Cornholio29 Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 The pictures do all the talking. http://imgur.com/a/11GjMWhat's happening here is that you land the Kerbal on the upward-facing thrusters, and activate them at full throttle for a second to send the Kerbal up into the air at incredible speeds. I calculated the Kerbal's launch speed to be about ~467m/s, which is enough to escape Minmus but not the Mun. I just used conservation of energy to calculate initial velocity (Ui+Ki=Uf+Kf). I am also a physics major My next goal is to launch a Kerbal from Minmus back into Kerbin's atmosphere. Has anyone else tried anything similar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDIR Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 I've seen Danny2462 (on youtube) use a heavily modified engine to do it, and HOC gaming and TheMattDennis have done it in their challenging youtubers series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astropapi1 Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 That isn't interstellar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deker13 Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 it looks powerful enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master_Cheez Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 that isn't interstellar. Interstellar means between two solar systems. Not planets/moons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itchono Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 why don't you use mailsails? They're more than twice as powerful. You could also escape the mun's SoI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornholio29 Posted July 3, 2013 Author Share Posted July 3, 2013 I haven't tried one yet using mainsails. Why? Because with this current design, when you flick on the power for that brief period of time, the whole structure flexes, and when you shut the engines back off, it "springs" back into position; which often results in the cannon going airborne.With some small modifications; it could definitely be done in such a way that you could use mainsails without that deadly flexing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pershonkey Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 With a modified engine and a lot of precision, this could become both a cool way to add crew to ships and a deadly weapon. Jeb just found another way to bust stations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legendary Emu Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 With Vanguards EVA parachutes this would be super handy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
technicalfool Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Profanity-evading necroposts nibbled, troublesome undead thread now properly dead. Make a new one guys, and less of the st*rs please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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