[Showcase] Post your Moon/Planet Landers Thread / Lander building guide.

[CdrFuzz]

@eagle92lightning - there's a red, a green and a blue one on the bottom of the lander, which: A. looks pretty, and; B. acts as a kind of ground proximity indicator during landing. Higher up, the light mixes to produce white, but as you get closer to the ground the light separates into its constituent elements.

[eagle92lightning]

1 hour ago, CdrFuzz said:

@eagle92lightning - there's a red, a green and a blue one on the bottom of the lander, which: A. looks pretty, and; B. acts as a kind of ground proximity indicator during landing. Higher up, the light mixes to produce white, but as you get closer to the ground the light separates into its constituent elements.

okay thanks that makes since

[Sapient Vulpine]

 

On 6/27/2013 at 5:39 PM, GusTurbo said:

I have a concept for a lander in my head that I may work on soon, or that might inspire someone else. One design problem I've run into is that it can be hard to design a lander that has a rover smoothly integrated into it. My concept is for a lander roughly the shape of a cube, using the white rover bodies that I'm so fond of, that has a rover seamlessly integrated as part of the body on one of the sides. The wheels will be attached in such a way that they face inward so they are invisible from the outside.

Upon landing, the rover will be decoupled (or undocked), leaving one side of the lander either completely missing or open. I may create a mockup before I attempt this.

In ASCII, it would look like this

Landed:

[|]

/ \

Rover decoupled:

[|

/ \ _

You'll have to use your imagination.

 

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My attempt at miniaturizing the J-Class LM:

 

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Earlier version with charging module and rover still attached:

[eagle92lightning]

On ‎10‎/‎20‎/‎2016 at 10:50 AM, NSEP said:

No problem! Looking forward to what you make!

oh I forget something. I want my kerbals back so how should I go about getting the Lander back into orbit?

[mrmcp1]

1 hour ago, eagle92lightning said:

oh I forget something. I want my kerbals back so how should I go about getting the Lander back into orbit?

The lander needs to be even bigger than a rocket you would use to get into orbit of kerbin. Due to the thick atmosphere you will also need to chose your engines carefully 

[eagle92lightning]

33 minutes ago, mrmcp1 said:

The lander needs to be even bigger than a rocket you would use to get into orbit of kerbin. Due to the thick atmosphere you will also need to chose your engines carefully 

my plan was a sls Orion rocket block 1. Highly modified of course. I think I might be able to get a Lander big enough on it.

[mrmcp1]

25 minutes ago, eagle92lightning said:

my plan was a sls Orion rocket block 1. Highly modified of course. I think I might be able to get a Lander big enough on it.

You basically need to land something with even more fuel than the sls Orion on the surface unfortunately. It is possible in one launch but very difficult. I look forward to seeing your creation. If you use the mod kerbal engineer you will need about 6000m/s of delta v I think.

[eagle92lightning]

4 minutes ago, mrmcp1 said:

You basically need to land something with even more fuel than the sls Orion on the surface unfortunately. It is possible in one launch but very difficult. I look forward to seeing your creation. If you use the mod kerbal engineer you will need about 6000m/s of delta v I think.

I like mech Jeb better but only for data

[mrmcp1]

11 minutes ago, eagle92lightning said:

I like mech Jeb better but only for data

It does the same job. You may want to look at some of the other creations on the forum for inspiration

[eagle92lightning]

41 minutes ago, mrmcp1 said:

It does the same job. You may want to look at some of the other creations on the forum for inspiration

I know I want an Apollo style Lander.

[Sapient Vulpine]

More pics:

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CSM and LM in orbit around the Mun.

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LM during its final descent burn after undocking from the LM.

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Picking a landing spot.

 

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Touchdown!

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Deploying the rover.

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Driving over to the Twin Craters to do science!

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I managed to flip my rover after driving less than a kilometer.

In doing so, I managed to destroy not only the only transmitter I had onboard, but also my only means of keeping my rover's batteries charged for the duration of the trip.

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Stealing a solar panel from the LM.

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Attaching aforementioned solar panel to rover.

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Almost as good as new!

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Rover hooked up to charging module.

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Heading back to the LM after a pleasant night-drive.

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Four days later and I've lost both front wheels and a battery pack.

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Liftoff!

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Circularizing orbit in preparation for rendezvous with CSM.

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Ascent stage docked with CSM.

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CSM undocking from ascent stage.

The ascent stage will be deliberately destroyed with a brick of C4 five minutes after the CSM departs.

[Republic of Ravenswood]

here's a small lander for minmis (has solar panel and antenna on other side, and a spark inside a toroidal tank for the landing engine)

and the transfer stage (also used for descent) 

used to have a poodle and 4 RCS tanks at bottom 

Edited January 24, 2017 by Republic of Ravenswood

[CrazyCanuck]

Sorry, I know it's not up to scratch

[septemberWaves]

This is a Corvus Cargo Lander carrying a Duna ascent vehicle and ISRU equipment for a Constellation-style mission to Duna. The Corvus vehicle is very versatile, capable of carrying just about any cargo that can fit in its profile (provided that the mass is balanced well), and landing on any atmospheric world with atmospheric pressure up to that of Kerbin.

[eagle92lightning]

On 10/22/2016 at 10:24 PM, Sapient Vulpine said:

More pics:

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CSM and LM in orbit around the Mun.

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LM during its final descent burn after undocking from the LM.

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Picking a landing spot.

 

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Touchdown!

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Deploying the rover.

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Driving over to the Twin Craters to do science!

