Angelo Kerman Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 In KSP, I did this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PT Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Continuing from last time... I sent Caryall to Mun, for SCIENCE! And some cash. In meantime I learned that there are some solid rocks scattered on Mun nowadays, gotta figure how to get science from them... I also learned that stacking screenshot from orbit and surface combine very well Spaceship left with ~4300dV, and once all cargo was dropped it returned with ~3000dV and roughly one third of fuel left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castille7 Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 On 3/31/2020 at 6:08 PM, IkranMakto said: Ignition! Each M-17 engine could be started or stopped independently. KAL-1000 simulates pneumatic starter - spins it slow, adds throttle for a while and then sets it to idle at 110 rpm. A small servo on the shaft creates wobble and anti-torque. Take-off RPM is 375, increasing to 395 as speed rises and could increase up to 418 on high altitude. Plane can fly on any 2 engines running It's like you can hear it without the sound! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkranMakto Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Just now, Castille7 said: It's like you can hear it without the sound! Thank you! I finally finished resizing and posted it in spacecraft exchange, have a look! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzer1b Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 On 3/31/2020 at 7:08 PM, IkranMakto said: Ignition! Each M-17 engine could be started or stopped independently. KAL-1000 simulates pneumatic starter - spins it slow, adds throttle for a while and then sets it to idle at 110 rpm. A small servo on the shaft creates wobble and anti-torque. Take-off RPM is 375, increasing to 395 as speed rises and could increase up to 418 on high altitude. Plane can fly on any 2 engines running Thats pretty damn impressive for a KSP craft... Gives me nostalgia for the days i used to play IL2 1946 like alot (i still actually play it on occasion even now despite being like over a decade old). I remember flying those things in formation and just watching my wingmen being blown out of the sky in glorious fireballs when a bf109 decided to shoot at them (albeit the damage modeling back then was terrible so they were notorious for having 2-3 engines fully on fire and still flying due to russian bias in the earlier versions of said game). Only saving grace of the plane (at least back in the day) was the broken turret modeling which gave those dual MG turrets on the plane aimbot like accuracy and they always gtargeted the head of the pilot flying the bf109. Makes me wonder how well that thing would work with BDA installed and a bf109 replica chasing it from behind... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkranMakto Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 (edited) 25 minutes ago, panzer1b said: Gives me nostalgia for the days i used to play IL2 1946 like alot Thank you! I was inspired by this game too, but... actually my model of this plane is more accurate than in IL-2. I've done a lot blueprint measuring to make this forms as precise as possible and did not forget to make its interiors 25 minutes ago, panzer1b said: Makes me wonder how well that thing would work with BDA installed and a bf109 replica chasing it from behind... Maybe I will make it, but now I'm thinking about He-111 H2 or H6 with the same scale(2/3). But it won't be so smooth since game still not providing any possibility of making automatic variable-pitch propeller. Spoiler 25 minutes ago, panzer1b said: I remember flying those things... I've done and even tested a bombsight, but deleted it from latest versions of the craft Also inspired by IL-2. It was too complicated and difficult to use in flight, but it could "calculate" and aim from 300 to 900 meters and from 30 to 50 m/s. Edited April 4, 2020 by IkranMakto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrionix Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 5 hours ago, Angel-125 said: In KSP, I did this: Is this based on the X-33? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelo Kerman Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 5 minutes ago, Astrion said: Is this based on the X-33? Yup, the Mk-33 is inspired by the X-33 and proposed followup VentureStar. It isn't a replica though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHunter Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Today I've landed on Eidos: A tug with the lander enters the moon's orbit. Lander separated and ready for the descent. Landing on Eidos, next to ice(?) crystals. Gateway rising Departure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzer1b Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Made another minor improvement to the Broadsword class mark 5 model... Newest BCorp warship, mostly to replace the worthless mark 4 which doesnt even look anything like this... Main reason for the replacement, the old one's notorious tendency to get 1 shot neutered by the G7 torpedo. The ship served me well, but its just outdated and way too damn part count heavy too. Initial mark 5 version, didnt quite live up to its armor requirements (interior was terribly designed even if you cant quite tell from the screenshots. And the same angle on the mark 5 new model, somewhat sleeker, vastly better armor (especially when taking hits from the bottom angle (it has double layered armor there which will stop most ordinance without much difficulty). Thats the sort of damage you normally see from a 1.25m torpedo when it actually does anything serious at all. THis would technically be a mission kill (achilles heel of this ship is the fact that 100% of its anti-ship weapons are mounted in the nose and can be 1 shotted off), but the ship is fine otherwise and still has its secondary weapons (which would be useless against anything but a fighter)... All in all quite happy with this thing now, looks amazing, actually does what it says on the crate it comes in (namely stays alive and soaks damage well), and even has decent range (~2k dV which is far from bad for LFO engines pushing armored brick). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleivan Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 (edited) Went island hopping and mountain hunting in the Kayak Club. Edited April 5, 2020 by purpleivan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PT Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 (edited) Continuing from last time... I commissioned Aviary frigate to operate in Kerbin sphere. First mission was to send Caryall crew back to Kerbin, and gather few stranded Kerbs. To make it reusable, and keep drop pods simple, I decided to deliver trio of them in bulk as underbelly cargo. As you can see, its pretty much downsized, modernized, version of Caryall which makes docking them together very easy and visually pleasing. TODO: refuel gather more stranded Kerbs drop kerbed pods find Minmus (Research Bodies) haul modules for contracted Munar station using Caryall decide which ship to send for passenger Munar cruise Edited April 5, 2020 by PT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richy teh space man Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 On approach to that small black dot visible in the background Same dot, now a bit closer and more colourful Now braking into orbit, with our target visible on the left Swinging around the dark side of Jool, with 3 other moons visible Approaching the moon to enter orbit Now in orbit and ready to fire the engines Unfortunately the other craft for the mission experienced some rapid unplanned disassembly, so these guys and girls will have to wait around the Joolian system for a couple of years at least for it to arrive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEPEG_Unconscious Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 7 hours ago, PT said: I commissioned Aviary frigate to operate in Kerbin sphere. First mission was to send Caryall crew back to Kerbin, and gather few stranded Kerbs. To make it reusable, and keep drop pods simple, I decided to deliver trio of them in bulk as underbelly cargo. What's the inspiration behind this design? I've seen something like it before. Really like it. How well does it stay on course? