I am officially addicted

[CmdrRimmer]

I realized this after what happened tonight.

I built a 450 tonne/250,000 credit monster rocket to deliver 6 geo sync comm sats (using RemoteTech mod to force me into a step by step moon program) in one launch equally spaced at geosync altitude.

I learnt how to drop orbit to 5 hours for one orbit, then bring orbit back up to 6 hours each orbit and drop a sat each time......very neat trick.

I then realized I had extreme amounts of left over fuel at most of my stages including the final.

So began 3 more iterations of said rocket.

Now it's about 110 tonnes and costs just under 100,000. So 25% of the original launch weight and 40% of the cost.

it's orbiting at geosync right now with 1160 m/s of deltaV left which should be just enough to do 5 cycles of sat drops .... About 120deltaV per sat and 450 deltaV to get back to Kerbin.

Heck it's so cool modeling orbits that I could burn less deltaV to a 5.5 hour orbit....do 2 orbits per sat drop.

damn I love this game.

Here's the before/after snapshots.

Kelvin Geostationary Tug Mk 1

Kelvin Geostationary Tug Mk 4

CmdrRimmer

Edited September 4, 2013 by CmdrRimmer
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[Whackjob]

Welcome!

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[Guest]

It's like a set of Legos, I can't put it down.

[NeoMorph]

Wait until you get so addicted you start building hardware accessories for this game lol.

[AntonioAJC]

Sometimes I look at myself in the mirror and ask myself: What am I doing with my life? Then suddenly Jebediah appeared from nowhere, and told me: What are you standing there for? That window for a trip to Duna is near! So, get your ass in the chair, and play!

KSP, not even once. The game sure is addicting in the point that something really bad needs to happen in the game in order for you to let it go.

[Snarfster]

It's a good moment when you realize you don't need an orange tank for everything you build.

Although...

[Monkeh]

Everytime I think I'm going to take a break from ksp for a bit my damn mind comes up with another plan, idea or experiment I want to play around with. Then I'm back into it clickin' and a swearin' at the VAB.

I would marry this game.

[Levelord]

Everytime I think I'm going to take a break from ksp for a bit my damn mind comes up with another plan, idea or experiment I want to play around with. Then I'm back into it clickin' and a swearin' at the VAB.

I would marry this game.

It's like the Tetris Effect!

[mellojoe]

When I started showing off more pictures of my KSP creations than my kids ...

[Apollo13]

Love that lifter. LOL. For a weight loss, you can lose the nosecones. They do not effect aerodynamics in the current version. They just look pretty.

[Monkeh]

Those nosecones look a lot like parachutes... doesn't want the empty boosters landing too hard. Sweet.

[Firenexus13]

Everytime I think I'm going to take a break from ksp for a bit my damn mind comes up with another plan, idea or experiment I want to play around with. Then I'm back into it clickin' and a swearin' at the VAB.

This is exactly what happens when i try to play a different game.

[HeadHunter67]

I bought Take On Mars the day it came out... five weeks later, I still haven't played it yet because KSP has its hooks in me.

I'm not addicted, though... I can quit any time I want! (I just don't want to...)