Spacetraindriver Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 I halt my efforts on strapping massive rover trains onto VTOLS and strapping those VTOLS onto rockets, and actually try flying outside Kerbin's SOI. Nothing eventful happened though I did get some nice-ish screenshots. For my first second third attempt at interplanetary travel, I think I'm getting the hang of it! And with more than half the fuel remaining, I think I've found my new service module for interplanetary craft! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzgy Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 (edited) @TheMadKraken2297 made a big plane. I wanted to beat that in friendly competition. So I built a bigger one. Almost 1200 parts, takes up most of the SPH, uses 72 engines, and can carry 2311 kerbals (normally. For the challenge this will be entered in, it would be closer to 3600). Also makes my computer run like crap. FPS is around maybe 3 or 4. Edited November 24, 2017 by qzgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reusables Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 I know no one is interested in these things, but couldn't resist to post. Here goes Propeller-Nerv SSTO. No other kind of engines/propulsion used. Album https://imgur.com/a/xTCoY will appear when post is submitted So, what engine do you need to get to orbit? Nervs! Now, SSTO is possible only with Nerv engines. Technically, propeller is not an in-game engine, so... It can be improved further by improving the propellers, adding more Nerv engines and wet wings. For now, too many parts of it is infrastructures like fairings and cargo bay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anti_con2 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 (edited) added docking arm to sky dragon 2: https://imgur.com/fKYNL4M Edited November 24, 2017 by anti_con2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiew Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 15 hours ago, Urus28 said: Nothing like a little drive on Minmus in a big rover =) Not sure if you've moved Minmus closer to Kerbin, or whether you're doing some clever tricks with a narrow FoV and long zoom... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernel Kraken Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 (edited) I made a big plane. @qzgy Made a bigger one. And I am about to engage in a game of one-up man ship. https://giphy.com/gifs/disney-the-lion-king-nMUyUw9Xp80fK?utm_source=media-link&utm_medium=landing&utm_campaign=Media Links&utm_term=https://www.google.com/ Edited November 24, 2017 by TheMadKraken2297 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castille7 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 42 minutes ago, TheMadKraken2297 said: I made a big plane. And I am about to engage in a game of one-up man ship. Who will fry their computer first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzgy Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 17 minutes ago, Castille7 said: Who will fry their computer first? I know I still have a decent buffer (~600 parts or so) before my computer becomes unbearable. But those giant composite wings eat up part count fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxwellsDemon Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Redesigned my Munar landers for more delta-V... since MechJeb's landing autopilot is currently on the fritz, I need to land manually, and I'm just not as efficient in my landings as MechJeb is! Been seeing a lot of lithobraking... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeb, The Lonely Kerbonaut Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 So, today i finished one of the most incredible and most dangerous mission that i made in the game. This mission was to send a unmanned scientific probe to one of the Eve's oceans. It was to be a normal interplanetary mission, but when i start to burn to make a orbit arround Eve, the problems started to appear. This is the probe, the Kenera 3. I made a mistake in not make a aerocapture to get me in orbit of Eve, that would save a lot of Δv. Instead, i made a burn to get me in orbit, that spended over half of the fuel of the orbiter stage . So, when i finaly made a (high eliptic) orbit, i made a drastic decision: Lower my periapsis to below of the Eve's atmosphere height, and slowly, reduce the heigt of the apoapsis untill the land be viable. The probe in one of the aerobrakings. So, after a lot of aerobrakes and 2 or 3 (maybe more) bugs that, for my happiness, decreased drastically my apoapsis, the landing became viable. So, deorbited the probe, and separeted for the orbiter stage. The probe, separated from the orbiter stage. So i entered in the atmosphere of Eve, with NO ablator (all the ablator gone in the aerobrakings), but i managed to survive. The probe in the atmosphere of Eve. Falling... Semi-deployment of the parachutes... Full deployment of the parachutes. The probe, "landed' on the Eve's Explodium Sea. And the journey of the probe ends, giving to me over 1.800 science points, allowing to me unlock more 2 node of the Tech Tree. Now i have just 2 nodes left to complete the Tech Tree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inverurie Jones Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 15 minutes ago, MaxwellsDemon said: Redesigned my Munar landers for more delta-V... since