PaleoGamer Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Been experimenting with designs for a planetary mission Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brotoro Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Edit a couple mission reports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheThing345 Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Figured out that Ike is the most boring, darkest moon in the entire solar system.The permanent darkness there took me like 10 tries to actually land without exploding/losing parts that I need for returning.Also devoloping a quite easy 2-part interplanetary ship that will get me anywhere, if I do it right.(Alright it's basically the same design scott manley uses in his eeloo mission, but it will get me anywhere!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tw1 Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 (edited) Milly's flight.Bit of a long post, but I had a very cool flight today, so I hope you'll bear with me.After the efforts of Bob, Jeb, Bill, as well as Sidtrey, I had a fully-functional starfighter. Milly took it for a trip around the Mun. This, like most trips to space, started on the end of a rocket.First part of the trip: up to the Mun.Unfortunately, I hit "0" while in time warp, and lost our lasers before we made it to our intended orbit. Oh well. This was only going to be a test fight.The objective of the flight was to fly down one of the munar trenches as a rehearsal for.... something. This didn't go too badly, but was over before very long. Flying in Very Low Mun Orbit is actually quite awesome. For some reason the fairings on my atomic engine didn't decouple, but that just made things interesting. Milly had a good time. Milly sounds like a girls name, and I'd like a little more variety in the kerbals I send to space, so I'm going to refer to this kerbal as 'she', as I saw somewhere that they're actually androgynous. Because flying that trench meant I had to be in a highly inclined orbit, I was in a good position to try something. -A transfer from an inclined orbit. If I could pull this of, I could save a lot of Delta V with my Jool probe, going straight from one mapping orbit to another. If I did save anything by doing this, that is.But it definitely worked.Minmus is always an awesome place to visit. Flying in VLMO is a different challenge, you're not going as fast, but the terrain is more varied.But when I saw this, I knew where I was going to stop.Beautiful. Popped down a flag, then it was of to visit one more site before returning home.48 Km to the south, was a site I'd named "Cool views" because it had awesome scenery. We wanted to see the Kerbol-Kerbin-Mun alignment from there, and still had quite a bit of delta V left. But we had some problems getting back on board.Quick check with the space center, and we were on our way.I'm getting quite good at landing this thing.Cool views didn't disappoint. Planted another flag because the one we followed to get here seemed to have vanished.Traveling via "The Minmus tumble" amused Milly greatly. She had to put a hand over her mouth to contain her laughter at one point. Then it was time to go home. Milly had a friend's birthday to make. This is always fun.Used up the RCS to complete the burn for Kerbin Aerobrake. I didn't have anything to dock with in the save, so decided to make the most of it. Almost home, just a few more hours.A daredevil this one. Sadly, the deorbit burn fell way short. The Dash-Wing starfighter fell into the drink. They don't like that. Looks like Milly will be late to that party. But any landing you can swim away from...And that's what I did today. (Now yesterday.) Edited June 27, 2013 by Tw1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadweasel Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Def Sat for shooting stuff from orbitGot a .craft file to share for that one? I'd love to see how that bugger handles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spooks Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 do i need to upload the file like a pic ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeldrak Posted June 22, 2013 Author Share Posted June 22, 2013 I played a littlebit with droptank-designs:This thing can get into LKO and perform a powered landing afterwars (by MechJeb, not by hand) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadweasel Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 do i need to upload the file like a pic ?You can upload it to a service like Dropbox or Google Drive and paste a link here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappit Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 (edited) Hey guys!First week in KSP! I mean WOW, how the hell haven't I discovered this game yet? So today I sent Jeb to the Mun and he ran out of fuel so I sent a rescue team to bring him back and got crashed into the surface because of the fuel ran out mid-air https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3nW6Z5fOPNiRE42ODZWak5VRUU/edit?usp=sharing Here's Jeb smiling in the Mun not nowing he's gonna spend a lot of time there https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3nW6Z5fOPNiTk1tRTBaZ00wV00/edit?usp=sharingAnd here's the saving vessel that crashed. Edited June 23, 2013 by Rappit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeldrak Posted June 23, 2013 Author Share Posted June 23, 2013 do