Brownhair2 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 First stop is Gilly: Actually, the original plan was to detach the mining ship, but I have a much dumber better idea: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halfdan Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 minutes before my wife called for christmas dinner i was able to put this bad boy into orbit: meet the Discovery, it will be the first manned ship that will be sent to Jool and its moons, as part of its payload it will carry several probes to land on the moons and an orbiter for jool himself if the mission is a success manned landings on the moons will follow (perhaps even laythe if the SSTO research goes as planned) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jett_Quasar Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 (edited) This craft is designed for Interplanetary travel (notice the space plane attached that I use as a moon/planetary lander). The engine pod on the main spacecraft can also land and refuel using on-board ISRU units. This is capable of Jool 5 and a complete grand tour. The only planet that's out of reach is Eve - I can even land on Kerbin, do some exploring and return using the SSTO space planes. Right now I'm testing it at Jool and continuing to tweak it a bit. Jett Edited December 24, 2016 by Jett_Quasar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clipperride Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 You miss a day on the Forums and there are more good reads than "likes" allow you to acknowledge! Sorry if yours is one of those. A New Save.... Day One - 15 flights in all, upto and including the first 2 tourist + pilot sub-orbital flight, several landmark achievements for KerbalKind and much testing of random items on the launch pad to pay for a few building upgrades (Mission Control, Launch Pad and VAB). I even built a little science buggy and got a 167 science points grubbing around the complex. As soon as I have fuel lines unlocked, the sky (well, Minmus) is the limit! And a Happy Christmas to everyone in KSP land everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt R Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 I'm just coming back to KSP after nearly 4 years away. Today I spent over 2 hours in career mode trying to understand why I couldn't pitch my ascending ship into a gravity turn. I varied my TWR, burn times, aerodynamics; everything I could think of. While browsing the forums for a solution I saw mention of different engine types. Then it dawned on me; I'd put the motor for my upper stage (with no gimbal) on the lower stage, and my launch motor (with gimbal) on the upper stage. Problem solved. /derp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Emigrant Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 3 hours ago, Jett_Quasar said: Jett The saucer.....It's.....a Fairing.....Sheer Genius..... I have to emulate. ME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jett_Quasar Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 (edited) I'm also working on putting up an entire ISS style space station in one SSTO reusable launch. Here is the heavy SSTO launcher... This is the contents of it's cargo bays: And here is what the station should look like when assembled in orbit: The station features a lab, a cupola, a small scale ISRU, loads of science experiments, tones of power, communications, and docking ports as well as an RCS tug with a claw and finally a fully functional return capsule. The maximum capacity is 19 Kerbals but a recommended crew size is 8. Jett Edited December 24, 2016 by Jett_Quasar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Getting hyped for Kerbal Dakar 2017 ! Is Jeb dreaming out loud again ? : Stijlloze promotie, sorry... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelo Kerman Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 I fixed several issues in the Heisenberg pack, created a new release, and updated one of the promo images with the new parts (2.5m & 3.75m adapters, new 2u and 1u storage gondolas) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Kerbie Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 Yesterday in KSP I launched the core of my Port Kerbin Station. Pretty easy too. Put it in a 150km by 150km parking orbit. Six Kerbalnauts reside there working on science and waiting for the rest of the station parts. However, it's only got room for 8 Kerbals, so contract not fulfilled. I also launched the central node to hook up with the core, which would bring its capacity to 9 required by the contract. Made rendezvous and tried to dock with the new construction ports. Nope. After the magnets tried and tried, they finally quit working altogether. Seeing as this could be bad and maybe just a problem with a high part count, I deorbited the central hub and it's carrier rocket motor just taking the loss. I relaunched after adding another regular port to the carrier rocket and making sure I had my settings on the ports correct. Again, made rendezvous and attempted to dock. Still having problems getting them to lock. So much so, it threw the station core 180 degrees off the port alignment for a proper dock. I reinitialized the SAS and pondered just what might be causing this problem. I have no idea why I can't get this central hub to dock. Everything lines up. Magnets engage. The two construction ports just aren't locking up. Could it be the mod? Should I try it with a standard Clamp-o-tron? If I can't get this central hub to dock and then weld together, my station will not work the way I have planned. Ground tests will be forthcoming before all hope for the second hub is abandoned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N_Danger Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 I sent a probe to Eve. This time with solar panels. (Scientists have proven that the batteries will recharge if solar panels are attached) Then I sent an updated relay sat and science lander to Duna. Much science was collected. Happy Holidays Fellow KSP'ers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragosnat Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 Welp. Finally landed a craft on another craft on the Mün for return Kerbal and part contract: Currently just the capsule is in orbit with the Kerbal. Forgot to add chutes to the craft and de-orbited the craft with the claw at the Mün. