Gentlemen's Naval Battle Club(Attention moderators)

[Shadow Lane]

Me and my partner have been devising such devices for atmospheric combat, against lightly armored opponents, who are difficult to strike with conventional weapons.

[Spartwo]

Its at least worth experimenting with

after all what is the KSP Motto?

FOR SCIENCE!!!!!

SRB with pointy end > SRB with flat end

[Shadow Lane]

SRB with pointy end > SRB with flat end

No, not even, adding a lance reduces stability significantly, I hope that was an analogy.

[Spartwo]

I meant damage not stability.

[Shadow Lane]

It doesn't in increase damage, at all.

[Spartwo]

It does I tested it,Hell I'll do it again give me a minute.

[Shadow Lane]

I'm finally back at my computer.

EDIT: Repeat the experiment.

Edited November 1, 2013 by Shadow Lane

[briansun1]

I would like to see it too

[Spartwo]

When I said a minute I meant an hour.

[Mr Tegu]

I did the same experiment by accident today, I'm developing a new torpedo and I forgot to put the plates on the first batch.

Results before I added the plate were typically like this:

Not too shabby but not as good as my current torps.

After adding the plates I was getting this pretty much every time:

Totally vapourised!

Also, girder rockets can be highly effective, as well as so much fun, when fired at the target longitudinally and at point blank range:

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Granted they are less effective against ships with central spines as the chances of hitting it are slim but you can still strip all the fuel tanks and ammo out of a hull. (Edit: album shows several test runs and is not a continuous sequence).

Edited November 1, 2013 by Mr Tegu

[daemonCaptrix]

daeCorp's official flag:

I made this when I noticed you were using a re-sized avatar pic. lol

Edited November 1, 2013 by daemonCaptrix

[briansun1]

so what do you guys think about the LSI line?

[FallingIntoBlack]

@Mr Tegu: You realize that I have patented the girder missile, right?

[Spartwo]

Alright I fired 2 SRBs of identical mass from 60m,100m,150m,200m at a Salvation Mk1 found on sale.

60m

The pointed SRB does far more damage than the flat SRB(knocking off an engine vs shrapnel going everywhere)

100m

The pointed SRB does fairly more damage than the flat SRB

150m

The pointed SRB does a bit more damage than the flat SRB.

200m

At this point the effects become hard to discern as all shots leave the ship in pieces.

In conclusion if you fire within the area of 250m it pays off to add a point to the missile once outside that range you are travelling too fast for it to make much change.

[daemonCaptrix]

@Mr Tegu: You realize that I have patented the girder missile, right?

You realize I blew up the patent office with a slipstream-powered missile, right?

[Spartwo]

@Mr Tegu: You realize that I have patented the girder missile, right?

LOL nope.G-rods over here and I'm allowing all round use.

Also stop patenting things.

EDIT:

Slipstream.It's not cheating if you give it a name.

Edited November 1, 2013 by Spartwo

[Shadow Lane]

Alright I fired 2 SRBs of identical mass from 60m,100m,150m,200m at a Salvation Mk1 found on sale.

60m

The pointed SRB does far more damage than the flat SRB(knocking off an engine vs shrapnel going everywhere)

100m

The pointed SRB does fairly more damage than the flat SRB

150m

The pointed SRB does a bit more damage than the flat SRB.

200m

At this point the effects become hard to discern as all shots leave the ship in pieces.

In conclusion if you fire within the area of 250m it pays off to add a point to the missile once outside that range you are travelling too fast for it to make much change.

Do it again, every range, again, at least three Times.

[War Eagle 1]

AND IM CLEAR

just finished my Social Work Licenses Application thats due tomorrow so Im ready for battle

Caumlus and Corgi

set it up when ready

[Spartwo]

Do it again, every range, again, at least three Times.

I repeated it from 60m twice and did 100m again the same results,I even used MJ to aim to rule out pilot error.You asked me to test it again I did end-of.

EDIT:MrTegu that's not the test but we now know that higher impact missiles do more damage.

Edited November 1, 2013 by Spartwo

[Mr Tegu]

@Mr Tegu: You realize that I have patented the girder missile, right?

erm:

Got them here, way before I'd even been on the forum, I just optimized them.

[Spartwo]

Do you mean these?

Skip to 2:00

pictures.

(It should be mk7 and never paint a jet blue...evar)

Did anyone else know a Moho rotation lasts 48 Kerbin days

Edited November 1, 2013 by Spartwo

[Mr Tegu]

I meant the seperatron and decoupler at the start, I just switched out the decoupler for the narrowest impact 80 bit i could find.

[Mr Tegu]

Girder rockets are my favorite ammo tbh (though the torps are flavor of the month right now), they're super light so you can carry loads of the and just spam away and are also very accurate

You can take the engines off the new Drek almost every time with girder rockets, some times the side engine remains:

Disabaling the torpedoes is a bit harder but you can usually do it in a couple of volleys:

The key with girder rockets is careful range control, with regard to the thickness of the target, and the ability to target specific points on the target.

[Mr Tegu]

Alright I fired 2 SRBs of identical mass from 60m,100m,150m,200m at a Salvation Mk1 found on sale.

60m

The pointed SRB does far more damage than the flat SRB(knocking off an engine vs shrapnel going everywhere)

100m

The pointed SRB does fairly more damage than the flat SRB

150m

The pointed SRB does a bit more damage than the flat SRB.

200m

At this point the effects become hard to discern as all shots leave the ship in pieces.

In conclusion if you fire within the area of 250m it pays off to add a point to the missile once outside that range you are travelling too fast for it to make much change.

So what tips did you use?

[Spartwo]

The flat one was just some dead weight with a 1x1 panel on top.