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHunter Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Nothing much happened today. Mostly, station-keeping, but I did move a mapping satellite to Ansia and the crewed lander is now in transit there as well (scheduled arrival is in 9d5h) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PT Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 (edited) 45 minutes ago, GEPEG_Unconscious said: What's the inspiration behind this design? I've seen something like it before. Really like it. How well does it stay on course? Aviary predecessor is Caryall: ...which I named after C&C Caryall: ...which, if I remember correctly, was inspired by that ugly Sikorsky skycrane chopper: Its also result of my previous experiments with reusable cargo spaceships where I learned that inline cargo sucks, limpet cargo sucks even more, and internal cargo sucks most. So I finally made cargo "hold" that is inline, internal and limpet at same time! Its convex spine is actually making it very good at load-balancing! By docking cargo in underbelly it becomes inline with CoT, and weight of spine tanks then aligns CoM with CoT. Additionally I can use spinal tanks for trimming CoM around with fuel. That design only has tiny problems when flying empty and fully fueled (which, of course, is rare), as ship itself has obvious misalignment of CoM/CoT. Caryall can easily takes care of that with differential throttle thanks to widely spaced engines, Aviary single engine however had to compensate with vectored thrust (and some reaction wheels dark magic). If you'll look at screenshots with loaded ships you should notice that cargo is designed to balance everything out. Once I laid the desired command section and cargo spine I attach dummy cargo, then I build engine section to deliver required dV. So once its loaded everything is fine. As for Aviary itself, I was reading through Honorverse novels while testflighting, and there was part with Aviary class carrier spaceships in combat right when I needed name. I made KerbalX hangar for my spaceships, because there will be more of them in this save :] Edited April 5, 2020 by PT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aagun123 Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 today, I rode my bicycle, 77km, and took some photos and then, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpacePixel Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 We heard you like engines so we put the engines all around your hatch so you'd see some engines as you climb to start some engines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotel26 Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 (edited) This is Epiphany... It's an all-LF machine... twin Whiplash and twin NERVa... Total capacity is 3,380 kallons LF. 37.6t. 10 krew. But it departs KSC at sea-level with a load of only 1,620 kallons in the tanks... By the time it arrives in 722 km LKO, there are just 326 kals remaining for a pitiable 596 m/s dV... But when it's fully refueled in LKO: its dV becomes 4.688 km/s. The first epiphany (thank you, @Mars-Bound Hokie) is that the purpose of an SSTO may not just be to make orbit and return to a runway, doing no more than burning fuel and transferring passengers. The second epiphany is that if you emphasize designing an SSTO for long-range interplanetary operations, you may have to handicap yourself getting to that first, low-orbit fuel depot milestone. Edited April 6, 2020 by Hotel26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkranMakto Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Bill and Bob made a 50 minutes flight to western mountains carrying 3200 kg load and 500 kg fuel. Plane slowly climbed to 4200 meters where brave Kerbals landed it on small plateau. Bill decided to take some photos, mount a flag and find space for take-off while Bob checked tanks and calculated exact fuel consumption - 254 kg/h. As result maximum of 2000 kg fuel onboard can provide 8h flight on full power and 1900 km range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PT Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 (edited) Continuing from last time... I improved and tested support infrastructure for my fleet. Refueled both starship at same time with bigger tanker. Now with RCS refueling capability. Then after capturing rescuing some stranded Kerbs I sent them together with Caryall crew back to Kerbin for level up. They also survived successful test of single-stage multi-pod deorbit maneuver. One pod, worthy three unlucky Kerbs, left. After successful test Aviary Droppod (and optionally crew delivery) module entered mass production. Caryall received its own module as some tourist want to visit Mun, but this time primary cargo is contracted space station. Because "Return to Kerbin" contract requires part, not Kerbal, I now have to send another Mun lander but this time capable of return.... TODO new Mun lander spysat to find that pesky Minmus finish 2nd Mun mission Edited April 6, 2020 by PT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrionix Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 10 hours ago, aagun123 said: What are those mods you have for the ferry and dock-looking structure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aagun123 Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 3 hours ago, Astrion said: What are those mods you have for the ferry and dock-looking structure? spanner monkey static Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars-Bound Hokie Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 I did the Jool-5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleperli Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 I built a rather big interplanetary ship, nuclear powered, which goal was to land three kerbals on Duna. It consists of a big service module with a crew capacity of seven Kerbals, and a lander with a crew capacity of three. And so I launched all of this in one piece in a massive launcher : The launch went OK with this three-stage launcher Stage separations: I performed also the orbit insertion burn with this stage equipped with three vectors engines Now you can see my ship in all its glory! The Nukes gave me more than enough Dv : about 4000 m/s in Kerbin orbit. My crew arrived successfully to Duna: With the ship in orbit we can transfer the crew in the lander and begin our descent: Fortunately, the chutes deployed flawlessly. Touchdown! After the landing, Megney, Johnsby and Bob got out of the craft and started to put in place the surface science and to plant the sacred flag: And that's it! My plans for tomorrow are to get those Kerbals home, of course . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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