Kerbal Resistance Statistics

[MrCoolx10]

This is where to post your discoveries on what sort of things such as falls, ladder climbing, and other various things that a Ksp-er would need to know when mucking about with Eva's.

Example

Kerbals can usually hold on to ladders at speeds up to 90 meters per second.

This will allow many KSP-ers to enjoy making action packed adventures that don't involved hacked gravity. Also this thread is only for people who enjoy there Kerbals dipped in rocket fuel and the made well done and crispy with a side of oxidizer on the side.

Edited December 30, 2013 by MrCoolx10

[celem]

Using a Kerbal to push something on the ground rarely ends well.

I have several times returned from a successful mission, EVA'd for extra science in my Kerbin return biome only to have the capsule roll and block the hatch. Trying to push it back caused the Kerbal to explode. (i can only guess it rolled over him)

Also, Kerbals dont do 90 degree transfers from ladders well, i.e. they wont climb vertically and step off the top onto a horizontal platform, they will mis-step and fall (and sometimes, just for fun, explode). You can however make a ladder-to-ladder transfer upto about 60 degrees

Edited December 30, 2013 by celem

[Zaryulenko]

Kerbals exposed to Minmus gravity can hold (and lift) one or more kerbals on their heads, even absurdly big payload!

On Gilly gravity this effect is much bigger a kerbal can hold its entire ship! (DISCLAIMER:Results may vary from the spacecraft applied to the Kerbal)

[MrCoolx10]

That happens to me as well but I tend to jump out too early and then Jeb ends up falling to his death.

Other Fact

Kerbals will only survive a fall from 30m max with very little horizontal movement.

[Rocket Farmer]

I forget the actual button (alt, Ctrl something like that) but you can make a kerbal on a ladder look different directions and then if you jump they jump that way (including up). It has got around the ladder angle issue severals times.

[BlackBicycle]

Another tip: if you set your extendable ladders at the aircraft cockpit so that they are vertical, your pilot will have a REALLY hard time climbing back into the cockpit. It is not impossible, but hard. Set your ladders at an angle away from the cockpit, and place them fairly high, so that the pilot can (almost) climb on top of the cockpit. Set them next to the bubble (the glass part), over the existing steps on the cockpit. Oh, and also, 2 ladders are better than one (they should be on both sides that is). Don't ask, see for yourself : )