MechJeb's landing autopilot is currently on the fritz. Tell me about it! Me: I need to land this fuel tank next to my Munbase, I'll use mechjeb to save a bit of time. Mechjeb: Okay dokay! Let's put it down in this random place, via the side of a mountain! On top of that I had to land my largest space station via Hyperedit after a glitched docking board led to it becoming one with the crew change shuttle, the KSS Discovery, which was left dangling off the side of the larger machine for all time, like a horny angler fish. On the plus side, it did remind me of a verse in TISM's 'Everyone Else Has Had More Sex Than Me'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urus28 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 2 hours ago, eddiew said: Not sure if you've moved Minmus closer to Kerbin, or whether you're doing some clever tricks with a narrow FoV and long zoom... The second proposition is the good one =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiew Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 (edited) Lugged this thing up to low Earth orbit to provide somewhere to send all the probe science I've been gathering. Forgot to put any crew on it... supply mission required Edit: wow, compression has ruined the blacks on this image... blame imgur for that one! Edited November 24, 2017 by eddiew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernel Kraken Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Today I One-Upped @qzgy 5 hours ago, Castille7 said: Who will fry their computer first? me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laie Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 @TheMadKraken2297 apt username, I have to grant you that. As for me, I've been improving my Ferry Rocket and managed to snap a moody picture along the way: Also, a there's a small gallery and half-baked dev blog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernel Kraken Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 24 minutes ago, Laie said: @TheMadKraken2297 apt username, I have to grant you that. I try my hardest to stay true to my username! I definitely have made the Kraken mad before.... *shudders* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona688 Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 I did my first in-cockpit docking with a special craft that staples the station to its forehead: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anti_con2 Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 4 hours ago, TheMadKraken2297 said: Today I One-Upped @qzgy me. dear god Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzgy Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 (edited) 18 hours ago, TheMadKraken2297 said: Today I One-Upped @qzgy Downloaded hangar extender and tweakscale to help me. Gonna lose that one up real soon. Already started work on a 5 wide triple high one No pics sadly, but I'll try to get them soonish Gonna release both at the same time maybe Edit: Pictures, as promised Edited November 25, 2017 by qzgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernel Kraken Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 36 minutes ago, qzgy said: Downloaded hangar extender and tweakscale to help me. Gonna lose that one up real soon. Already started work on a 5 wide triple high one No pics sadly, but I'll try to get them soonish Gonna release both at the same time maybe Just installed those too. I'm gonna have fun- also downloaded Airplane Plus for the challenge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelo Kerman Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 I did a lot of work on DSEV's Trinity nuclear engine: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Today I encountered my first Kraken. Just achieved LKO, staged a fairing... and the craft disintegrated. I didn't even get an explosion. A few pieces did survive, hurling into deep space at roughly 3c. Nobody was on board, but it was a fuel pod being sent to give a helping hand to a pair of dumb-dumbs who flew a plane to the Mun and didn't bring enough fuel to get back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Kyle Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 RO/RSS/RP-0 Put my first 2 sats in orbit around the Moon. One in a polar orbit and one in a standard orbit. Nathan's tutorials part 11 and 12. I also did the sat mission where I use the Moon to escape Earth but ran out of electricity and could not complete the last experiment outside Earth's SOI. Oh well.....pretty successful day really. Next up..... part 13 Spy sats Really enjoying the tutorials and the whole RO/RSS experience. Definitely harder than regular Kerbal but I am learning a lot. I will be a lot better off for doing this, I can see that now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anti_con2 Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 taurus (left) and vulture (right) have docked at in low minmus orbit for my first ever landing on the mint planet in just a few days! https://imgur.com/gallery/olztF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisjosh2711 Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 spent most the night unsuccessfully trying to get my new landing legs to work right. Try again tomorrow. On a positive note I finished the fins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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