B-STRK Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Completed a Duna Elcano. With a mobile base lifted out of Kiith Gaalsien's worst nightmares. Driving (including quicksaving, waypoint/stop marking, and Science gathering pit stops and Duna night time breaks) for 9 (Kerbal) days 33 minutes 26 seconds as best as I could calculate and log, otherwise under 3 Duna sols. Never again. Never fricking again. Yeah, I said that after the Mun Elcano years ago. Okay, evidence compilation time for the challenge thread. Should be easy enough after that pain-in-the-S road trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerfinon Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Val is running test flights at JNSQ AirBase S72A for the new guidance systems Bill is having that flying dream... again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdJ Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 23 minutes ago, B-STRK said: Completed a Duna Elcano. With a mobile base lifted out of Kiith Gaalsien's worst nightmares. Driving (including quicksaving, waypoint/stop marking, and Science gathering pit stops and Duna night time breaks) for 9 (Kerbal) days 33 minutes 26 seconds as best as I could calculate and log, otherwise under 3 Duna sols. Never again. Never fricking again. Yeah, I said that after the Mun Elcano years ago. Okay, evidence compilation time for the challenge thread. Should be easy enough after that pain-in-the-S road trip. Mad Max, Beyond Thunderdome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyLightMatters Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 I did a trip to Duna and back with my own version of the Starship concept, which works differently, cause it flies a bit. This was also the chance to make a ship with TURD (Texture Unlimited + Recolor Depot). I do believe you will enjoy nice images, the video was made to please our eyes on purpose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormpilot Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Returned my Kerbals I brought to Duna a couple months ago. They have been there for about 2 kerbal years so I decided to bring them home. On Duna: Takeoff: Going to orbit: Transfer Burn: Approaching Kerbin: Entering atmosphere: Splash down(for some reason water is transparent here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JcoolTheShipbuilder Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Hmm... I once got a contract in career where I needed to rescue a part from a low orbit around the sun. It orbited the sun at half the distance of MOHO. Sooo yep I cancelled that one as I had no idea how to bring a craft to low sun orbit, collect a part, and have enough fuel to get back to kerbin and reenter with the part lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormpilot Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 4 hours ago, JcoolTheShipbuilder said: Hmm... I once got a contract in career where I needed to rescue a part from a low orbit around the sun. It orbited the sun at half the distance of MOHO. Sooo yep I cancelled that one as I had no idea how to bring a craft to low sun orbit, collect a part, and have enough fuel to get back to kerbin and reenter with the part lol Lots of radiators, and gravity sling shots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeaKaka Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Pressed Esc at exactly the right time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormpilot Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 SSTO to orbit: In orbit: Coming Back down: Landing, taxing and parking: Currently planning on a longer range version able to go farther (Mun, Minimus or possibly interplanetary) and carry more kerbals (this one only carriers one). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misguided Kerbal Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Well.. I've had a little break from playing KSP because of real life stuff. But now most of the exams are over, I can finally get back to playing! So, after not playing for so long I decided to make a plane (doesn't everyone do that?) It was a flop (literally). Next thing I knew, the whole plane flipped over on its belly. Not good. So, keeping along with the plane shenanigans, I decided to do a routine crew rotation. After not playing for a month (mostly playing some Minecraft), I wasn't very used to the controls anymore, and I seemed to have forgotten how to fly this with all its quirks and stuff. And so it started flipping out. In a panic, I smashed the abort button (well, I clicked it). We had lost much of our airspeed, and we weren't flying. We were stalling falling with style. Or without style. You decide. Somehow miraculously, the 2 crew survived, but not poor Halpond, the pilot. Luckily I had the power of F5 and F9, but boy, that wasn't a very good start from a long hiatus, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlrk Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Nothing, because I tried to reinstall it after reformatting my drive and the store is on indefinite maintenance. @SQUAD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavscout74 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 18 hours ago, ColdJ said: Hi. What parachute is that 1? The 0.35m nose cone parachute from USI Sounding Rockets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker58th Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 (edited) Kind of a long video but this is a space plane return from space station with glide to landing. I didn't manage my electric charge during time warp so ended up flying re-entry without reaction wheel help. I had been wanting to test that anyway. I had tested this craft without reaction wheel on ascent and it did very well. I'm liking this design. Spoiler Spoiler Edited April 27, 2021 by Joker58th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Emigrant Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 (edited) Hey all. Today Jeb and Bob left Duna to rendez-vous with Bill and Val in orbit. Once back on Kerbin the usual suspects flew an experimental aircraft around the patch. Spoiler The mono-Wheel arrangement that Bill built didn't have any brakes so it didn't end well for the prototype. The Kerbals were fine and they had some ice-cream. ME Edited April 27, 2021 by Martian Emigrant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klapaucius Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 (edited) I went