Ker-Bull Air Race (New Update to Better Gates)

[Zeroignite]

Sweet, I beat my prior time for the Basic Course, and completed the Advanced Course!

Basic Course, 3:37, stock

Better design made this a lot easier, though I'm honestly not sure what I can do to shave significant time off short of gluing on an absurd number of engines. After a certain point I'm just not sure if I have the reaction time to line up the gates at speed.

Advanced Course, 4:08, stock

Same design as the above entry. Getting between gate 1 and gate 2 is still incredibly hard. I couldn't descend fast enough, so hitting Gate 2 required circling back around within that steep valley. Honestly not sure how you could do that in one pass without heavy use of parachutes, airbrakes, or reaction wheel spam. Still, this time is something I am happy with!

EDIT: No, I didn't crash after getting through the last gate. The vessel landed safely on the low plains

Also, FWIW, I tried adding the TTNeverUnload module to the gates, but even with a load radius of 8km the kraken found the bait too tempting.

EDIT EDIT: Dang, looks like that Advanced lap puts me at #1. I don't have a video since that was actually my first complete lap of the course, but there is a screenshot I snapped about to pass through Gate 6. I hope that's enough...

Edited September 18, 2013 by Zeroignite

[DerWitze]

Nice times, looks like I have to get better

Edit: Gz on being first place!

[Darren9]

^ Are you cutting the engine on the way up to the lip so you're almost stopped as you go over? I've only flown it with lightweight stunt plane type design with front and rear wings/control surfaces and it doesn't have any trouble, well, apart from the 40 thrust props can't keep up with a jet plane I'll move you up the scoreboard a bit Zeroignite - Nice flying.

[DerWitze]

Sorry, had to do it: http://www.twitch.tv/derwitze/c/2953074

Advanced Loop: 3:45 Stockcraft

Also: Screenshot of my plane: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=179490324

Edit: Darren9, yea I cut my throttle right after "Advanced 1 so I'm about 120m/s when I go over the peak.

Edited September 18, 2013 by DerWitze

[Zeroignite]

I throttled down to about 60%. Jets at 200m/s don't lose speed very quickly... perhaps the thing to do is climb steeply right after getting through Gate 1 to shed speed, then dive, throttle up, and try not to hit deck.

Nice time, DerWitze

[4plains]

Hi Guys

Here's (https://youtu.be/qQOtCFAK7wo) me doing some Air Racing. I managed to do a 2:21.9 and a 1:56.0.

Mods used: Tweak Scale, nuFAR (Full Drag, strict Area Ruling; aka the hardest settings), BDArmoury (part essential for the aerodynamics on the craft), B9 pWings (Ballast Weight), on KSP 1.0.2.

The 1:56.0 was hard to fly, but with a joystick and a bit of course knowledge it aint so hard.

Greets 4plains

Edited July 1, 2015 by 4plains

[Darren9]

I'm quite surprised that 0.21 scenario still works. Well done 4plains, you made first place, and with nuFAR's hardest settings - I'll add you to the top of the leader-board.

[Phearlock]

Never seen this thread before, nifty. And it's cool that it still works. (though I was having some weird issues where gates I flew through still counted as destroyed by overheating???? odd).

Anyway. My NuFAR entry for the standard course. Default aero failure/drag settings. Stock parts only.

1 min 20 seconds

https://youtu.be/p1dn0z7jDJU

[Darren9]

I'd expected this challenge to be over a long time since Phearlock, it keeps coming back though and I'll keep updating the scoreboard. That was an incredible lap, well done