Cavscout74 Posted 14 hours ago Share Posted 14 hours ago I did a multitude of course corrections, assorted gather science missions from places I already have probes and tested an Eve atmospheric skimmer - designed to skim the upper atmosphere with a crew then return to orbit. The test on Kerbin went well - despite totally forgetting any way to land/recover the test vehicle. It handled surprisingly well in, with a remarkably low stall speed My Pioneer-Jool probe also finally arrived in the inner Jool system, did a flyby of Tylo & Laythe before entering Vall orbit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclipse 32 Posted 12 hours ago Share Posted 12 hours ago looking for an anomaly: hello? hello? hello? hello? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoVampire Posted 11 hours ago Share Posted 11 hours ago @Eclipse 32 dunno if its just me and a borked connection but your images are not showing up, even if clcked on. did you use an image host site like imgur or try to direct upload from your computer? Ok, now, onto my little run at science. I am currently in year 1 day 57 and change having JUST returned from minmus, where I did a landing! on tech that was all 90 per box or less! I am quite chuffed to be honest, a pleasing run! I ended my mission with about 660 science or so total <counting the 55 i had pre-launch> My rocket The lander with a custom Kerbal onboard as pilot <named for me, so, no images showing that kerbal or its name for privacy sake> and Bob as my scientist. I learned something about that capsule on top. It has absolutely zero torque. Learned that during the landing back at kerbin. But, before I get back home, need to land on that minty green orb and see if its really mint ice cream <iykyk>! Everyone already back on the ship, flag planted, samples gathered, ready to go! My ship called Sci Mule 3.75 cruising towards home. Minmus says hey now, you cant do this with out a photobomb! Capsule on top there with its lander stange/transfer stage/science stage below it. For those curious that plasma trail is actually hard coded INTO KSP and the mod that unlocks it is re-entry particle effects. Why it was never turned on by Squad/PD/TT/?? is/was never fully explained beyond "performance" being the reason. Works fine turned on if you ask me. Drifting at 120m/s prior to full chute deploy. Going to be a wet yet soft landing! Mission COMPLETE! Oh, also, prior to this mission, I launched a minor relay to about 80-100km. Have a look! has a little engine behind it if I need to try to change its orbit. Its not much, its a gen 1 early tech tree, but, its something! For now thats what today has seen me do. Im off to go get dinner. Why did I mention dinner? dunno, feel like sharing 212001262025 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy1 Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago 20 hours ago, AlamoVampire said: I never do maths so much as sling a bunch of relays out into the void to ensure coverage, Yeah me too... unless there's a problem. Exploring Bop, which is in retrograde orbit with Principia. The lander and scanner probe both came from Pol at different times. The scanner probe did a bielliptic transfer from Pol with the orbit reversal at AP a Gm away from Jool to save dV - not enough xenon to go direct. The crewed ship took the direct route. Reversing orbit in Jool gravity took 4.2 km/s burn lasting 25 minutes with nuclear engines. 1st landing at the green monolith near the south pole: Nice view from about 70 deg. south lat. The 4 inner planets all look so close to the sun from out at Jool. L to R: Eve, Kerbin, Duna, Kerbol, Moho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dok_377 Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago @Eclipse 32 Are you trying to attach images from google mail? What in the world? You're the only one who can see them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoVampire Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago (edited) @dok_377 i questioned that too. Time will tell if they see us asking. onto my newest headache. Im finally at a point after 3 runs at Minmus where I can put up real relays. I also unlocked mor MJ features and felt like I was having a legit stroke. Could not figure out why I suddenly couldnt launch an automated rocket via mechjeb. I set my altitude, hit engage autopilot, hit spacebar and watched more times than i want to admit as it just went NO! And fell onto the launch pad. My mistake? Failed to do a basic step. Check the staging. A decoupler was staging too soon and that was the issue. I feel stupid. Im better than that. But the old saying is true! Check your staging! 034601272025 Ok, here are some mission pictures. The launcher is roughly the same one used for the trio in LKO as well as the four in KEO. You will also see the relay itself. All 7 are the EXACT same relay set up with 1 exception. The final 1 has 6 hidden batteries buried inside the HECS. Aside from that, all 7 are identical. Just in differing orbits. When you see the relay itself, you will think im a total nutter in just how BIG that launcher is. Well, go big or disappoint Jeb! This shot is from one of the launches for the trio in LKO, but, like I said, its roughly the same launcher for both the LKO and KEO sets. Id say for not having built a relay set like this in some time other than the test save, doing 7 of these in quick order, literally the trio back to back then KEO back to back. Spoiler contains our little relay. Is this suspenseful? I think it is? I dunno Spoiler Yes, it is as small as you think it is. Hope this was enjoyable. 051201272025 Edited 3 hours ago by AlamoVampire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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