Have you landed on Tylo?

[katateochi]

I've only done one landing on Tylo and it wasn't nice. I had to send out an extra module to attach to my GT lander to provide more fuel and more thrust to make it possible.

The extra module is the thing perched on top. Descent was a bit fiery;

Half way into the ascent I had to do a tricky (and completely graceless) maneuver to shed the booster module which was not ideal. It worked but only just, one day I'll go back to that hateful rock.

[sporkafife]

I've not managed or even tried to land on Tylo just yet. I'm only just sending my first manned mission to Laythe, so hopefully Tylo is not too far away. Every now and then I start planning what my lander will look like, and I feel a lander where the final stage is tiny with just 2 Kerbal seats is the only way to really make the craft light enough to land and take off properly.

[User Unrelated]

I almost cra- agressively lithobraked on Tylo once.

EDIT: oops that's vall, nevermind. I did that mission such a long time ago, and it's been my only trip to Jool. I'm still not familiar with the moons quite yet.

Had a little mishap with the time warp buttons...

Saved it, though, and continued my Joolian tour as planned.

Edited January 18, 2014 by User Unrelated

[ComradeGoat]

I've not managed or even tried to land on Tylo just yet. I'm only just sending my first manned mission to Laythe, so hopefully Tylo is not too far away. Every now and then I start planning what my lander will look like, and I feel a lander where the final stage is tiny with just 2 Kerbal seats is the only way to really make the craft light enough to land and take off properly.

You can do a decent job with the 1 kerbal lander can. Here's my (stock, except for KER) Tylo lander - returns to orbit with about 1,000m/s DV in hand:

[Flixxbeatz]

Haven't tried to do it yet, but planned to do one before (didn't pushed through tho).

And landing on Tylo is probably the real measure for one to be considered a pro, not spaceplanes and SSTOs.

[ComradeGoat]

Haven't tried to do it yet, but planned to do one before (didn't pushed through tho).

Seems like an awful lot of fuel, unless that's your Kerbin ascent vehicle too? Why so much RCS?

Also, aerospikes have little to recommend them on airless bodies; their big win is high ISP under atmospheric pressure, but Tylo has no atmosphere. My lander uses 5 LV-48S engines and one Poodle.

[laadeedaadeedaa]

First time I tried this (Yes I was using Mechjeb) I slammed into Tylo at 1800 m/s, mainly because my orbit was too low. Second time I tried it I put unlimited fuel on because I knew it'd take a lot. So I landed safely, then took off again to orbit, and landed again, second time doing it manually. Yep, you're right, IT'S DIFFICULT! I'm off to Vall next.

Edited October 28, 2014 by laadeedaadeedaa
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[Superfluous J]

I landed with only one problem: I was tricked by its surface into acting like I was landing on Mun. A quick F9 and retry though got me down no problem.

It was a probe so no return, but I'm not that scared of it.

Since this post, I've landed and returned from every "land on and return"able body in the Sunar system. Including Eve and - yes - Tylo. My lander looked quite a bit like ComradeGoat's lander from this post except it only had 3 engines instead of (from what I can see) 5. They were 2 909s and a 48-7S if I recall.

[MrPopcup]

Yeah, did land quite a few times, but never tried to leave! Although I have took off from Eve and returned to kerbin, tylo is, by far the hardest body to land/take off from, for example, on Eve there is an atnosphere that helps you land without using fuel ( if you designed it well ), and then take off with full fuel, on tylo, you land using rocket power, then you send another spacecraft to refuel it on the ground, then take off, take in accout that taking off is somewhat hard-ish ( easier than Eve ), you simply go up a couple thounsand meters, then go completely horizontaly, Boom your in Orbit!

[Bothersome]

Yea, been there done that. Even drove around on it some.

Here's the story behind what I say.

[Rus-Evo]

Just did my first Tylo landing with a one way probe. Its a bit hairy isnt it??

I think a two way lander just needs to be properly staged:

1, A powered drop tank or section to handle decent.

2, A lander segment to land and ascend.

3, A smaller craft to finish getting you up there.

Nothing like a little overengineering to get you where your going.

[EdFred]

Yep. Landed on every solid body in the Kerbol system. I don't think Tylo is that difficult, if you have a grasp of how to build a proper lander. The first 8,000dV is easy.

[Overfloater]

Here's a proper lander I tested very recently:

As soon as 1/3 of the fuel drains, TWR gets high enough to land safely.

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Descending from a 20x20 orbit, ascending to a 33x33 orbit.

Edited September 9, 2014 by Overfloater

[EdFred]

I like it! But, um...what if you land on a slope?

[Overfloater]

I like it! But, um...what if you land on a slope?

Then i'm screwed :]

I added the gyro after a dozen of failed landings on almost straight ground. Here i only wanted to check how much fuel I really need.

[problemecium]

"Officiall" (i.e. in Career Mode), no. I did HyperEdit a ship to Tylo to scope it out though. While I can easily generate the needed dV, I discovered that it's necessary to start the braking burn a LOT earlier than I generally do on the Mun - around 30km or so.

[Kasuha]

I love it so much I had to try it too, alias shameless copy. I would never guess it can do the job. Except I formed it to have landing gear instead of the reaction wheel. 20x20 to land to almost 100x100 with fuel left, probably thanks to saved mass.

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[quantumpion]

Here's my mission - didn't think it was difficult at all using command chair and asparagus staging:

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[hugix]

Manned Tyolo landings are one of my favorite mission profiles. I use a specialized two staged lander (one descent, one ascent), one interplanetary transfer vehicle and one manned module, which includes the capsule that will return the brave Kerbonauts to Kerbin.

[Caelib]

Manned Tyolo landings are one of my favorite mission profiles. I use a specialized two staged lander (one descent, one ascent), one interplanetary transfer vehicle and one manned module, which includes the capsule that will return the brave Kerbonauts to Kerbin.

What is your total Delta-V for the entire mission?

[Guz]

during my grand tour i sent 2 Kerbals from Pol to Tylo and back.

the vessel i used:

starts @ 14:34 in the vid

Edited January 26, 2015 by Guz

[bitbucket]

I've landed unmanned probes on Tylo a couple of times (and even intact), with the expectation that they probably weren't leaving again. Laythe is just so much more interesting to me; what few manned missions I've sent out to Jool inevitably end up there to wait out the time until the return window.

[TimberWolffe]

does mildly scraping the surface at 6km/s on my way past count? because I did that. Nobody survived :c

[Caelib]

does mildly scraping the surface at 6km/s on my way past count? because I did that. Nobody survived :c

That's considered crashing

[Overfloater]

I love it so much I had to try it too, alias shameless copy. I would never guess it can do the job. Except I formed it to have landing gear instead of the reaction wheel. 20x20 to land to almost 100x100 with fuel left, probably thanks to saved mass.

http://imgur.com/a/29wh8

Pretty close to what I had in mind for the final design... but nothing good came out xD

Was trying to do something in this fashion:

But already made a final version with a similar look to the test version. This is gonna be my key for a Jool 5 mission, for once I know how i can gonna pull this one off :]