JadeOfMaar Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 I've been designing HX body ships for a Lindor 5 challenge. This is my 3rd one so far, assembled last night. Life support is involved so I want the ship to be spacious (to crew) and helpful, and able to take the interplanetary freeway. It turns out that Angel-125's Bison parts (Heisenberg/Airship mod) fit really nicely with HX because they have a box/cube profile. I didn't do this last night but these box cabins (and greenhouse, lab, tank) are from Heisenberg. I plan to have the ship's crew land a habitat and stay in it for the majority of the mission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerfinon Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 SPACE PLANES ARE GO! Using a modified SSTO-1A-Hera from KerbalX and now the crew rotation flights to KSS Gateway are becoming fun. Follow the orbit instructions from the KerbalX page and this is one of the easiest Spaceplanes to pilot to orbit. I had to replace the MK2 inline Clamp-O-Tron because that docking port is a little buggy for me .Doesn't always connect, navigation markers during docking are 90 degrees out of whack. More headache than it is worth. I replaced it with a cargo hold for inventory payloads and other things the station might need. New crew in, old crew flies the Hera Mk1 home in time for supper. Because as all Kerbals know, a meal is a terrible thing to waste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzer1b Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 (edited) Well im 100% done with the new AKS GSD-W01 "Spider" medium mech: Looks amazing imo, 100% stock and prolly one of the generally cooler things ive made in a while... Finished all the minor tweaks, gave it 3 solid types of walks (1 generic fast on flat ground, 1 slow walk with at least 1 foot touching ground at any given time, and 1 for hills which it seemed to have alot of trouble with b4). Also tweaked the standard run anim to get it up to almost 8m/s (from around 7), uses more electricity though so i needed to add 4 more RTGs to the already insane total of 24 RTGs previously. Just bloody stupid (wish there was some sort of larger RTG or even a full blown nuclear reactor, but stock doesnt offer much else and robit parts eat so much juice it cant be done any other way if you dont want to run out of fuel instantly or be limited to daytime (AKS in universe doesnt use anything but near infinite energy reactors like zero point or whatnot and the closest thing in KSP is the RTG). Redid the arms as well, not that i didnt like the older model's arms, but i felt it made more sense to be symmetric (left arm has extended fingers, right arm is set to firing more with retracted fingers). Now it feels like a proper serially manufactured robit and not something whacked together from whatever was available (only pirates would do stuff like that in universe). Another shot of the arms, this time showing the right side too. Parallax (and the usual Scatterer +ScifiVE) actually makes kerbin look really good now... Looks properly menacing at night through the bushes with just the head and arm cannon lights on... Edited December 20, 2022 by panzer1b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiveraTheScientist Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 I put a relay in orbit crossing over the Mun's, time warped and it got slingshotted into the sun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N_Danger Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 One of 2 Rad Relay satellite going into polar orbit. The RR satellite measures radiation levels of the radiation belt around Kerbin on its way to the planned relay orbit. Aroura time! Val goes up for the orbital experience. And it is a good day to be in space. And a better day to come home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mignear Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Propeller variant of my airliner. It flies but it just doesn't fly too good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob Kerman Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Today I crashed an ssto carrying 57 kebals into the side of Tylo. We held a procession on Ike that way i didnt crash again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akagi Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Crashed my Elcano boat. Time for replacements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dci Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Started with "just another servo based something" and ended with VTOL, which is maybe the easiest mauverable thing, I've ever built using propellers. Spoiler 6 stage gearbox driven by 2xKAL-1000. From hover mode, through 60, 100, 150 and 200 m/s to its top speed of 230 m/s in horizontal flight mode. AG2 - gear down, AG3 - gear up. Gearbox state is indicated by aviation lights mounted on right wing. Motors are set to 22% output, so it can be fed by 4 RTGs and fly for years and years. Easy takeoffs and landings. Definitely not then fastest beast, but 230 m/s is sustainable speed under 10 km altitude. It can splash down. It can take off from water. It can inspect structures. It can fly under bridges. It can do pinpoint landings. Nothing unusual, because it does yoga. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mignear Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 (edited) Rebuilt the propeller variant with a different styled engine. Flies a lot better now, the original design was designed around the off-centered CoT from the Goliath engines after all. Stacking ducted props is a pretty neat idea. Now to consider doing the same to the larger airliner... Edited December 22, 2022 by Mignear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerfinon Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 (edited) What are neighbours for? Bob pops by the neighbours to see if they can spare a cup of sugar. Can't have a decent cuppa tea without it now can we? Edited December 23, 2022 by Caerfinon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PT Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 I made a horrible thing Then flew that thing to Mun... ... and back after dropping two horrible landers Being capable of harsh aerobraking came at a cost of ~300m/s dV while saving over 800 on return trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mignear Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 Fitting the larger airliner with the prop-goliaths as a second variant... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N_Danger Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 To the Mun! And even made it into an orbit, barely. To the Minmus! The probe flew by Minmus and then went into solar orbit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazlem Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 Today I wrapped up another mission to bring more kerbals home for retirement. Coming in to Duna: Picking up some scientists from the first base there in this save: Grabbing some fuel and more kerbals from the Rusty Spacedock before heading home: Nine kerbals delivered back to the KSC: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N_Danger Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 Time to send a lander to the Mun In the coast phase. The landing did not go well. The vehicle ran out of fuel and hit the ground doing about 10-15 m/s. I was sure it was a total loss. Nailed it. Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerb24 Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 Started learning how to make planets. Spoiler Texture didn't work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N_Danger Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 I upgraded a booster and sent a lander to Minmus Final seconds before landing. And here is a shot of both Kerbin and the Mun rising as viewed from Minmus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mignear Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 Dusted off the ol' original prop aircraft I had and refitted it with a single rotor-servo setup, no need for clipping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOrios Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 Retreived henpond kerman from another star system, immediatly sent him off to do more exploring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N_Danger Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 First attempt to put a materials sat into orbit and recover the experiments. Engine failure on the satellite. Failed to make orbit. On the second attempt. One of the booster engines failed seconds after liftoff. Third times a charm? Got the Science We successfully de-orbit and separate the science return module for return. And promptly burned up during re-entry shortly thereafter. Going back to all of the drawing boards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerb24 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 Got the texture of my planet to work. (Texture is a stock image I found) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JcoolTheShipbuilder Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 yeeted a giant ship into my new planet to see how it would look for a movie scene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Fluffy Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 Did this. Also made a Jet Sleigh for Santa_ Kerman. Present drop! Merry Christmas Everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JcoolTheShipbuilder Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 I successfully did a homeswitch with my star system. And then i sent a mothership to orbit around the homeworld with 6km/s in low orbit. I then went to and got stranded around a corrosive moon orbiting a gas giant that is in a binary pair lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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