And if that's not bright enough *cough azimech cough* Daytime pictures are so much easier ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reusables Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Designing new model of a broadcast hoverdrone. This hovercraft features longer table and more reporters/casters. If flies! Not so well, and needs to be gentle and careful, but it flies anyway. Here we landed! Now you can broadcast something on the R&D bridge! So what to introduce, that is the question... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puggonaut Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Did this........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDARKOMETER Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 (edited) It's been a long time, Mun. It's time to go back, Apollo Style . Long time no see, space. Lunar Module docking Within my reach, the Mun! We have landed. Time to leave and return to the Main Command Module Aerobraking to save Delta-V Re-entry Made it back safe, and in one try Edited June 15, 2017 by TheDARKOMETER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reusables Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Made a compact mk3 SSTO. Maybe this could be useful for my career save. Realized that now LF-only SSTO is easy to make, and stock jet engines are, indeed, overpowered compared either to reality or to stock rocket engines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azimech Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 What's the word? The word is ri-di-cu-lous. Yes. Now repeat after me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Human Person Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 (edited) I grabbed a Class E Asteroid and landed it near Cthulhu on Bob. Edited June 15, 2017 by Physics Student Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 6 hours ago, Puggonaut said: Did this........ You get all my likes for today. but since I can't actually do that, guess I'll have to spread 'em around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puggonaut Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 27 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: You get all my likes for today. but since I can't actually do that, guess I'll have to spread 'em around. Thank You Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkOwl57 Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 (edited) On 6/13/2017 at 7:16 PM, Triop said: Thanks On 6/14/2017 at 11:06 AM, TheDARKOMETER said: Totally stealing this design. (And maybe that plane in your signature) 19 hours ago, Triop said: Pretty........ So... So..... Pretty.............. Is there a KerbalX link? Edited June 15, 2017 by DarkOwl57 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzgy Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 26 minutes ago, DarkOwl57 said: Pretty........ So... So..... Pretty.............. Is there a KerbalX link? https://kerbalx.com/qzgy/X-27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkOwl57 Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 2 minutes ago, qzgy said: https://kerbalx.com/qzgy/X-27 Thank you so much. Would you be okay if I used this in my new story? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzgy Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 (edited) 1 minute ago, DarkOwl57 said: Thank you so much. Would you be okay if I used this in my new story? Sure. If you don't mind, can you credit me somewhere for the craft? Oh, also, the camo is not on the craft. I think you would have to ask @Triop for the files. Edited June 15, 2017 by qzgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkOwl57 Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 1 minute ago, qzgy said: Sure. If you don't mind, can you credit me somewhere for the craft? Sure. Before the chapter I'll list any craft I used (If they're from other people) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzgy Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Just now, DarkOwl57 said: Sure. Before the chapter I'll list any craft I used (If they're from other people) Oh, and send me a link when it's published! I'd like to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkOwl57 Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 1 minute ago, qzgy said: Oh, and send me a link when it's published! I'd like to read. Coming out in July. Probably the biggest project I've ever attempted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Phil Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 I was working on a space plane, and I finally got it to orbit. This was early on in my current career save. I had managed to strand Val in orbit. I decided to do something that I would never normally do... build a spaceplane. I called it the ABI-01, for "A Bad Idea 1." What's weird is that it worked... Here it is on the pad. Quite the monstrosity. I was playing on a modified easy level of difficulty. I'm here for fun, not tedium. Anyways, that's why the pad is upgraded. Below is the rocket on its ascent. This thing was a beast to fly. It kept trying to flip over after the first stage, but luckily I had enough control authority to overcome it. And below is the rescue itself. This plane had very poor handling and could barely pull itself out of a steep dive. But it worked. I used this plane for a few missions afterwards, but it was quickly superseded by the ABI-02! Unlike the 01, the 02 could actually land, since it has landing gear. Not to mention it had much better handling. The version shown here is actually a sort of block 2, as the original ABI-02 did not have a docking port. The mission here is to rendezvous with a small station in orbit. Shown below is the spaceplane with the station. Notice the wing mounted wheel up in front. Using this new design I had much more flexibility. I mainly used it for tourist contracts. Here's a picture of the landing from one of these missions. This is the earlier version without a docking port. I'm quite happy that I finally landed a spaceplane at KSC. Here's a view of the plane on the runway. And here's a weird glitch or something I encountered on my way to the runway... The reason for the jet engines is to give me some leeway when I'm on approach to KSC. This is where things got hairy. The backstory of this image is a fairly successful munar mission. Loads of science, loads of money, and lots of fun. But on the way back, poor old Jeb ran out of propellant. He managed to get himself into a highly inclined eccentric medium orbit. The only problem was that I forgot to leave him some fuel to get into the rescue ship... So I had to essentially use a main engine, without any RCS, to put the ladder close enough to Jeb so he could get inside. It took a while, but I got him on the ladder. Anyhow, I did a bunch of other stuff, but this post is getting pretty long. And I'm having trouble finding screenshots... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkOwl57 Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 3 minutes ago, Bill Phil said: See kids? This is how waterfalls happen. They spawn in the sky and then fall down slowly creating amazing views. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinhero100 Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Yea.... HOORAY FOR SCIENCE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jouni Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Another day, another moon. All my heavy launch vehicles tend to have two Mammoth sustainers and two Twin-Boar boosters these days. Spoiler The ship itself was smaller than usual, as it was supposed to land on Vall on its own. I had never seen the Vallhenge before. It was much larger than what I expected. The same four kerbals as always. Spoiler I had to use two Thuds as VTOL engines. The gravity on Vall is too strong for the uphill landings I use on smaller moons. Spoiler Time to go home. In order to accommodate the VTOL engines, the ship had smaller than usual fuel tanks. While my typical Jool exploration ships have 10 km/s at LKO, the Vall ship only had 8 km/s. That meant an interplanetary launch directly from a Vall orbit with a 60-degree inclination, and aerobraking for over 1 km/s at Kerbin. Spoiler The usual crew recovery with a spaceplane. I overshot the runway by 100 km and had to fly back, as I had no idea how to return from an orbit with a 24-degree inclination. Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Today, @qzgy gave me a lift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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