Angelo Kerman Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 (edited) I finished my flying saucer's crew cabin IVA: I also began building the Duna One expedition. The main ship is fully assembled and is currently being fueled: Once the tanker delivers its load of propellant, it heads over to Skybase to dock and serve as storage for future construction. The Mk1 Munbus finally made it to the station, where Loner, Dorod, and Wenbles had been waiting. After refueling the Munbus, Team Loner departed the station, leaving it unoccupied. They're currently on course for the Mun. Edited May 22, 2018 by Angel-125 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barzon Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Thats cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barzon Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Ah-ha! Finished upgrading my Munar Station with a docking hub and a lab! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CobaltShock Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Wow @Angel-125, love the look of that station! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 (edited) On 5/21/2018 at 8:39 PM, nagami said: I went to school, did.. things. And came back home Welcome to the forum ! Anyways, I've wanted to design a MiG-21 with the parts I've unlocked so far, I still need to unlock the Shock Cone Intake but for now I think it looks pretty good. Testflying this baby went surprisingly smooth, a bit heavy with 1600 LF, but it get's me places. Spoiler Edited May 23, 2018 by Triop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azimech Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 4 hours ago, SpannerMonkey(smce) said: Today, i mostly frittered hours away racing Kerbals around in very large circles, whilst recognizing that @Azimech builds an amazing stock car . Lowell Blackout modified , and CanAm racer on the wall ( 2.2 km across, 6.9km track surface loop) Running hands free at over 100m/s Hide contents Terrific! It needs two things: Rover Wheels Sounds with a good sample ... and doppler effect. From 1.0.5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kronus_Aerospace Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 (edited) Today, I saw Squiddy's and Rade's recent Duna prop aircrafts. And well, I of course decided to take the concept to its logical conclusion. I don't have hyper-edit or vessel mover, so I'm not sure how I'm gonna do test flights. Edited May 23, 2018 by Kronus_Aerospace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARS Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 (edited) Today, I landed the biome hopper Umi-02 [FLOATING MATERIAL] on minmus Spoiler Reorientate into horizontal trajectory... Separation... Land it gently... And touchdown! Let's do some science! But then... The science it gets still isn't enough to complete the tech tree, I got 88 science point left, and this is the nodes that I haven't researched yet. Minmus science operation won't be enough to get all of them, even after I'm hopping around Minmus biomes using RCS thusters and doing science With that in mind, I launched another mission by building another craft, an orbital exploration probe, named Tsuki-04 [CELESTIAL BEING] (Codenamed Tsuki (Moon) because the intended primary destination is only Mun and Minmus, Kerbin's moon), The probe weighs exactly 1 ton. At first, this mission is only intended to get high and low orbit data, but to my surprise, it goes far beyond even that. This is possibly my most successful science mission. Watch this: Spoiler Tsuki-04 [CELESTIAL BEING] Launched Reaching low Kerbin orbit, jettisoning fairing and get low orbit data While transmitting, the probe reached high Kerbin orbit, so I gathered the high orbit data too How lucky! The next orbit automatically brings the probe into Mun capture Gathering high Mun orbit data, while the craft is close enough, I also collect the low Mun orbit data Preparing for Minmus transfer burn Getting high Minmus orbit data before lowering Minmus orbit Gathering low Minmus orbit data Now, all mission objectives has been completed. I got enough science to finish the tech tree. Then I'm wondering... How far can I go? I still has some fuel left, how about interplanetary transfer? Unfortunately, the stock antenna isn't going to get my probe usable if it goes too far, so I'm making a large communication relay satellite, named Kounotori-05 [DISTANT STAR] (Codenamed Kounotori (White stork) because it's said that white stork brings good news, in this case, it brings science transmission ) Kounotori-05 [DISTANT STAR] Launched Stable orbit reached, deploying the antenna array Tsuki-04 [CELESTIAL BEING] goes to Eve On the way, let's get some Kerbol orbit data Captured in Eve's SOI, getting high Eve orbit data Lowering the orbit, and getting low Eve orbit data Preparing Gilly transfer After getting into Gilly's SOI, gathering the high Gilly orbit data The mission almost end in catastrophe when I'm too busy to look at the map view and not paying attention to "actual" view, the probe almost crashed into Gilly. Fortunately, I'm setting the thrust to full throttle just in time to save it (and getting low Gilly orbit data) Leaving Eve orbit, the probe now prepares for Moho transfer Getting high Moho orbit data The probe's fuel reserve is running very low. It won't be enough to make stable Moho orbit, so it drifts into Moho escape and now orbiting Kerbol between Eve and Moho. In honor of the outstanding achievement, I won't decommission this probe, for the massive contribution it gives Thank you so much, Tsuki-04 [CELESTIAL BEING], from having only 88 science, the R&D department now has obtained a whooping 44,304 science! Possibly the highest amount science that I ever get in a single mission, and one of the most successful, if not the best mission I ever done! What a beautiful day! Edited May 23, 2018 by ARS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 "Keep going right they said . . ." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 26 minutes ago, Triop said: "Keep going right they said . . ." Shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 2 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 2 hours ago, Kronus_Aerospace said: don't have hyper-edit or vessel mover, so I'm not sure how I'm gonna do test flights. Use the cheat menu... