I am full of grief and coffee

[Whackjob]

Lol, That's insane!! What amused me (now that I've got somewhat used to your monster creations) is that with all that size you went with the small kethane drills!

Is that for onland re-fuelling, or will that whole thing lift off and become and orbiting fuel station?

(how many people tried to close the nav ball in the last pic from that post? , loling@self)

Small drills, but eight of them. Better placement. It's a tower lander. The whole thing lands on a small planet or mun, refuels, takes off again.

Coincidentally, I'm redoing the Arkingthaad tower lander. Going for a midrange size, between the light and the heavy. And this one I will post the craft file for. When it's done. Some screenies:

Now, you might be saying to yourself, "Can those legs even handle all that bloody mass?!"

Turns out yes.

[Aragosnat]

True. But, the real question is. Can other peoples pc's handle that craft?

[Whackjob]

Not a clue. Maybe. Lemmie see how many parts it is...

#EDIT: The tower itself, sans boosters, is a svelte 571 parts.

#EDIT2: Shakedown run of the orbit placement boosters and landing gear.

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#EDIT3: This thing would look BEASTLY on Duna. Ok! Time to add the orbit boost engines!

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[SpaceSphereOfDeath]

True. But, the real question is. Can other peoples pc's handle that craft?

NO, the real question is...

WILL IT BLEND?

[Whackjob]

NO, the real question is...

WILL IT BLEND?

Yes. Everything at once. Everything.

[numerobis]

True. But, the real question is. Can other peoples pc's handle that craft?

That depends on what you mean by "handle" -- I can run 1500 parts on my low-end Macbook Air. I just have to be patient.

[Whackjob]

Should now be ready for a test flight to the Mun and back. Parts count? 1,600 dead even on the pad or in the VAB, and ~570 for just the lander. Should be fun!

[MalfunctionM1Ke]

Holy Cow... You need to put this thing into documentated action

[Whackjob]

Quick report... my old arch-nemesis, the spontaneous resonant stress fracture.. has reared its ugly head again. The shearing is happening, to my complete surprise, between the end connections of the rockomax 32 cans in the boosters! Did not expect that. So I redid the boosters. I seriously buffed up their rigidity. The cost... it is now at 3,600 parts.

Time for another test run! This will be the last of the night for me.

[Whackjob]

Much success. Pictures of it landed on the Mun soon I hope.

[Whackjob]

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Test run complete... manned mission to the Mun and beyond tomorrow.

[ilikemoneygreen]

This is impressive. Getting that much rocket into orbit is no easy task. I have tried it many times.... all ending in green goo on the launchpad.

[Specialist290]

Here's to your success, Whackjob

[loknar]

Whackjob... you are true to your name.

We should do science on your brain. Hook you up to stimulant drugs and a simulation software.

Oh, wait.. THEY are already doing it.

[Whackjob]

Thank you for the encouragement, all!

Tomorrow, when all is complete, and I do a final manned shakedown run (Mun, Duna, Ike, Kerbin, probably) and return, I will post the craft file. Anyone know a good place where the file will remain persistent for a good long time? And finally, one more picture, showing off my strutwork.

[Tw1]

Thank you for the encouragement, all!

Anyone know a good place where the file will remain persistent for a good long time? And finally, one more picture, showing off my strutwork.

Look at all them struts! 3,600 parts is insane. I wonder if that is some sort of record. If not, it must be close.

I recommend dropbox. I've still got stuff in there I used for uni last year.

[p1t1o]

Christ, did anyone else think someone had died before reading the OP?

[loknar]

Christ, did anyone else think someone had died before reading the OP?

Whackjob's tombstone will include a short URL link to this forum

[Whackjob]

I love this thread. It's the Whackjob equivalent of cutting a tree in half to count the rings. All of my progress is here. I am exceedingly appreciative of the moderators that permit it to stay and live on.

[Spyritdragon]

3600 parts, and a Mun - Duna - Ike - return... you are insane . I cant begin to imagine the processing load. How many parts does it even take for your PC to lag?

[SpaceSphereOfDeath]

How many parts does it even take for your PC to lag?

OVAH 90-no, I'm not even going to do it.

A

Although I am curious, how many does it take? I'm guessing around 1850.

[Whackjob]

3600 parts, and a Mun - Duna - Ike - return... you are insane . I cant begin to imagine the processing load. How many parts does it even take for your PC to lag?

That's not a crazy mission when you consider Kethane is involved. As far as parts goes... at 1000, I see a little slowdown. 2,000, and it gets a little noticeable. At 3,600, I launch and then I go make dinner.

Whack has the patience.

[SpaceSphereOfDeath]

Whackjob, look at this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interplanetary_spaceflight#See_also

Sometimes I love the internet

[Whackjob]

Manned mission is going for final test run before posting the .craft of my latest magnum opus. Here's a quick EVA look at the tower in orbit, before I go off to the Mun.

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I hear there will be optimizations some in .23. Can't wait.

[ilikemoneygreen]

Youve probably answered this before, but what is your PC? Im guessing you got at least 2 cores of cpu that are overclocked like crazy. My i7 literally groans at 1k parts. i cant imagine a 3.5k part ship.