Moon Jump

[Lohan2008]

From what height can my Kerbal safely EVA jump from craft to the Mun ? Does the space craft need to be doing 0 speed ??

Edited January 12, 2014 by Lohan2008

[Soda Popinski]

Not sure, but I'd suggest instead of jumping and falling all the way down, hit the R key to activate your jetpack, and hit SHIFT to slow your descent.

[JiWint]

watch your vertical speed at top bar.I usually survive at 10 (m/s?)

[Lohan2008]

That it ? Only 2 answers !

Edited January 12, 2014 by Lohan2008

[TimePeriod]

You have to read what collision resistance your landing legs has. That determins how many m/s you go before they break. Remember as well that not all object has the same resistance and may break off if you are going too fast.

Edit:

If you are trying a landing, you should't be going for more then 3-5m/s for the last 50-100 meters.

Edited January 12, 2014 by TimePeriod

[Lohan2008]

How much damage resistance does my Kerbal's leg have ??

[eurybaric]

If you mean that you have a craft in orbit and you want to eva your kerbal and jetpack down to the surface? no chance. See cause if you're craft is in a circular orbit, the lower the altitude of that orbit, the higher the speed it'd be going at, horizontally. and on the moon there's no chance because it has a relatively high gravity so you'd be going like 500 m/s on a 10 km altitude orbit (not sure but around that I'd think). So no way you'll have enough EVA fuel to zero all that speed.

Cheers

EDIT: but in general, I believe Kerbals can handle a collision of around 20ms... but there's a trick you could do to make them handle much higher impacts

Edited January 12, 2014 by eurybaric

[Seret]

That it ? Only 2 answers !

Your question is difficult to answer with any certainty, because it's pretty vague. What velocity are you moving at when you jump? Are you allowed to use the jetpack?

[m1sz]

yeah, you would die landing from height of 5 meters if your horizontal speed is 2km/s. Need more data

[Taki117]

I think you mean if you don't have ladders how tall can you build a rocket and still EVA a Kerbal and let him fall to the surface without using the jetpack and he still survives.

To attempt to answer your question, if your lander is too tall it's probably going to fall over, but other than that you don't really have to worry. If you are just free falling unless you're really high (Like 50+ meters) you should be fine, if there's any question feel free to activate the jet pack and use SHIFT to slow your descent.

[Lohan2008]

If you mean that you have a craft in orbit and you want to eva your kerbal and jetpack down to the surface? no chance. See cause if you're craft is in a circular orbit, the lower the altitude of that orbit, the higher the speed it'd be going at, horizontally. and on the moon there's no chance because it has a relatively high gravity so you'd be going like 500 m/s on a 10 km altitude orbit (not sure but around that I'd think). So no way you'll have enough EVA fuel to zero all that speed.Cheers

EDIT: but in general, I believe Kerbals can handle a collision of around 20ms... but there's a trick you could do to make them handle much higher impacts

^ Thanks for this answer.

[DrMonte]

I'm pretty sure that you can land on the Mun with just EVA JetPack or liftoff if you were not lucky with landing (if there is anyone to grab you in low orbit).

Jeb just couldn't resist stepping on the Mun when their very very first rocked was passing by it.

[wasmic]

With a boost from an engine on the surface of mun, you can go to orbit around it. Otherwise, no chance.