What did you do in KSP1 today?

[Eclipse 32]

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

[spyro6705]

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!

[Eclipse 32]

i built a truck.

[SpacePixel]

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

[Eclipse 32]

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.

[RedAl1en1]

i was at niedon looking for an asteroid, i found it and it was shaking absurdly hard, then it split. CELLSTEROID!!!!

[pinolallo]

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

[Eclipse 32]

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.

[Eclipse 32]

launched some swarm telescopes in an attempt to summon a class i comet. and i discovered how to use subassemblies!

[Duke MelTdoWn]

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?

[Mr. Kerbin]

@Eclipse 32, you don’t need one

[Eclipse 32]

Just now, Mr. Kerbin said:

@Eclipse 32, you don’t need one

i want to be able to like and comment on things.

[Mr. Kerbin]

1 minute ago, Eclipse 32 said:

i want to be able to like and comment on things.

Oh.

[Eclipse 32]

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?

[RedAl1en1]

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

[Eclipse 32]

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.

[Eclipse 32]

random question, what were replikes?

[Vanamonde]

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. 

[Manny73211]

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!

[Duke MelTdoWn]

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 12 hours ago by Duke MelTdoWn

[pinolallo]

I choose different solution using modules:

Both the station than bases can dock crew shuttles and utility shuttle and be refuelled on surface or in space

So i'm using this modules and 

Modules

• Convert Module
• Drilling Module small
• DrillingModule big
• Ore mover big
• Ore mover small

and for transportation

• Heavy Shuttle
• DeepSpaceTruck
• Mun Crane

[Duke MelTdoWn]

3 hours ago, pinolallo said:

I choose different solution using modules:

Both the station than bases can dock crew shuttles and utility shuttle and be refuelled on surface or in space

I think we are working on the same principle: split up the tasks of mining the ore, moving it, and refueling. My main insight was that it costs a lot of delta-v to move the mining gear up and down the gravity well, so I leave it in a rover on the surface in the latest iteration ('Gargantua'). Ore is moved to a space station, where it is refined and ships that need fuel can dock. I move Ore instead of Fuel because you can get away with much smaller tanks.

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Edit: I wanted to see how much more compact ore is, so I built this mockup: each set of tanks weights approximately the same.

From left:
- MK3 Liquid Fuel Tank Long: 28.570 tons, 5000 LF
- Ore Tanks: 29.250 tons, 2550 ore
- Rockmax 32 +16 + FL-T200: 28.125 tons, 2250 LF + 2750 OX
- Kerbodyne 3600 + Rockomax 16: 29.250 tons, 2340 LF + 2860 OX

Edited 6 hours ago by Duke MelTdoWn

[mrmoo]

I sent a crew to  the Antarktic (Kerbin south pole) on my hypersonic 'Koncord-X' to practice EVAs for when they go to Minmus. I noticed the bordering the mountain range was actually cratered and blue, like Minmus.

And J.F. Kerman has declared that 'AeroKerb' (my space program) will land Kerbals on Minmus within the next 3 years to finally confirm whether the surface IS mint chocolate chip or bubblegum ice cream. 

[Manny73211]

10 hours ago, Duke MelTdoWn said:

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. 

That's nice, but I'm still setting up steam console so i can download workshop files without the steam version (i use epic games, not pirated btw)

[kurgut]

Today I flew my next mission in my IVA only career, the destination was Minmus !







Jeb looks happy  


This was a crucial trip to dertermine wether or not the surface of Minmus is indeed made of tasty mint ice, allowing our Space Program to later turn its surface into a giant bulk ISRU Ice Cream factory...


I'm currently editing what I recorded to release this as a video, as well the IVA shown above for a first WIP release !  

Cheers

Edited 1 hour ago by kurgut