Tripzter Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 (edited) CTRL+L would be a wise move once you have gotten to a stage you do not wish to accidentally let go. I tend to rest my thumb over the space bar a lot and have finally started using this trick again.Thats a reason why i made control to be my staging button, T to be my precision controls and the space bar to be my sas on/off Edited March 17, 2014 by Tripzter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus738 Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 I launched a new test design using the 24-77 engine. it takes a lot of the little buggers....but we had great success rescuing Philly Kerman from ~100km orbit Now headed for Kerbin station to wait for more passengers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaryulenko Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 I completed the first steps of my mun baseIt looks like Jebediah tried to go to space today whit our first habitable platform..... He didn't make it to space . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoPanShabuShabu Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Got it to work: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus738 Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Got it to work:-snip-Ha ha ha ha ha... awesome... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScallopPotato Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Did all the plane changes for my 12 ships inbound to Jool, got my Kethane Scanner into orbit around Bop and begun scanning, launched a hab and replacement crew to my minmus kethane base and successfully made a shuttle of sorts in my test save.Yesterday involved sending those 12 ships on their way to Jool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mork Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Got it to work:Nice! I still need to get mine working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaveFunctionP Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 (edited) Did all the plane changes for my 12 ships inbound to Jool, got my Kethane Scanner into orbit around Bop and begun scanning, launched a hab and replacement crew to my minmus kethane base and successfully made a shuttle of sorts in my test save.Yesterday involved sending those 12 ships on their way to Jool.So much work, I wouldn't even bother if I had to do all that. I didn't start interplanetary travel until I could make a single ship to do the whole mission. As for what I'm doing today, I came back to Jool and placed an antimatter farm. Doing orbital manuvers right now to optimize my orbit in the van allen belt. Edited March 17, 2014 by WaveFunctionP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jouni Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 I continued delivering habitation modules to Laythe surface. This time I didn't have so much trouble as with the first module that ultimately became a part of the refueling station.One module still remains. The mothership was running out of fuel, so I had to send a fuel tanker to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
problemecium Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 (edited) Built a crawler. I was slightly disappointed to find that it wasn't nearly the size of the built-in invisible insta-crawler judging by the width of the tracks, but hey, it still can carry rockets places. And it can actually go at a decent clip of around 9 m/s, although that tends to lead to wheels breaking off going over bumps... let alone the rocket falling off the back and splattering.tl;dr: CRAWLER! Edited March 17, 2014 by parameciumkid image error Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rakaydos Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 (edited) In my FAR enabled, Space Plane Hanger Only, Carear Mode, I flew past the moon twice... to unlock turbojets and landing gear.How did I get there, without landing gear or turbojets? Like this: Edited March 17, 2014 by Rakaydos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rakaydos Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 (double post) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coreross Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 I think this is a new chapter for my exploring other worlds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jouni Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 For some time, I've had a problem. Early career mode rockets are fun, but the early career mode only lasts for a few missions, and then science gets grindy. Today I found a solution: play career mode without science.Basically, I started playing with the following restrictions: No science experiments on ships, and no science points from the surface of Kerbin. Crew reports and surface samples are allowed, as well as EVA reports, if I actually do something new during the EVA. No missions that are too ambitious compared to what has already been achieved. Missions should be reasonable and rockets should look like rockets.With these restrictions, the pace of progress is quite reasonable. So far, I've done 9 missions: four suborbital flights with rockets of increasing size (the last of them went to space), three orbital flights (Kerbin, Mun flyby, Minmus flyby), and two landings (Minmus and Mun). I'm one mission short of having docking ports and hitchhikers, so maybe I'll do a more ambitious Mun landing before going interplanetary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KerbMav Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 After fixing the onboard computer (KER) to show me dV calculations again, I started wondering if I should pay Ike a visit before leaving the Duna system at last. Although I ditched the scientific equipment on the return flight from Duna's surface and wouldnt have much to do other then crew reports and EVAs ...Also, as of now I have no realistic option to guesstimate the dV needed to return to Kerbin and enter orbit without aerobreaking (nukes are forbidden to enter the atmosphere after activation) and so it will come down to an Ike flyby at best.Built an Eve lander probe using a large inflatible heat shield to cover the somewhat large construction.Had some heat problems with the engines - more than the last time I had Mainsails available, and even the Skipper got dangerously hot (after the Mainsail popped and an early staging ... orbit was completed with the Poodle of the transfer stage), but its circuling at 83km above Kerbin.Preplotting the course gave me no encounter at acceptable dV values - guess five days early is to early still.The course I found is inconsistent, but the half way inclination correction burn should be able to take care of this.Noticed I miss - and am missing - a large "connector cube" for station building, but I think I know which mod I have to look at for finding it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capi3101 Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Launched my Gilly mission for science. Docked up with the transfer stage and did the Eve transfer burn. Got an encounter but it's not as close as I'd like; will try the correction burn and Eve intercept tonight if possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackForceGX Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Tryed to connect my Joystick to the PC and Fly around in KSP... but my Mainboard dont have enough Power to support all the USB-Devices! So im frustrated now and build a Ship in Kerbals Orbit to Fly to Jool.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roblamb98 Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 I built a stock rover that can fly, basic jet engine with about 6 oscar-b fuel tanks empties of oxidizer, boxed up, put 6 EAS-4 seats on it, some wings, and it flew better than alot of planes ive built, top land speed of 40 m/s at which it can leap over the flagpole next to the launch pad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tw1 Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 (edited) Experimented with "reusable" boosters.And set up what may become a kerbal powered interplanetary mission. Edited March 17, 2014 by Tw1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maccollo Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 I finalized my (RSS) Mars rocket.15 000 tons on the pad320 tons to orbit140 tons to Mars12 tons back to earth.The test flight to orbit was successful!Unfortunately the NERVAs then proceeded to explode from reentry... In the vacuum of space... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justicar Shodan Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 I finalized my (RSS) Mars rocket.15 000 tons on the pad320 tons to orbit140 tons to Mars12 tons back to earth.Wow, 15kt thats impressive and looks good. Although you might need a bigger launch pad I sent a probe to Kerbol to gather some science. Well in fact i sent 3 probes. 1st didn't have enough fuel so couldn't make it to " near sun", 2nd had no heat radiators, so it shut down the solar panels to cut heat production (yeah great idea on a probe -.-), 3rd one finally did it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 I finalized my (RSS) Mars rocket.15 000 tons on the pad320 tons to orbit140 tons to Mars12 tons back to earth.https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22015656/Mars%20mission.pngPlease tell me that thing is NOT! asparagus staged!your frame rate must have been way into scientific notation territory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaRocketCat Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 I remember a loong time ago when this thread was first started, can't believe it's still going strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragosnat Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Got this into orbit last night: Then proceded to land it at a certain spot in the desert:http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/3296939289159663724/16BD1F82EDB447BC667132C24367B86A1A5271DB/Needless to say it was a landing and thank goodness for extra reaction wheels: Also used the side mounted docking port part First one I had forgot to put semitry on but was still able to dock, was a challnge for sure and the second was similar but this time I remembered to add them.http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/3296939289147915869/F6CD8E60C932C4B3AABFA278558B893916D55EF5/http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/3296939289147956520/4359C3F86D00F3BF2228DDA1931B7865CD993E41/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maccollo Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Please tell me that thing is NOT! asparagus staged!your frame rate must have been way into scientific notation territoryOnly glorious serial staging was used on this rocket! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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