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I managed to flip my rover after driving less than a kilometer.

In doing so, I managed to destroy not only the only transmitter I had onboard, but also my only means of keeping my rover's batteries charged for the duration of the trip.

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Stealing a solar panel from the LM.

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Attaching aforementioned solar panel to rover.

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Almost as good as new!

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Rover hooked up to charging module.

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Heading back to the LM after a pleasant night-drive.

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Four days later and I've lost both front wheels and a battery pack.

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Liftoff!

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Circularizing orbit in preparation for rendezvous with CSM.

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Ascent stage docked with CSM.

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CSM undocking from ascent stage.

The ascent stage will be deliberately destroyed with a brick of C4 five minutes after the CSM departs.

Soundslike something I'd do with the C-4

[phoenixr]

Here is my single launch manned Mars Duna mission.

Apollo inspired in that I had to put the lander right side up, then once in orbit separate and dock it back upside down. Uses an unmanned nuclear tug/fuel tank to get it to Duna orbit.

I accidentally used an LF+O for the top cone section of the tank, so I decided to refuel the lander and attempt an Ike landing too. Just barely managed to get it up into a very low orbit before running out - Forgot to include a Mechjeb on the tug, so it took a good hour to get the sluggish tug to rescue them and dock.

But it ended up getting so much science that it unlocked everything. (5821 research with one mission - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=518987386)

Edited March 6, 2017 by phoenixr
typo

[eagle92lightning]

2 hours ago, phoenixr said:

Here is my single launch manned Mars Duna mission.

Apollo inspired in that I had to put the lander right side up, then once in orbit separate and dock it back upside down. Uses an unmanned nuclear tug/fuel tank to get it to Duna orbit.

I accidentally used an LF+O for the top cone section of the tank, so I decided to refuel the lander and attempt an Ike landing too. Just barely managed to get it up into a very low orbit before running out - Forgot to include a Mechjeb on the tug, so it took a good hour to get the sluggish tug to rescue them and dock.

But it ended up getting so much science that it unlocked everything. (5821 research with one mission - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=518987386)

Is moded because the fuel tanks on the tug look like they are procedural parts.

2 hours ago, phoenixr said:

Here is my single launch manned Mars Duna mission.

Apollo inspired in that I had to put the lander right side up, then once in orbit separate and dock it back upside down. Uses an unmanned nuclear tug/fuel tank to get it to Duna orbit.

I accidentally used an LF+O for the top cone section of the tank, so I decided to refuel the lander and attempt an Ike landing too. Just barely managed to get it up into a very low orbit before running out - Forgot to include a Mechjeb on the tug, so it took a good hour to get the sluggish tug to rescue them and dock.

But it ended up getting so much science that it unlocked everything. (5821 research with one mission - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=518987386)

Also is this steam edition?

[phoenixr]

43 minutes ago, eagle92lightning said:

Is moded because the fuel tanks on the tug look like they are procedural parts.

Also is this steam edition?

Yes, I think it was Interstellar Fuel Switch and maybe something else, it was a while ago. I used it as I only needed LF for the nuclear tug. Volume wise it's the same as a normal LF+O tank, just double LF and no O.

It also uses Infernal Robotics - I planned to use the powered hinges on the nuclear nacelles to be able to turn them prograde/retrograde without turning the whole ship around - but I didn't actually use it at all.

Yes, it's Steam.

[eagle92lightning]

11 minutes ago, phoenixr said:

Yes, I think it was Interstellar Fuel Switch and maybe something else, it was a while ago. I used it as I only needed LF for the nuclear tug. Volume wise it's the same as a normal LF+O tank, just double LF and no O.

It also uses Infernal Robotics - I planned to use the powered hinges on the nuclear nacelles to be able to turn them prograde/retrograde without turning the whole ship around - but I didn't actually use it at all.

Yes, it's Steam.

How did you mod it I can't figure out how to mod mine

[phoenixr]

5 minutes ago, eagle92lightning said:

How did you mod it I can't figure out how to mod mine

I think it's off topic here, but it's simple, just download the mod and extract it into the install folder. The Steam install folder might be a bit tricky to find at first, other than that just extract/copy to the correct folder. There are topics on it:

 

[eagle92lightning]

29 minutes ago, phoenixr said:

I think it's off topic here, but it's simple, just download the mod and extract it into the install folder. The Steam install folder might be a bit tricky to find at first, other than that just extract/copy to the correct folder. There are topics on it:

 

Thanks

 

[fourfa]

Fun necro thread, it's cool to see the evolution in one place.

I spend a lot of time with tiny pocket landers:

This one carries a full science payload, 3000m/s of dV, Mun capable, and stows in a single-space Mk3 cargo bay with tons of room to spare.  Add a couple drogues and you can do Duna as well.  On harder career settings though, you'll need to wait for an overhead pass by a remote control point to fly it with a scientist aboard.

[eagle92lightning]

38 minutes ago, fourfa said:

Fun necro thread, it's cool to see the evolution in one place.

I spend a lot of time with tiny pocket landers:

This one carries a full science payload, 3000m/s of dV, Mun capable, and stows in a single-space Mk3 cargo bay with tons of room to spare.  Add a couple drogues and you can do Duna as well.  On harder career settings though, you'll need to wait for an overhead pass by a remote control point to fly it with a scientist aboard.

Is there a link for this lander.

[fourfa]

@eagle92lightning I'll get one for you tonight

[eagle92lightning]

Just now, fourfa said:

@eagle92lightning I'll get one for you tonight

Thanks. And what kind of engine does it use?