Caerfinon Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Flying with instruments... I like to see all the data. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben J. Kerman Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Caerfinon said: What mods are those? I think I see Kramax Autopilot there, but what adds in that instrument to the right of the navball (Excuse me if I am wrong, I have been out of aviation for a while, but is that an ADF?) and that GPS-looking thing to the right of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpacePixel Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 I mean why not? Why shouldn't I put a spaceplane in my spaceplane? Here at SPAS we recognize the importance of fuel efficiency and looking cool af, so the brand new Celesta features a neat little runabout on the upper level of the cargo bay (the lower one, of course, housing the rover). The runabout can land and return to orbit on Kerbin & Laythe, and also SSTO anything smaller than Duna, but it's actually more about pleasure than business - sure, an ugly lander for non-atmospheric worlds with a bunch of science would probably be a lot more useful, but who cares? I am however, yet to figure out the way to recover the craft on high-g worlds, so suggestions are welcome! Spoiler The unfolded runabout does remind me of something, but I can't quite put my finger on it, except that it might just be some weird WWII plane.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerfinon Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 3 minutes ago, Ben J. Kerman said: What mods are those? It is indeed Kramax Autopilot, The ADF is NavUtilities Updated The GPS map is curtesy of SCANsat ( you need to complete either the Lo or Hi RES visual scan of Kerbin to have map data. Then I just lock it on my current aircraft with auto refresh turned on at the magnification level I want. Running behind the scenes is AtmosphereAutopilot (Fly-By-Wire) for general flight stabilization when the Kramax features are turned off. Also Kerbal Engineer Redux is a must . The DeltaV Current gives me my remaining flight time on current fuel levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephensmat Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 I... I appear to have lost a ship. I don't even know how it happened. I was working on a totally different set of contracts around Duna and Ike the last day or two, and when I got back to my game this morning, my reputation score was down ten points, and I had lost all contact with my ship in orbit of Jool. Three kerbalnauts and the largest ship I'd ever built... And I don't know what happened. It was in a stable orbit, or at least I thought it was. Did I cut it too close? Did I accidentally click 'terminate' when I was getting rid of booster debris? It could have happened two days ago, so there's no way to just 'reload'... Oof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 1 hour ago, stephensmat said: I... I appear to have lost a ship. Get too close to the orbit of one of the moons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James M Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 7 hours ago, SpacePixel said: I mean why not? Why shouldn't I put a spaceplane in my spaceplane? Here at SPAS we recognize the importance of fuel efficiency and looking cool af, so the brand new Celesta features a neat little runabout on the upper level of the cargo bay (the lower one, of course, housing the rover). The runabout can land and return to orbit on Kerbin & Laythe, and also SSTO anything smaller than Duna, but it's actually more about pleasure than business - sure, an ugly lander for non-atmospheric worlds with a bunch of science would probably be a lot more useful, but who cares? I am however, yet to figure out the way to recover the craft on high-g worlds, so suggestions are welcome! Hide contents The unfolded runabout does remind me of something, but I can't quite put my finger on it, except that it might just be some weird WWII plane.. Ugly? I think the design is awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Been faffing about in an RSS/RO setup for a while. The other day, out of necessity, I came up with... this... Yes, you saw that. That is indeed a Gemini... with an escape tower... on top of a cryogenic upper stage powered by RL-10s... on top of a single UA1205 SRB... launching from a Soyuz pad. You may recognize the pattern... Good. Good. I can feel the hatred, flowing through you... Wait... hmm, nope, that's just indigestion. You should've skipped that extra helping. Anyways... Problems of crew liquefaction due to excessive vibration turned out to be moot, as by staging time it's pushing past 10G and any uniquified crew are likely to end up a greasy paste on the back wall of the capsule. But other than that, it worked surprisingly well. Still needs some tweaks tho, it can't quite put a Gemini in a stable orbit. Might just be trajectory tweaking. As to the crew, well... who doesn't like a little fresh-squeezed Kerbal juice? Maybe in a nice dirty kerbtini. Shaken, not stirred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben J. Kerman Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 (edited) I got Bluedog Design Bureau even though I really don't go to space often. Sorry, no pictures yet. I just realized how many KSP mods I have now, and I'm surprised how well this crappy-ish little laptop is handling them all. Edited August 18, 2022 by Ben J. Kerman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdJ Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 In my personal tradition of always making it more complicated I decided I did want to have a vehicle to go with the Thunderbird mod and so built The Mole. As I don't understand how to make a resource drill work yet I went a different way and made it a