i need to upload the file like a pic ?What Deadweasel said - I use Imgur it's free, easy to use and you don't even have to register Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadweasel Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Hey guys!First week in KSP! I mean WOW, how the hell haven't I discovered this game yet? So today I sent Jeb to the Mun and he ran out of fuel so I sent a rescue team to bring him back and got crashed into the surface because of the fuel ran out mid-air Amazing stuff, isn't it? Welcome to what all the cool folks are doing these days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyRender Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Today's order of business was finishing up the process of setting up stations all about the Kerbin/Mun/Minmus system, as well as getting a fairly full Kethane scan of the two moons. Tomorrow's schedule: Kethane miners, fuel rigs, and fuel storage tanks for the stations. Should be fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazro Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Flew Jeb to Laythe to test out my new (and first!) Space fighter, the F-1 Alamo. Next in line is the B-1 Bristol, but that's tomorrow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RKHVTC Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 joined the forum and sent up the K-eye Kethane test probe, also someone ate my snacks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzle Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Went to Bop and met a celebrity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spooks Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Got a .craft file to share for that one? I'd love to see how that bugger handles!https://www.dropbox.com/s/bxlsoggnvkryunx/Harryer%20v2.craft Test Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M5000 Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Today and yesterday: -Finally built a reliable lifter that can handle up to 67 tons. Designed for station building, but can be used for pretty much any mission's backbone. -Built a 3-man OTV for general use in-orbit, with de-orbit capabilities, with corresponding lifter.-Sent up a fuel and docking node, a "microstation" of sorts. Capable of holding 2 Kerbs, a KW medium RCS tank of RCS fuel, a stock orange tank full of fuel, 4 standard docking ports, 4 mini docking ports, and one large docking port, with a small KW SPS engine to propel it if need be. It's a general utility microstation. -Docked 3 OTVs to the microstation.-Sent up the core for the Deneb station. Docked one solar array to it, then realized that the improper design caused the KOSMOS Balka Solar Wings to block one of the vital CBMs to extend the station's structure. The panels were undocked and de-orbited and a new set designed to better fit the station. The station will remain unmanned until completion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadweasel Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 https://www.dropbox.com/s/bxlsoggnvkryunx/Harryer%20v2.craft Test Man, for as nice as this looks, she certainly doesn't like to play nice, does she? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberly Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 I brought my first kerbonaut into orbit! And I got him home safely, too. I designed a new rocket for the purpose, and unlike I usually do I didn't test it with remote control before I manned it...but it turned out alright, after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadweasel Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Today I discovered that Kerbals can control nearby components, not just fix rover wheels.Following a particularly troublesome launch and orbital insertion of IPEV Excursion, Danbry inspects the rover's lighting systems as part of the post-launch damage assessment.Followed by an inspection of the Mosquito bay, which will receive the rover drop-ship in a couple of days, courtesy IPEV Fearless as she departs for Duna. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spooks Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Man, for as nice as this looks, she certainly doesn't like to play nice, does she? i use rcs @ the start to make speed and its flys nice and if you remove the frond engens she flys realy nice but more normal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Rarity Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 I tried to launch another shuttle to dock, it didn't make it straight up. It's wings sure did though: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brotoro Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Today I crashed VTOLs. Crash. Crash. Crash. Oh! That one made i...no, it crashed. Crash. Crash. Crash. Waiiit...no, Crash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7499275 Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 I have began launching pieces to the Zeus refueling station in LKO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bracknellexile Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Today was all about messing around with engine clustering, something I've been meaning to do for ages but never got round to. Forty-nine engines and six SRBs is a perfectly reasonable number for the first stage on a medium lifter, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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