TheDARKOMETER Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Triop said: Thanks, never seen them this close before. You did didn't you, in a negative G dive ? Yep, I have a great Polaroid of it, But I can't tell you where it happened, I can tell you but then I'd have to kill you. *cough*Just Near the KSC*cough* Edit: I used This Camera on the MiG Edited June 17, 2017 by TheDARKOMETER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 And here I thought it was just an F-5 Aggressor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 1 minute ago, TheDARKOMETER said: I can tell you but then I'd have to kill you. Let me guess, you will take my breath away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 1 hour ago, Triop said: Let me guess, you will take my breath away. Goodness, gracious, great... roundish flamey things! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srpadget Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 (edited) Today I learned that Map View is pretty much useless when landing on Gilly. The "map" surface is nowhere NEAR the "real" surface. I also learned how easy it is to crash into a mountain, that is invisible in the night (I use SVE - nighttime in space is DARK), that IS NOT THERE in Map View--and how shocking it is when you're drifting (I can't bring myself to call it "orbiting" at ~20 m/s) innocently along and your ship appears to just spontaneously explode. (Hooray for remembering to save first!) Edited June 17, 2017 by Srpadget Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netbumbler Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Testing new Medium Shuttle... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skylon Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 (edited) What's the camo mod again? Edit: And I equipped my SB-1 'Dragonfly' bomber with @MiffedStarfish's bombs and missiles: Spoiler The extra large landing gear and the Mk1 Cockpit are meant to be together... Missiles away! Dropping some bombs on the VAB. No more rockets for you! You must make planes! Edited June 17, 2017 by Skylon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
septemberWaves Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 10 hours ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Where is this challenge you speak of? The challenge that I'm making this spacecraft for? It's here. It doesn't require Kerbalism, I'm just using it because I want to familiarize myself with it before getting particularly far with my new playthrough. And since I haven't actually done the Doing It Apollo Style challenge yet, I figured doing it and trying to get the maximum number of points will be helpful for getting some practice with Kerbalism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maelstrom Vortex Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Tail hook landing a behemoth space plane: Landing a behemoth space plane/ssto/lab by tail hook on the Mun. You can barely see it, but there's a landing strut on the back of the engine to force the craft to pivot forward from a slow vertical descent. Available here: https://kerbalx.com/Maelstrom_Vortex/Project-Phoenix-21-Spaceplan-Variant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puggonaut Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Bill says to Jeb " Quick no one is looking lets nick this Satellite an flog it on ebay " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbital Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 On 5/16/2017 at 0:42 PM, Bornholio said: MAXIMUM LITHIUM! On to other news the cost of new cellphone batteries to triple this month.... LOL, I fund the EC usage to be ridiculously high.But Nertea thoughtfully included a patch file to change the specs of all engines in that mod. The first time I used one of these engines it sucked all the power in the ship in seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Kerman Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 (edited) I unlocked the J-2 engines, so I could finally build the Saturn V. Actually I made two versions: Saturn Va with FASA parts And Saturn Vb with procedural parts. Then I realized that I have to upgrade my launchpad because the rockets are too tall. BTW I wonder why the procedural parts version is twice as expensive and takes 460 days instead of 200 days. The Venus transfer window opened, so I launched my first Venus Lander Probe on top of a Titan 3E (this rocket launched the Voyager probes in 1977) Spoiler In my opinion it looks quite similar . It has realistic deltaV, thrust and mass stats Venus transfer: Probe separation: Edited June 17, 2017 by Julien Kerman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbinorbiter Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 is that a spaceX engine your using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Kerman Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 1 minute ago, kerbinorbiter said: is that a spaceX engine your using? No, none of the engines are from SpaceX. But which one do you mean exactly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbinorbiter Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 the one in the last picture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Kerman Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Just now, kerbinorbiter said: the one in the last picture It is an AJ-10-mid engine which was developed by Aerojet Rocketdyne in 1957. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaarst Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 (edited) Made another big plane, for "oversized" payloads. Previous plane had a large cargo bay made of opened Mk2 cargo bays: it looked OK but the cargo bay itself was very draggy and it did not shield the payload from drag, plus due to the wings, fuel tanks and gear structures in the middle it was too narrow to fit a 3.75m tank all the way through. So I removed the cargo bay, and got what is essentially an airborne flatbed: I can now lift pretty much anything up to 200t over 1500km (range with the three empty rocket cores weighing 160t overall, cut that down to 1000km for a heavier and draggier payload). Edited June 17, 2017 by Gaarst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 ♪♫♬ Highway to the dangerzone. ♪♫♬ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bornholio Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 2 hours ago, Kerbital said: LOL, I fund the EC usage to be ridiculously high.But Nertea thoughtfully included a patch file to change the specs of all engines in that mod. The first time I used one of these engines it sucked all the power in the ship in seconds. As they should, that thing needs big nuclear power, solars not gonna cut it and even then they are cheaty. not that cheaty is bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovec1990 Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Well im still developing my deep space ship build mostly with NFT parts(Near future Technologies), and i just found out severe design flaw: i can dock lander with ship but i cannot refuel it my ship has wrong fuel witch is ok for ship, but no way lander could use it so i need too add fuel tank on ship any good suggestion? Here is image of first prototype sadly do not have pic of prototype 2: Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerhamster Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Started a new 1.3 career with Community Tech Tree, parts buy in on and reputation rewards set to 10%. An initial concentration on obtaining science parts led to a bit of a grind doing every landed/splashed test contract to obtain enough funds to run around KSC grabbing science from every mini biome to get actual rocket parts followed by more contracts to pay for said parts.... With finances finally on the up and tourist orbit contracts the main breadwinner management finally sanctioned a test airship. The A1 is designed to hoover up all the remaining science from around Kerbin and chase down any anomalies detected by the newly launched orbital scanner. Her two crew have enough supplies for a year and with the electric engines can operate without refuelling. After a couple of test lurches and some fettling in the hanger Jeb felt confident enough to take her out to "discover" the island airstrip. Handling was described as "Gud" but performance got "Well it's faster than walking". And then Jeb glanced at his EC remaining........ The extremely sedate ride back was spent explaining to the design team their failings, the failings of their parents and the likely fate of their offspring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownhair2 Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 (edited) Been working on a new shuttle lately, the Burro: It's just a larger, unmanned version of the Songbird. Because it's larger, it has more Delta-V and can carry larger payloads Re-entry went well... ...And I managed to land before nightfall Not that it would've mattered, since testing pointed out a critical design flaw: the solar panels were being obstructed by the cargo bay. This is why testing is important. Tests with a payload were also successful, although I didn't take any pictures. It had nowhere near as much delta-v as it did without a payload, but it still made it to orbit and deposited the payload. So overall this is a very promising craft! As much as I like the Songbird, I feel like this has much more potential as a LKO shuttle thanks to its larger payload capacity. The Songbird still works fine as an interplanetary craft, although I may need to work on a better lifter. Edited June 17, 2017 by Brownhair2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakenred65 Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, Triop said: ♪♫♬ Highway to the dangerzone. ♪♫♬ More like this. . . FOR SCIENCE! Edited June 17, 2017 by [email protected] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NISSKEPCSIM Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 I made a counterpart to the Tantares Non-Replica Repository thread: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkOwl57 Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 4 minutes ago, [email protected] said: More like this. . . FOR SCIENCE! "This video contains SME, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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