Guest Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 1 hour ago, TheEpicSquared said: "It's so quick it can destroy your entire face." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
septemberWaves Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 I sent the first kerbal to Kerbin orbit since the restart of my long-term career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fearless Son Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 6 hours ago, Moh1336 said: Max speed is around 1,360m/s under 20k and can reach around 26k. Turning under 400m/s is surprisingly good, though any manoeuvring above 600m/s needs to be done carefully or it will start to shed parts. Mostly the wings, and that is apparently a bad thing. Something similar happened to one of the SR-71 prototypes. The pilot reports that one moment he was in the cockpit, the next he was falling through the air still strapped into his chair. The plane has literally torn itself apart around him during a gentle turn. (It was designed to take that grade of turn at that speed, but a minor flaw had a cascading effect.) So I have a contract in-progress to put a station into Minmus orbit. Currently have it in LKO, putting most of it together there. Have the core on, installed the power systems (a wide pylon with batteries and Gigantor XL solar panels, ISS-style.) Last night, I added the communication system. Four large relay dishes, four Communitron-88s. I had enough fuel left in my ascent module to navigate to my rendezvous, after turning the thrust on the Twin-Boar way down. Left it there after detaching the transfer vehicle to dock the communication module to the station. After attaching the communication module, I undocked the transfer vehicle and navigated it back toward the debris that was the ascent module. I did not want to leave the ascent module there, but I had predicted that I would detach it while it was still suborbital, so it had nothing on it that would allow it to return to deorbit on its own. So I put the probe transfer module right up against the side of it, and went full-throttle. It took a few tries since it was never perfectly centered, but eventually I got both the transfer and the lifting modules into a sub-orbital trajectory. At that point, I watched both de-orbit. Felt pretty good that I could do that kind of maneuver without any docking mechanism, and kept the space lanes clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyko Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 25 minutes ago, eloquentJane said: I sent the first kerbal to Kerbin orbit since the restart of my long-term career. Nice! I've often debated with myself on the value of capping off the top of my capsules with an aerodynamic nosecone. Do you notice a difference or is it because it looks cleaner...(It DOES look better) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkOwl57 Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 27 minutes ago, eloquentJane said: I sent the first kerbal to Kerbin orbit since the restart of my long-term career. Here's the big question though; Did you get him back down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiew Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Having been assured by the cartography department that there was in fact a 5th biome on Iota that neither Lyssa nor Jay managed to spot, mission control decided to do something about the gap in the data. Identifying a useful synchronicity with a request for rescue from Iotian orbit, they modified the standard lander and sent it up on remote control. After a successful orbital rendezvous with a chirpy looking engineer, they immediately set her to work collecting rocks. Very, very bright rocks. Slightly salty, sweet, gunpowdery bright rocks that will add an unusual piquance to... nevermind. That's another one for the Council of Chefs to work out. Of more import is the upcoming Ceti program. With the recent development of orbital research labs, and the realisation that there is a heavy fuel requirement for returning missions wishing to enter stable orbit around Gael, it is decided that getting one out to Ceti ahead of the lander missions would be a fine idea. Thus far, only an artists impression of the prototype has emerged. Mission control has nicknamed it Manatee Station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
septemberWaves Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 24 minutes ago, Tyko said: Nice! I've often debated with myself on the value of capping off the top of my capsules with an aerodynamic nosecone. Do you notice a difference or is it because it looks cleaner...(It DOES look better) Firstly, it looks significantly better. Secondly, when I unlock sepratrons and octagonal struts, the nosecone will also house the launch escape system. Thirdly, check out the whole mission report. This is being done in 4x scale; the delta-v to reach orbit is upwards of 5500m/s. There's far longer spent in the atmosphere where drag is an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Servo Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Possibly the prettiest plane the U.S. never built: The YF-23 Black Widow II. I fell in love with this fighter, which lost a contest with the F-22 Raptor. Shame, because this one is sweet. I'll have to do a lot of work on the lines before I upload it, but it's a start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
septemberWaves Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 24 minutes ago, DarkOwl57 said: Here's the big question though; Did you get him back down? *Her. And yes, she did return to the surface safely. Check out the whole mission report if you want details, its linked to in the post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkOwl57 Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 12 minutes ago, eloquentJane said: *Her. And yes, she did return to the surface safely. Check out the whole mission report if you want details, its linked to in the post. Nice. As I have said, "It's easy to go UP in KSP, but getting down is a whole 'nother story" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpy Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Failed at providing KSC2 with a runway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
septemberWaves Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 4 minutes ago, DarkOwl57 said: Nice. As I have said, "It's easy to go UP in KSP, but getting down is a whole 'nother story" You say that, but honestly it's much simpler to return to Kerbin than to get to orbit in the first place. Even in 4x scale, where re-entry speed is at least 4500m/s, the stock heat shield is more than adequate (it's good even for re-entries directly from interplanetary velocity to landing, though I probably won't use that sort of re-entry profile very often). Getting to orbit though, is an entirely different story. It takes upwards of 5500m/s (significantly more if thrust isn't high enough) to reach orbit around 4x scale Kerbin with the atmosphere at 1.4x scale. Check out the mission profile for that rocket for an idea of what I mean about the thrust; the first three stages all started out with thrust to weight ratios of more than 1, but it still only just made it to orbit even with about 600m/s more than is technically necessary. I've had to use a significantly upgraded launch vehicle to be able to send the complete Megido 1 spacecraft to orbit with delta-v to spare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 (edited) Testing a new dragster. Edited January 27, 2017 by Triop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fearless Son Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 9 minutes ago, Triop said: Reminds me of something, but I cannot put my finger on what... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Fearless Son said: Reminds me of something, but I cannot put my finger on what... Great balls of fire ? Edited January 27, 2017 by Triop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fearless Son Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Just now, Triop said: Great balls of fire ? Goodness, gracious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekL1963 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Started a campaign game to test my plans for next real campaign game. Which sounds odd, but it's how I generally play KSP... I spend as much time testing, tinkering, and optimizing as I do playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, Fearless Son said: Something similar happened to one of the SR-71 prototypes. The pilot reports that one moment he was in the cockpit, the next he was falling through the air still strapped into his chair. The plane has literally torn itself apart around him during a gentle turn. (It was designed to take that grade of turn at that speed, but a minor flaw had a cascading effect.) That sounds fun. In the DF sense of the word... Edited January 27, 2017 by Carl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hikoriyami Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 I actually made a second video exploring Alpha Centauri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 49 minutes ago, Fearless Son said: Reminds me of something, but I cannot put my finger on what... Probably best if you don't. This is a family forum, after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOfMaar Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 (edited) Made and tested 4 more skyboxes in total. Now I'm touching up in Photoshop because some have very clear artifacts that'll make them look like garbage on high-contrast monitors. There's a second space photo one and 8 for EVE Online now, at least one for each faction. Link is in my signature. Edited January 27, 2017 by JadeOfMaar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XB-70A Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, Fearless Son said: Reminds me of something, but I cannot put my finger on what... Edited January 27, 2017 by XB-70A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOfMaar Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 omg lol! seriously people. seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hikoriyami Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 15 minutes ago, JadeOfMaar said: Made and tested 4 more skyboxes in total. Now I'm touching up in Photoshop because some will look like garbage on high-contrast monitors. There's a second space photo one and 8 for EVE Online now, at least one for each faction. Link is in my signature. -SNIP- WOW. Those look great, I might have to check those out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Raging Sandwich Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 2 hours ago, Fearless Son said: Reminds me of something, but I cannot put my finger on what... Please don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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