capi3101 Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Started designing a bomber for the Simulated Attack on KSC challenge. Discovered it really does help to have most of the weight in the back of your plane. What I have took off but wasn't very fun to fly, and so far it has nothing that could be considered a bomb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seret Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Discovered it really does help to have most of the weight in the back of your plane.Only if most of your lift is back there too. Easiest thing to do is make sure your CofG is slightly in front of your centre of lift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capi3101 Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 For the design I wanted to build I needed the wings closer to the back (at least far enough back to not interfere with the operation of the ejection system); I couldn't move the wings forward further and still had the center of lift well behind the center of gravity (off the ball). She flew, but not well, which is why I was thinking it needed more weight towards the back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MudMan Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 I built a ship and went to the Mun, but failed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vargson Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Performed my first successful manned landing on Mun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyHook Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Continued playing around with my shuttle in sandbox (there's four more images at the end of this album)In career mode I decided to put together a new launcher/satellite system and a research jet to squeeze a little more science out of the Kerbin system.Welcome to the shuttlebug club!Mother Ursa Welcomes you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tntristan12 Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 I just finished a 100km real-time drive on the Mun, from my Kethane Base to the nearby mun arch where I did my first Mun mission of this sandbox save (the 100km counts the return trip too). It took *forever*, and managing speed / not toppling end over end in low gravity was a supremely painful experience, and yes I had to reload backup quicksaves multiple times... But it was worth it to get this screenshot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epthelyn Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Built a 1200t, 51 Kerbal, Mun rocket.It doesn't work (no surprises there) but I haven't killed any Kerbals with it. I refuse to send it up fully crewed until it stops crashing.Needs more struts.It's probably capable of Duna with the amount of fuel it has on it and considering how light Hitchhiker Storage Containers are, but I'll just start out on easymode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Made it to Duna for the first time and landed safely. Did a bit of EVA as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaverickSawyer Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 (edited) Began a "Science Blitz" campaign on Minmus. All my repeatable experiments (seismometer (landed), gravioli detector (landed and orbital), thermometer (landed), KDEX dust sensor (landed), crew report (landed), EVA Report (landed), surface sample (landed)) are going to be repeated in all of the different Biomes on Minmus. Just completed Polar, Greater Flats and Highlands (THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE!!!! ). Next stop: Great Flats.EDIT: BTW, I'm using this map of Minmus's biomes, assembled by the friendly neighborhood ninja at Orbiter Forum to help me find my way. Edited January 9, 2014 by MaverickSawyer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umlüx Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 updated some mods and suddenly, my science mun lander had less dV than before.... too little to land and return to munar orbit.... what to do now? go home and forget the whole thing? scrap my science station and crash the lander frustrated into the mun?salvaged the whole mission by flying the whole science space station with the docked lander to minmus and collect science there like a baws! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylandro Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 The sky is PURPLE! The parts are BLACK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunaran Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 very nearly lost 1800 scienceJUST PUT THAT ANYWHERE GUYS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirine Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 very nearly lost 1800 sciencehttp://i.imgur.com/KrEwGUH.jpgJUST PUT THAT ANYWHERE GUYSDirection of parachute look weird.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudcosmic Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Direction of parachute look weird....Looks pretty normal to me. Probably thanks to the Real Chute Mod? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capi3101 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Worked on ways to drop "weapons" from a plane. Good progress on the "bomb" front; not so much on the "unguided missile" front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inigma Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 I'm addicted.Javascript is disabled. View full album Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirine Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 I'm addicted.http://imgur.com/a/Zb10SNice...the Desert Temple are above the desert now...perhaps you should pay a visit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratfink Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Tried to dock my Fuel Tug with LKO Science Station, however I broke most of the solar panels (re-design need to remove solar panels from docking arms!) on the first attempt. On the second attempt, it dock but Mission Control sent the wrong message and the thrust kicked in again, ripping the command module from the station. On evacuation one scientists pod didn't survive re-entry, and now Mission Control is prepping a rescue craft to meet up with the out of control Tug and Command Module before it's too late!RIP Dr Shelrick Kerman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klingon Admiral Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 I designed a 2-man orbital ferry. Then I found oput that it had enough power to go into low Munar orbit. So now I have a ferry for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
federicoaa Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 cry over my suddenly corrupted save Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overfloater Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 (edited) Today I tested my interplanetary 8 passenger plane:And now it's stranded there with barely enough fuel to make orbit So naturally I designed a plane specifically for rescuing those three goons. Lighter cockpit, no RCS, just ONE hitchiker module, and MOAR fuel...Night landing...darn......And failed. The 2nd plane could rech only halfway back to Earth so I travelled back in time with [F9].Now I have 4 goons to rescue and an even bigger plane to build Edit:No mods or cheat codes. Pure stock gameplay ;P Edited January 10, 2014 by Overfloater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragosnat Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Well. Yestarday I found out the Grav detector could be used in low orbit around the Mün. Developed a craft that could gather all the bits. Going to do that for Minmus next.Have a nice picture of one of two Stations around the Mün this one has a lander that has return from the Mün: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fudgemuncher5 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 was bored so built a monster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaverickSawyer Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 It's less a question of what I did, and more of what am I going to do...I'm going to leave a mapping satellite in orbit around Kerbin while I'm at work for 8 hours today. Should turn up a nearly complete map. If not, I'll retrieve it, collect the data, and then launch another one with some more dV to fill the gaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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