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kronus_Aerospace Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 1 hour ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Use the cheat menu... I thought of that, but having to deorbit the thing and land everytime I make a change would be incredibly time consuming. I guess there's no way around it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 (edited) 59 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Use the cheat menu... Welcome, would you like to order What is your pleasure ? * Hotdog -2 funds * Unlimited fuel -1000 funds - soul * A date with Val -5000 funds + 50 reputation "We have such sights to show you" Edited May 23, 2018 by Triop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattJL Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Did some driving around on the Mun: Discovered that there's a third camera angle in the Mk1 Crew Cabin by accident. Kind of a cool find, but I'm sure everyone else has seen this before: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maceemiller Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 What A BRILLIANT couple of hours Ive just had on KSP!! Such a simple mission but its rejuvinated my love for this game no end! I posted the start of my idea here and have just finished part 1 of it......now for the rove and rescue to think of..... What really made me feel great was how scared, nervous, excited, concentrating etc. on the descent to EVE through the atmosphere.....sheer enjoyment!! Well, the boys are down and about to do some roving before a rescue mission is sent......until then please check out s few more piccys from Bill and Jebs Excellent Adventure A simple entry to EVEs surface I know however its got me excited about KSP again so however its done, its a wonderful feeling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue_J Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 (edited) It's been a major version or two since I messed around with SSTOs, and I had about 60 days until my fleet of probes arrives at Eve, so last night I decided to take a crack at making a Minmus-capable flyer with a crew capacity of 6 and a docking port. (A standardized craft like this has a lot of uses, obviously: Space station crew shuttle, orbital rescue craft, tour bus, training flyer for new crew members, and Kerbin system space station contracts.) After a few failed or overly anemic designs, I arrived at this craft, the Skybax Ultra: It's pretty standard as SSTO shuttles go, but it's mine, and it is capable of getting to LKO with ~1650 m/s of delta-V, plus a small reserve of LFO for using the maneuvering thrusters. I can probably do better; I'm still tweaking the ascent profile and fuel mix, but it's theoretically there, (albeit with a tight budget.) So, throwing caution to the wind, (as is the Kerbal way,) I picked up a Mun orbital base mission, a Minmus surface base mission, three tourists, and a trainee crew, and set out into the void. I knew that circularizing my orbit around the Mun would burn too much fuel to complete the mission, but I had left a refueling tank in low Mun orbit, and I was able to dock with that and pick up enough fuel to journey onward...although apparently I should have taken more. I botched the transfer from the Mun to Minmus and came in about 200 m/s too hot, killing my budget again. I successfully landed on Minmus' Lesser Flats, with 163 m/s of dV left, meaning I'd need to send a rescue tanker. After confirming that KAS was still up to the task, I set about designing the refueling lander, and quickly came to the realization that I could send a small refueling craft...or, I could send a massively oversized refinery to Minmus so that nobody needs to run out of fuel there again. One half-million funds launch and eight days later... If I can get the tourists back in one piece, this trip will pay for almost the whole refinery. We'll see how it goes tonight. Edited May 23, 2018 by Blue_J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puggonaut Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Thought hey lets land a Falcon 9 with No *Hud * ** Only took about 35 attempts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinalFan Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 I thought I was very clever attaching a tourist pod to the bottom of my radial engine craft. Turns out it got stuck to the engines. On Kerbin return, the parachutes weren't slowing the ship quite enough to save the bottom habitation module, and I thought I was very clever realizing that the chutes would be able to tug it free a few hundred feet above the surface. I forgot that unattended vehicles counted as debris and KSP murdered the tourists. I felt no shame at reloading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelo Kerman Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 I attempted to land the Mk1 Munbus on the Mun: It turns out that the craft is pretty uncontrollable during descent and it suffered a catastrophic crash. This is all that's left: Luckily, the crew survived the crash. A rescue mission isn't needed as they landed with half a kilometer of Munbase Enterprise. But they'll definitely need a change of flight suit, and for an improved Munbus... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Can't believe this worked . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeslaPenguin1 Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 10 minutes ago, Triop said: Can't believe this worked . . . You, sir, are a true kerbal master. That is the most Kerbal thing I have ever seen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 (edited) 15 minutes ago, TeslaPenguin1 said: You, sir, are a true kerbal master. That is the most Kerbal thing I have ever seen Lol, I just give you like # 100 Nah, not a master, more a minimalist. On my way to the other side of Kerbin for a surface contract (Mount Hopeless) Edited May 23, 2018 by Triop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agustin Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 My plant a flag on Mun Mission with Principia: Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kronus_Aerospace Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 Kardun Seems extremely pleased with this situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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