submarine. You can drive it on it's base into the water, then undock and go exploring, then return and with a little finesse get it to redock and drive it back out. It's internal and the tidy up of all the files is left to do, where I am sure to forget something. The treads don't move, there just for the look, but the wheels work fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Immashift Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 (edited) Currently working on a new LKO station. First was the core with the hab ring, then drones delivered the docking node, then the large life support module. Both drones came up with independent RCS tugs. I had a third that didn't have half the RCS jets it needed which made docking the hub in the correct orientation rather difficult. That drone was emptied of fuel and then deorbited. Then I brought three engineers up in the Dragon-esque crew transfer vehicle attached to the hub node so I could spin up the hab ring. Next up will be fuel storage and a docking node for smaller vehicles with smaller docking ports. Edited August 18, 2022 by Immashift Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister_Casual97 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Have been on a grind on my 1.8.1 JNSQ save the past couple weeks. Most recent order of operations is construction of this here "Long Distance Crew Transport." Plan to put into action at the next Kerbin > Duna transfer window. Have been segmenting into bits and pieces and putting on launchers. Figure launching the fuel tanks & engines is gonna be the tricky part. Design is a little funky but it serves its purpose. Included are cargo bays with Duna & Ike landers respectfully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DunaManiac Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Designed a small armored car that can be deployed from a medium-length mk3 cargo bay, to complement my new VTOL cargo plane. The rest of my vehicles up until this point: my light armored truck, my light tank, my medium armored car, and my truck-driven AA missile battery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerfinon Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 (edited) Back to the Mun... This time we do the orbit thingy Edited August 18, 2022 by Caerfinon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDJ Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Oh, just decided to build a vintage plane..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerfinon Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 4 minutes ago, GDJ said: vintage plane Vintage planes = best planes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy1 Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Posted my Principia Jool 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdJ Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Finally released THUNDERBIRDS INTERKERBIN RESCUE. https://spacedock.info/mod/3088/Thunderbirds InterKerbin Rescue Realised I knew how to build some needed accessories that work with the Kerbal Attachment system mod and built them in at the last minute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdJ Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 It is ok, he is just pretending. The guys tried out the new swing. The only way to fly. I told Jeb not to park there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadOaks Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 My Jool Navigator probe has spent several months doing flybys of Jool's moons, but the low passes over Jool itself have consistently been my favorite parts of the mission. Eventually, the plan is for Navigator to finish by taking up a polar orbit around Laythe and using its ScanSat instruments to map the planet. In other news, OPAL 1 and 2 have arrived at Edna and Dres. To capture low-orbit science from Edna's moon Dak OPAL 1 had to fly uncomfortably low, only clearing the highest points by under a kilometer. It spent 45 days at that altitude to let the gravioli experiment run to completion. The Ike Express probe also arrived and began mapping Duna's moon for science and contract money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazalassa Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Today I roasted Kerbals, rendezvoused (?) around Kerbin and deployed Science! on Minmus. Spoiler Just a normal day (that's not like yesterday when I made 50 passes in Kerbin's high atmosphere due to a slight misconception of the ship's heat shield, and had to do F9 four or five times). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazalassa Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Forgot to say, but I tried to make a SSTO with an Economy class. It works well, except that it can't go supersonic, and I need Science! to research these stuff. I think I can add more seats! That'll be nice for touristic missions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerb24 Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Just now, Nazalassa said: I think I can add more seats! That'll be nice for touristic missions. I didn't know you could put tourists in external chairs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbals_of_Steel Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 On 8/17/2022 at 1:47 PM, SpacePixel said: Hide contents The unfolded runabout does remind me of something, but I can't quite put my finger on it, except that it might just be some weird WWII plane.. XP-55 Ascender vibes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadOaks Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 After 342 days of flying through Jool's moons and having collected 2372 science points, my Jool probe has arrived in its final orbit around Laythe. Mission album Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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