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CatastrophicFailure Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 Today I installed @Galileo's planet pack to my dormant 1.2 save, in hopes of chaos ensuing. Nothing very chaotic happened, just wound up orbiting some strange places. So I went off for a couple of circumnavigations of Gael. And then this happened: Well, um, this is all just testing, anyway... Meanwhile, I'm nearly finished cooking something up for my, ahem, legions of adoring fans... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n.b.z. Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 I don't particularly like these dark winter days. But I will not despair, for soon enough, a new spring will be upon us, when beautiful Vectors will blossom again in the dew of morning, while young drogues perform their mating dance in a mild breeze... In other, entirely unrelated news: Nobody on the ITS team expected the guidance software to perform the BFR landing flawlessly before some finetuning of certain parameters had taken place. But when the lack of said finetuning was demonstrated by an actual demonstration, the outcome was still widely regarded as surprisingly surprising. Also, quite loud. 2 hours ago, Martian Emigrant said: The saucer.....It's.....a Fairing.....Sheer Genius..... I have to emulate. PSA: saucer-shaped fairings do not only look cool, they actually generate lift when forced through the air sideways. I'm not saying that this makes any sense or might be efficient. I actually swear by the Kraken that it is not. All I'm saying is that I once flew a fairing-based flying saucer off the runway and all the way to Duna, so I should know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupcake... Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 Enjoy! Cupcake... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EpicSpaceTroll139 Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 Built Jeb a much smaller Xmas tree than I have traditionally done in the past. Blooper: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 2 minutes ago, EpicSpaceTroll139 said: Built Jeb a much smaller Xmas tree than I have traditionally done in the past. Blooper: OHHHHHHHH....... Deck the halls with flaming debris! Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la AAAAHHH AAAAAAHHHH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halfdan Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 after boarding the flight crew and all drones the Discovery blasted off to the Jool system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 26 minutes ago, Cupcake... said: Enjoy! Cupcake... Dang... That is really well done! Also, you crazy, and what's on the tip of the nose, and why isn't it red? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelo Kerman Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 After releasing the Heisenberg 2.1.0 a few hours ago, I did some more work on the ZRS-4, getting her ready for my career save. Here is ZRS-4 undergoing one of her acceptance trials: precision landing in a designated spot. In this case, the rooftop of the VAB: This was done using her CompressedAir RCS thrusters. There's an XV-22 mockup on the deck that's undergoing aircraft handling tests. It just barely fits the ZRS-4's aircraft elevator, leading me to shorten the wings just a bit more. The OSCAR-B tanks are placeholders for the V-22 tilt-rotor engine under development. Meanwhile, I flew two XV-22 prototypes, trying to engineer the design (and figure out what parts I need for the upcoming Buffalo Wings update to my Buffalo mod). Here is XV-22-01 in horizontal flight, substituting two jet engines in place of the tilt-rotors: Those jets definitely won't fit the aircraft elevator.. Here is XV-22-02 undergoing VTOL flight tests: I've got the balance right, and flight testing shows me that I'll need quick responding tilt-rotors to make it a bit easier to fly. I'm also going to need a torque module (I'm using an RCS module for now), and some saddle tanks to hold fuel, and to spread out the wheelbase a bit. On a modder's note, my very rough tests of a tilt-rotor part using stock part modules showed me some odd asymetric thrust when mirroring the engines. I'm not sure if it's a result of the design I came up with or if it's in the configuration files. In a day or so I'll have to look into it more. The good news though, is that I can use the stock FXModuleAnimateThrottle to spin the prop-rotors and ModuleAnimateGeneric to pivot the engine from horizontal to vertical. I'm not too familiar with FXModuleAnimateThrottle, and thus far my makeshift prop-rotors don't spin very fast despite what I set for baseAnimSpeed and baseAnimSpeedMult.But hey, I've got two animations that don't interfere with each other, and might not need a custom part module to pull off a V-22 tilt-rotor engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
septemberWaves Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 37 minutes ago, Angel-125 said: upcoming Buffalo Wings update to my Buffalo mod Will you also introduce a pointier cockpit? The existing one looks great (as do all parts of the mod), but not particularly aerodynamic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelo Kerman Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 16 minutes ago, eloquentJane said: Will you also introduce a pointier cockpit? The existing one looks great (as do all parts of the mod), but not particularly aerodynamic. Likely no, though a UH-60 Blackhawk cockpit would be interesting at some point... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThRodrigues Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 I did a photo shoot while testing the new mod http://prnt.sc/dnegff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kertech Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 I did nothing because it's Christmas!! merry Christmas (or seasons greetings) to you all including @SQUAD, the devs (of Christmas past and present) and the forum moderators! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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