TrooperCooper Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 (edited) Put a new heavy launcher into service... It can lift 500 tons into Kerbin orbit and is fully recoverable. With the help of this new lifter, more gear was launched to be installed at the mining base on Eeeloo. Fleet assembling in LKO... Then the tugs pulled the mining and transport equipment to Eeloo / Sarnus. Karborundum and Uraninite mining installation descending on the base... A general Karbonite / Ore mining rig with all kinds of converters was also deployed... Removing the travel gear with controled explosions... The mining base was now ready and started digging Karborundum... Then the Karborundum Freighter landed next to the base, still propelled by regular engines... Once it touched down on the ground, the standard engines and tanks were blown off... It then was completly loaded up with the new powerful fuel resource... First Karborundum driven ship taking off and heading straight to Kerbin, to bring a first tank load of it back home... After arrival in LKO, a fraction of its cargo went into a return-vessel... The Karbo Returner then brought 20,000 units of it down to the surface, solving all of the space programs financial problems and providing enough energy for Kerbins socitity for the next 200 years. Now, at the dawn of the Karborundum age, a new class of heavy interplanetary tug was lifted into orbit... The Megathron class, successor of the Pegasus class, is powered by 16 Karborundum fusion drives and will push... anything... to anywhere. It was loaded up with the remaining Karborundum from the Freighter still in orbit... In order to bring large ammounts of the powerful fuel from Eeloo, a large depot module was launched empty by the 500 ton lifter... It then was put on the Megathron... On top of it came a new Karborundum lifter as well as a karborundum-driven landing craft. The Megathron pulled the package over to Eeloo... And the Karbo Lifter began hauling Karborundum from the surface at once... Filling up the large Karborundum depot, still attached to the Megathron... Once the depot was full with a large load, it was decided that the mining team (Jeb, Bill and Bob) would return back to Kerbin for further assignments. So the Prometheus, interplanetary travel module, that was still in Eeloo orbit was readied up... And put on top of the Megathron,... on top of the loaded Karborundum Depot... Jeb, Bill and Bob then shut down the mining base for now and headed into orbit with the new lander... Getting back on board of their travel ship... Then the Megathron pushed the three Kerbalnauts and their precious cargo back towards Kerbin... A few years later, when the A-team arrived in LKO, an empty standard MOC3-crew launcher headed up from KSC... Jeb, Bill and Bob moved over into the MOC3 and returned to the surface from a mission that had lasted several decades.. After detaching from the Megathron, the Karborundum depot was visited by a new and bigger Karborundum return vessel. It brought just a fraction of the depots cargo down to Kerbin, but even that turned into 640 million Kredits on the space programs bank account... In the meantime, while Jeb, Bill and Bob went onto vacation for half a year, a new super heavy lifter was developed... With a part count of 226 (of wich about 90 are just engines), it weights 13,000 tons including cargo. This massive behemoth is able to lift 2,000 tons into Kerbins orbit and features automatic boostback- and recover-capabilities. With all the new gear available to the space program, a new adventure for the Kerbal crew is taking shape: a Karborundum driven Grand Tour of all celestial bodies (with outer planets mod) with landings. The Torch-drive based KSS Colossus (it should be renamed to "Kolossus", now that I type this ) will be the backbone of this undertaking, with sufficient life support and habitation equipment allowing six Kerbals to operate in space for more than 160 years and providing a delta-V of more than 200,000 m/s. At the front end of the vessel sits a landing craft inside a protective fairing that can land and take off from any celestial body,... though from Eve only once. Edited January 1, 2019 by TrooperCooper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Testing new prototype. Hope I don't run into these guys . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDJ Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Triop said: Testing new prototype. OOH! That's pretty! Edited January 1, 2019 by GDJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottle Rocketeer 500 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 RELEASED MY KS-111LR, KS-110, KS-110P, AND KS-110E KS-111LR KS-110 KS-110E KS-110P DOWNLOAD FOR THESE AND THE KS-111 AND KS-111C DOWNLOAD FOR ALL MY PLANES Kerbobulus Aerospace Airliner Showcase Thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 More prototyping: THE HOOLIGAN Take off. That camo...looks like a football club Great suspension Home safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 (edited) Wait, a MiG 29 came by tonight for some snacks ? Ok . . . Edited January 2, 2019 by Triop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 (edited) I tested my fixes on KAX and TweakScale, using Firespiter. (KJR is recomended) KAX/L is going gold tomorrow. [found a stupid bug, and I don't have the time to fix it today - I will delay it and fix it properly] K-36 PeaceMaker. Eight turning and six burning. And yes, this 80t gross weight baby can fly with 30t of "ordnance". I will try to bomb KSP later. http://ksp.lisias.net/screenshots/2019/01/01_KAX-FS-TweakScale-Testing/screenshot47#main-img Edited January 3, 2019 by Lisias Updated pictures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thingymajigy Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 muh firework Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delay Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 I launched a satellite today. Into a Molniya orbit, so I the rare situation of flying over a city (EVE installed) occured. Ven's Stock Revamp, by the way, has extra landing legs similar to those of the Falcon 9. Just saying. Not that I'll start using them any time soon or something. Of course not. And then I spend over an hour flying to a location, but it didn't