Eclipse 32 Posted Saturday at 08:49 PM Share Posted Saturday at 08:49 PM (edited) i discovered that the Z-pinch engine uses LHe3. NOT deuterium. and i learned a pro tip. if you need to lithobreak, use the giant fusion fuel tanks from FFT. i slammed the fuel module of my WIP interplanetary cruiser into the ground near the KSC at ~200m/s and it just bounced. the first tank took just about the full force of the EXTREMELY heavy fuel module (~300 tons) slamming into the planet. the only things that impacted before were a Clampotron sr. and a 3.75-2.5 meter adapter from SSPXr. Edited Monday at 04:16 PM by Eclipse 32 NEW PAGE! and a weight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyro6705 Posted Sunday at 01:18 AM Share Posted Sunday at 01:18 AM Today I launched an (all stock) surface base to the Mun. Launched and assembled the components in LKO before sending it off. I didn't pack enough fuel, so I had to do a refueling around the Mun before landing. Other than that, everything went surprisingly well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclipse 32 Posted Sunday at 04:20 AM Share Posted Sunday at 04:20 AM i built a truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpacePixel Posted Sunday at 11:40 AM Share Posted Sunday at 11:40 AM (edited) At last, I made the thing I wanted so much. So this flying boat is what you'd call a forward operating base -- it's built to self-sufficiently explore all of Laythe. Naturally, Laythe being an ocean world, it's a seaplane - anything else would be much too whimsical (as if making essentially a flying aircraft carrier is not). Notice that the floats end at the center of the fuselage - much like landing gear must not be placed much too far away from the center of mass so that the plane can rotate on takeoff, so the floats too must end early to allow rotation (actually, buoyancy is much more messed up that this, but at least it works). Now above the fuselage there's a bit of a flight deck. It's for launching the air wing complement. You can fit up to 4 aircraft in the cargo hold, but the usual complement is two - "Ogre" tiltjet VTOL for aerial recon and "Snub 3" rapid ascent spaceplane (pictured) as low orbit shuttle. The craft are moved to and from the flight deck via the elevator in the rear section of the fuselage (see spoiler for details). Despite humble size, launching fixed-wing aircraft is rather easy as the flying boat can easily reach 50 m/s by itself. Landing is more difficult, but possible - I usually land on first try. Finally, the forward section includes the ramp for deploying rovers on ice sheets. The usual complement is a mining rover, a tractor and a science buggy. A mining rover can technically indefinitely refuel the operating base which is of course orbit-capable. Spoiler Edited Monday at 06:59 AM by SpacePixel missing 'carrier' in line 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclipse 32 Posted Sunday at 05:59 PM Share Posted Sunday at 05:59 PM 13 hours ago, Eclipse 32 said: i built a truck. to clarify: i built a prototype regolith extractor truck. oh, another thing: a while ago on a different Gamedata folder, i got something unidentified whipping around kerbin at a murderous speed. couldn't select it, as far as i could tell, it was just an orbit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedAl1en1 Posted Sunday at 07:27 PM Share Posted Sunday at 07:27 PM i was at niedon looking for an asteroid, i found it and it was shaking absurdly hard, then it split. CELLSTEROID!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinolallo Posted Sunday at 11:15 PM Share Posted Sunday at 11:15 PM (edited) Today I was finishing the Nuclear Upgrade and the Uranium extraction campaign The 14 dec pics The day in images https://imgur.com/gallery/kerbal-diary-14-dec-2024-f1nYXQE Edited Sunday at 11:28 PM by pinolallo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclipse 32 Posted Monday at 12:59 AM Share Posted Monday at 12:59 AM how do i make an account on imgur without a phone number and without using a third party app? i'm asking cus i don't have a phone or phone number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclipse 32 Posted Monday at 01:20 AM Share Posted Monday at 01:20 AM launched some swarm telescopes in an attempt to summon a class i comet. and i discovered how to use subassemblies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke MelTdoWn Posted Monday at 01:28 AM Share Posted Monday at 01:28 AM Today during testing of the 'Brokkr' Light Mining Rover, German Kerman got his head barbequed in the flame of a Spark. After this horrible accident I decided to modify a 'Gladr' Light Lander to serve as interplanetary transfer stage instead. It can be refueled by 'Brokkr', but the way of connecting the two looks sketchy I am tempted to use a robotic refueling arm for more flexibility. Should I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Kerbin Posted Monday at 01:28 AM Share Posted Monday at 01:28 AM @Eclipse 32, you don’t need one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclipse 32 Posted Monday at 01:29 AM Share Posted Monday at 01:29 AM Just now, Mr. Kerbin said: @Eclipse 32, you don’t need one i want to be able to like and comment on things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Kerbin Posted Monday at 01:30 AM Share Posted Monday at 01:30 AM 1 minute ago, Eclipse 32 said: i want to be able to like and comment on things. Oh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclipse 32 Posted Monday at 04:19 PM Share Posted Monday at 04:19 PM 20 hours ago, RedAl1en1 said: i was at niedon looking for an asteroid, i found it and it was shaking absurdly hard, then it split. CELLSTEROID!!!! for a more logical explanation(for kerbal, at least) might it have been two asteroids that spawned inside eachother? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedAl1en1 Posted Monday at 06:24 PM Share Posted Monday at 06:24 PM 2 hours ago, Eclipse 32 said: for a more logical explanation(for kerbal, at least) might it have been two asteroids that spawned inside eachother? Yea that was what happened but it sounded more fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclipse 32 Posted Monday at 06:26 PM Share Posted Monday at 06:26 PM 1 minute ago, RedAl1en1 said: Yea that was what happened but it sounded more fun until i read your post i honestly didn't know that was possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclipse 32 Posted 19 hours ago Share Posted 19 hours ago random question, what were replikes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted 18 hours ago Share Posted 18 hours ago 1 hour ago, Eclipse 32 said: random question, what were replikes? Reputation or likes. Same thing but the name changed due to forum software updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny73211 Posted 14 hours ago Share Posted 14 hours ago It has come to my attention that on a practice apollo mission today, I left a lander orbiting the mun. I could just de-orbit or terminate it, but that isn't very fun, it it? Instead, I'm planning a Σ-Venus™ test mission to refuel it and give it a second life! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke MelTdoWn Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago (edited) 13 hours ago, Manny73211 said: It has come to my attention that on a practice apollo mission today, I left a lander orbiting the mun. I could just de-orbit or terminate it, but that isn't very fun, it it? Instead, I'm planning a Σ-Venus™ test mission to refuel it and give it a second life! May I recommend getting some mining gear to the Mun, makes refueling landers so much easier. Here are some of the refueling solutions I have developed, feel free to adapt them to your needs. Refueling Rover 'Samaritan': refueling on the Mun surface Ore Miner 'Reginn' + Orbital Refinery 'Fafnir': 2,100 Ore to Mun orbit 'Leviathan' Heavy Miner: 12,000 Ore to LKO 'Behemoth' Mining System: 12,000 Ore to LKO 'Gargantua' Mining System: 18,000 Ore to LKO A 'Gargantua' Ore Freighter (on its Ascent/Descent Stage) is being loaded with 180 tons of ore by a 'Gargantua' Mining Rover. Matbart Kerman in foreground for scale. Edited 54 minutes ago by Duke MelTdoWn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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