out of my usual building and had a heap of fun making this traction engine. Just added a whole bunch of action groups this evening that mimic the startup cycle and added a coal box at the back. Smoke comes out of the stack, there is a fire in the boiler, the flywheel and the governor spin and the steering wheel tracks with the turning of the front wheels. https://kerbalx.com/Klapaucius/Rattler-Traction-Engine Edited April 28, 2021 by Klapaucius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aSgardw0lf Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 After three years of avoiding Planes in KSP at all i tried do build and fly a Shuttle in Stock KSP. I managed to get to orbit ... now comes the fun part ... trying to land it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavscout74 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Got a few more Pioneer comm relays into orbit today - switched to using a complete Atlas-Agena, which substantially increased the orbital altitudes I could reach The first one used an Agena engine on a small fuel tank, and was a big improvement over previous launches that ended up spinning out of control Then I realized "hey, why don't you just use the complete Agena like it was meant to be used" That one was placed in a large polar orbit The next one became my first (in this save) Mun orbiter In between satellite launches, Jeb, Val & Bill all got their first orbital flights in. Jeb was first, with a short 2-orbit trip in the basic Atlas-Moho View from the cockpit during splashdown Val rode the upgraded Atlas-Mohogena (Moho-Agena) and spent 4 hours in orbit before the batteries started running low & she returned. Bill took up an improved Mohogena with solar panels and is planning to spend a full day in orbit Bill's first sunrise in orbit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdJ Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 11 hours ago, Martian Emigrant said: Hey all. Today Jeb and Bob left Duna to rendez-vous with Bill and Val in orbit. Once back on Kerbin the usual suspects flew an experimental aircraft around the patch. Reveal hidden contents The mono-Wheel arrangement that Bill built didn't have any brakes so it didn't end well for the prototype. The Kerbals were fine and they had some ice-cream. ME You could almost compete in the to the island and back in fastest time least parts challenge. 8 hours ago, Klapaucius said: I went out of my usual building and had a heap of fun making this traction engine. Just added a whole bunch of action groups this evening that mimic the startup cycle and added a coal box at the back. Smoke comes out of the stack, there is a fire in the boiler, the flywheel and the governor spin and the steering wheel tracks with the turning of the engine. https://kerbalx.com/Klapaucius/Rattler-Traction-Engine Cool craftmanship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Emigrant Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 2 minutes ago, ColdJ said: You could almost compete in the to the island and back in fastest time least parts challenge. Thanks, but only almost. I tried flying straight to the island and they ran out of go-go juice. Cute but high drag. Plus it as no brakes. So more fuel+parachute... I then tried a segway arrangement that fell on its nose when braking from a touchdown. And proceeded to explode to Jeb's satisfaction. Presently working on a conventional trike but the part count is getting stupid for my compu-tater©. My graphic card can't handle seeing the ground.....Makes flying difficult at best. When launching a rocket I tilt the camera to see only sky. I'll keep playing with it. ME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdJ Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 3 minutes ago, Martian Emigrant said: Thanks, but only almost. I tried flying straight to the island and they ran out of go-go juice. Cute but high drag. Plus it as no brakes. So more fuel+parachute... I then tried a segway arrangement that fell on its nose when braking from a touchdown. And proceeded to explode to Jeb's satisfaction. Presently working on a conventional trike but the part count is getting stupid for my compu-tater©. My graphic card can't handle seeing the ground.....Makes flying difficult at best. When launching a rocket I tilt the camera to see only sky. I'll keep playing with it. ME 1 of the latest just uses a girder for an undercarriage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swjr-swis Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 On 4/26/2021 at 3:46 PM, B-STRK said: Kiith Gaalsien's worst nightmares You've never had to deal with The Beast, young'un. Let me tell you a story... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerminator K-100 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Made as small as a rover as I could and posted it on KerbalX Read more here (also pictures and explosions!): Download link here: https://kerbalx.com/Kerminator/Tiny-Rover Then a quick minmus landing before turning KSP off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itsdavyjones Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Was flying up from the surface of the Mun to return to the transfer vehicle from the lander, and I had Jeb eva over with the science to simplify the docking procedure when the kraken attacked. Val died immediately, and Bob died on impact, as there was only enough fuel to save one, so Bill survived, but the transfer vessel was now stranded without fuel around the Mun, so a fuel transfer mission was sent up to get them home. Afterwards, a new mission to the Mun was sent to place memorials for the fallen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormpilot Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Added extension to SSIII, the new part on the left (fuel tank and two crew compartments) is new: If you have any ideas for more extensions, I'm open to Ideas. Also now that I notice this, It made no sense for me to dock the extra part to the side with the fuel tank than the part with the crew compartment (on the right). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrionix Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Maybe you could add a module that has ore holding tanks and a convert-o-tron. Probably could be so that you could transfer resources from planets to later turn it into fuel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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