Jebediah Kerman: *THRILLMASTER*

[Whackjob]

What do you get when you have ten bored kerbal engineers, one *THRILLMASTER*, a box of spare parts, and the local OSHA rep is locked in the bathroom?

SCIENCE!

Oddly enough, I came upon this rocket powered spring entirely by accident. Was making a set of tiny boosters, and alternated that tiny grey can with the torus tanks. I had too much thrust, the thing coiled up like a spring, and when the engines cut out, the top shredded apart and launched pieces at horrifyingly science-rich speeds.

I bet this would make awesome landing gear...

#EDIT: WARNING! Old man cackling in video. You were post-warned.

Edited September 4, 2013 by Whackjob

[Guest]

Good stuff.

[Echostatic]

This was highly amusing, for many reasons.

[SpaceSphereOfDeath]

Those 'sound effects'

Really funny

[Levelord]

Oh god that chuckle. Whenever you chuckle, I chuckle. It's infectious! XD

[mellojoe]

"Sproing Test" omg. LOL

[thereaverofdarkness]

I had discovered this spring before but had previously only been annoyed by its difficulty to launch. You have inspired me.

[LameLefty]

This reminds me of Bevis & Butthead, in all the best ways. Well done, sir!

[msyblade]

Good stuff whackjob, enjoyed it!

[Tw1]

Nextime: springs with mainsails.

Maybe I'll try that.

[Scotius]

"Sproing" Good one Whackjob.

[Whackjob]

Nextime: springs with mainsails.

Maybe I'll try that.

The thing to remember with this specific spring is there's nothing to prevent it from moving laterally. A bigger engine might give it a great push in one direction, but since it can *never* be pointed perfectly vertical (turns out because of Kerbin's rotation) that sucker will buckle and shear. I made one about eight times higher, searching for that sublime sproing. And it snapped on me every time before I could get the spring compressed more than three quarters of the way.