qzgy Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 2 minutes ago, Triop said: I need to see this monstrosity you've created.... I had to start up KSP and this is what I came up with so far . . . I should be in bed right now but in my bedroom it is 32 degrees celcius Looking nice. My one concern is excess pilot drag. Kerbals aren't super aerodynamic you know... Welp, the "monstrosity" as you put it splashed down quite short of the KSC. Gonna have a redesign.... also 32 C thats not really a habitable temperature is it...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norcalplanner Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 (edited) My thousand-ton colony ship finally arrived at Nodens in my 2.5x GPP/GEP career. Here's the ship making one of a half-dozen burns to slow down, match planes, and intercept Nodens. Gael is very far away. The end is in sight. The first of three burns resulting in a 500 km orbit. It is finished. In a circular 500 km orbit around Nodens, second planet around the red dwarf star Grannus. Brought to you by Karborundum torch drives. :-) Edited May 31, 2018 by Norcalplanner typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 4 minutes ago, qzgy said: Looking nice. My one concern is excess pilot drag. Kerbals aren't super aerodynamic you know... Welp, the "monstrosity" as you put it splashed down quite short of the KSC. Gonna have a redesign.... Awesome fuselage, but I suggest replace the nose with a intake and give it smaller wings. And try to limit parts. Once again, love the fuselage, very cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 15 minutes ago, Triop said: should be in bed right now but in my bedroom it is 32 degrees celcius Dude... someone get this guy an air conditioner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzgy Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 2 minutes ago, Triop said: Awesome fuselage, but I suggest replace the nose with a intake and give it smaller wings. And try to limit parts. Once again, love the fuselage, very cool Thank you! I'm already trying out a more minimalist design Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 (edited) 3 minutes ago, qzgy said: Thank you! I'm already trying out a more minimalist design Ow yes, now we're talking, you've just made @Cupcake... very proud. Edit: Anybody know how high a single Juno can get ? 8 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Dude... someone get this guy an air conditioner! Yes, please donate *test flight Edited May 31, 2018 by Triop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzgy Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Triop said: Ow yes, now we're talking, you've just made @Cupcake... very proud. Game crashed.... Still didn't look to good though. 150 units down, not as far as I would have liked. Ideally, each 100 units is for 1/4 the planet. However, I barely did like maybe 1/6th of Kerbin after 100 units. So..... yeah. I suspect the issue is that while you can circumnavigate with the panther on wet mode, you use more fuel per second, but travel also significantly farther every second compared to the Juno. Gonna have to try again.. maybe tomorrow though If you keep trying though, my advice is fly high. 7000 m seems to be pretty good.... Edited May 31, 2018 by qzgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinalFan Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Today my first Minmus landing party returned to Kerbin (who were also my third Mun landing party and prototype mining ship test crew) aboard my first spaceplane. The mission lasted about 50 days, or nearly 50% of my career to date. (In large part due to a direct Mun-Minmus path that in retrospect could probably have been done a lot faster via Kerbin.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzgy Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 22 minutes ago, Triop said: Edit: Anybody know how high a single Juno can get ? Yes, please donate *test flight OOoo pwetty. According to the wiki, best altitude is like 8000 to 12000 m. Flame out is apparently at 18,300 m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 (edited) 10 minutes ago, qzgy said: If you keep trying though, my advice is fly high. 7000 m seems to be pretty good.... Thanks, Just a test, I have a sauna appointment waiting for me... Edited May 31, 2018 by Triop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzgy Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Just now, Triop said: Just a test, I have a sauna appointment waiting for me... Good luck, though I'm quickly losing hope Estimating about 4 000 000 m distance needed to travel, roughly. The best fuel efficiency I saw was 0.03 units per second, which gives about 13000 seconds of time (or about 3.5 hours of flight time). So you would need to average about 307 m/s in order to circumnavigate at that efficiency (which is only an average) KER does suggest though flying higher gives better burn times at the cost of reduced power (7 kn and 4.5 hours at ~11 km). So its a matter of balance between the two. Anyways though - though numbers suggest its quite hard.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 (edited) 14 minutes ago, qzgy said: Good luck, though I'm quickly losing hope Nah, I'm not losing hope, with a fuel consumption of 0.03 this can work, it will only take forever... Anyway, I'm stopping my test here. TBC Edited May 31, 2018 by Triop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 3 hours ago, Triop said: Yes, please donate I've actually got a spare one... But if you're some place that uses Celsius, I'm guessing the shipping would negate that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupcake... Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Turns out there are wormholes in KSP! No, really, I've got proof: Enjoy! Cupcake... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enceos Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 (edited) Finally finished my orbital resource hub. Wanted to make it look unconventional. Nuclear powered, hence no solar panels. The engines at the back belong to the docked cargo lander, the station itself doesn't have engines. There's an "HD" button under the gfycat settings (gear icon). Edited May 31, 2018 by Enceos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Screenshot tax!! Spoiler I've been through the desert in a rover with no name Da da da daaaa I can't Remember the rest of the words Da da daaaa OK, I'll stop now. Planted a flag next to the ancient pyramids. Then a reeeeeeally long drive...... This rover needs a name. Any good ideas? P.S. It's amphibious too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKorbinjer Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 i created moar replicas. *Revised TBM 900 Bombardier Dash 8, 1:1 scale Beechcraft Starship They all fly like a dream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeslaPenguin1 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 (edited) 7 hours ago, RealKerbal3x said: This rover needs a name. Any good ideas? How about Rovery McRoverface? Edited May 31, 2018 by TeslaPenguin1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 2 minutes ago, TeslaPenguin1 said: How about Rovery McRoverface? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeslaPenguin1 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Just now, RealKerbal3x said: Exactly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castille7 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Incredible work man! If commercials were added this could be a Kerbal TV Show, but let’s not do that . Hats off to you, amazing work in every category! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azimech Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 While I'm doing other things I have the droning propeller sound in the background. Halfway around Kerbin for the Elcano challenge with my own twist: in 24 hours and without refueling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CobaltShock Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 As I posted in the mission reports thread, I had enough time between now and my next final (Monday) that I thought I'd play a session of KSP in my 3.2x GPP save. Here's a couple pictures I did not post in the thread (since it was already very much picture heavy) Scatterer + Eve + Cryo Engines = Heaven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngryKitty Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Discovered just how aerodynamically challenging the BFS actually is...very scientifically, of course. And then stuck the first landing with exactly zero liquid fuel remaining. This thing would be an absolutely terrifying ride... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeiss Ikon Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 In installed Realism Overhaul, including Principia and RSS. Odd thing -- Principia works fine (on Ubuntu 16.04 MATE 64-bit) if I launch the game from command line within the game's folder, but if I launch from a launcher icon (as I've been doing with KSP, on a couple different Ubuntu versions, since I first got it), Principia can't find its core dll file, principia.so. Now, off to build and fly something on Earth. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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