feel like an hour at all. I had to take some surface samples as well, but didn't have a ladder. The solution? Raise the landing gear! (No, really. That worked) I also played around with my vessel in Gilly orbit, trying to find an interesting trajectory. I certainly found one that looks interesting from Gilly's frame of reference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiew Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 I figure nobody wants to see a trio of very similar launch vehicles, so let's jump ahead to the arrival of the Dunan fleet! That is to say, the fleet we sent to Duna, not the fleet the Dunans sent to us for the purposes of conquering and enslaving and various slippery recreational activities. The three vessels here represent a significant portion of our funding reserve, but after studying the scans of Duna mission control realised that there's a heck of a lot of science down there (read I only just noticed that Duna has been revamped with more biomes) and since we still haven't gotten a taste of those polar ice cream caps, it seemed like a sensible investment. We have no idea why the Bullfrog showed up so late. All vessels launched at 5-day intervals, and performed their mid-course correction burns with the same. Somehow Bullfrog managed to dawdle in deep space. Perhaps not the most auspicious start for a rover, but hopefully he'll do better once he's in his natural element. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epicdreamer Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 20 hours ago, Triop said: More prototyping: THE HOOLIGAN Take off. That camo...looks like a football club Nice one! Minds me of the English Electric Lightning, a '60 cold war jet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 (edited) I flew to Minmus in my Scout spacecraft with a combination rover/lander. 27 days outbound from Kerbin...Val and Melbin must have played a lot of Scrabble. I'll land tomorrow. Edited January 2, 2019 by RealKerbal3x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 -Stijlloze promotie- I've just started my Dakar 2019 journal, follow it live on: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyko Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 hmm...1.6 is enticing, but I'm taking a break waiting for the PartDatabase fix and for mods to update. I think I'm gonna restart because I really want to build the new playthrough around ReStock & ReStock Plus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Aziz Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 I went to kUltima Thule, NASA can't take all credit for that, I can do that by myself too. More (two, to be exact) in album https://imgur.com/a/KsCD3cY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrooperCooper Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Two crew lifters launched from KSC and brought the 6-Kerbal team of the Grand Tour to the KSS Kolossus. When the transfer window to Eve opened up, the interplanetary cruiser left LKO... A few month later: arrival at Eve... The crew is now preparing for the first... and probably most dangerous landing of the tour... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraston Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 I call it the "Klomar Explorer". It has many (3) docking ports for submersibles, and the four J-90's on the back propel it across the water. To decouple the wheels, I actually didn't need to change the auto staging at all, surprisingly. I am looking forward to charting the depths of Kerbin's oceans! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Made some progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 (edited) And YES!!! I successfully bombed KSC with my KB-36 PeaceMaker! Bullseye, right on the Mission Control - never ever send me again to Dress, Gene!!! KAX, TweakScale and Firespitter only. ;-) (Kerbal Joint Reinforcement, see the few last pages for download options, is recommended - you can get rid of the autostruts and EAS Struts on wheels if you use it). Full shooting session here. Aircraft will be available on the KAX/L distribution files. — — — — — POST — EDIT — — — — -- I MANAGED TO BRING VAB DOWN!!! #HURRAY!!! (Val is scaring me….) http://ksp.lisias.net/screenshots/2019/01/01_KAX-FS-TweakScale-Testing/screenshot75#main-img Edited January 3, 2019 by Lisias I put VAB down!! HURRAY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 14 minutes ago, Lisias said: And YES!!! I successfully bombed KSC with my KB-36 PeaceMaker! You stay away from my base . . . Unless you want to order some Hot dogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavscout74 Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Other than a bunch of mid-course corrections, I caught a 2300t asteroid around Kerbin. I had very little dV once I caught it, but it was enough to put it into a highly inclined orbit & get the Pe slightly into the atmosphere Approaching the asteroid. If you notice the 'chutes around the capture vehicle, yes I had delusions of landing this. Should "only" need around 196 more of these large chutes. Latched on, heading back towards Kerbin for some areobraking. Only a 52km Pe on this pass. Didn't have time for another round, but the next one has it down to 46km Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Cavscout74 said: Latched on, heading back towards Kerbin for some areobraking. Nice, goodluck. Edited January 3, 2019 by Triop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 (edited) So my base is turning into a drive-in . . . "That better be some damn good Hotdogs, I need to check..." Edited January 3, 2019 by Triop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotel26 Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Cavscout74 said: a 2300t asteroid Well done! That's massive. I had no idea asteroids went that large... (890t is the largest I've caught.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraston Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 (edited) The Odin, a not entirely clumsy supersonic aircraft! (thats its speed 3 minutes after takeoff, not its top speed, its top speed is over 1250 at 11200 meters.) Edited January 3, 2019 by Fraston Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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