Challenged! The Arkingthaad Nadir.

[Moar Boosters]

If it's got kethane capability, you can't just leave it on the moon.

[Pecan]

...You can see the absurd minimalism of this setup...

Ummm, anyone else built things that make that look like 'absurd minimalism'?

[Whackjob]

If it's got kethane capability, you can't just leave it on the moon.

I think Eeloo would be a good stopover point afterwards.

[problemecium]

O_O

I've been playing it wrong this whole time...

[Tidus Klein]

Remember that massive launcher (tiny compared to whack job standers) I said I had back a few pages....... TA DA!!!!!!

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Deadly reentry

Proc fairings

k engineer redux

b9

Real chute

RCS Build aid

Kerbal alarm clock

KJR

FAR.

ect.....

[Streetwind]

Too bad you can hardly see anything since it's deepest night.

[Starwhip]

We need to make it bigger There is at least a rumor of larger parts... five-meter parts. I heard someone say that Whackjob could make his rockets the same size with less parts. We all know that they are just going to get bigger.

[SpaceSphereOfDeath]

...

Why did you start your gravity turn at 30km?

[Rakaydos]

Another test.

http://i.imgur.com/UCpQAQQ.png

You can see the absurd minimalism of this setup. And it flies fine. I doubt I can go that light with the trusswork once I'm two VABs high, but... eh. We'll see.

Going to try to come up with a functional angled brace for the inner superstructure.

Two pages late, but I have an answer. Pythagorean triangles. A gap between the inner and outer towers of 4 trusses will need 3 trusses worth of vertical space, and use 5 trusses of building material.

[Whackjob]

Two pages late, but I have an answer. Pythagorean triangles. A gap between the inner and outer towers of 4 trusses will need 3 trusses worth of vertical space, and use 5 trusses of building material.

Problem with that though, is that in the horizontal scheme of the hex faced stack, the radius of the large tanks also factor in. I can't get that same rotation in the vertical.

[Rakaydos]

Problem with that though, is that in the horizontal scheme of the hex faced stack, the radius of the large tanks also factor in. I can't get that same rotation in the vertical.

It shouldnt matter, if you apply the pythagorean angles ONLY for vertical cross bracing. (horizontally, you already have triangle bracing with your main supports)

O===O (large tank separated by 3 struts as seen from above)

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Edited February 11, 2014 by Rakaydos

[Whackjob]

X shaped bracing isn't new to me. I know what you mean, but you're not factoring in how those X shaped truss combos hook in to the side tanks. Horizontally, they attach to the face, and the distance means even the ones that aren't technically connecting touch and I can fish in a strut to bind them. The vertical X doesn't sit flush. Or anywhere near it. I've done about fifteen permutations and none mesh good with the horizontal trussing.

So I'm just building without it.

[Whackjob]

I think I'm going to build a one column prototype and land it on the Mun. Just so I can see what "shakes out" during the trial run. I've since put her together.

Meet the arse end of the Arkingthaad Nadir Lite:

I doubt it has enough mmmf to get into orbit, much less the Mun, but, that's what boosters are for. We'll see.

[m4rt14n]

Your rocket building skills makes all my rockets look like this:

[Whackjob]

Your rocket building skills makes all my rockets look like this:

That's the better way to go. Small and efficient. Your average KSP player succeeds way more than I ever could.

Liftoff achieved on the Arkingthaad Nadir Lite. Failed at about 1,500 feet, but that's fine. I now know how much engine I need. Tried to use Engineer mod so it would calculate my delta-V and TWR.

... it flat out refused.

[Deathsoul097]

You could try VOID instead. Also, your KH4 drills are too high up, I think, they don't look like they could touch the ground. Easy way to check is to right click and deploy them in the VAB. They are tweakable now, so it makes things a lot easier to size up.

[Werwolf]

I vote to give Whackjob his own planet to create and test his projects on... safely far away...

[Felsmak]

I vote to give Whackjob his own planet to create and test his projects on... safely far away...

Aren't we being a little naive now?

[problemecium]

Well he did say "safely far away", wisely without specifying any distance. Just however far away we need it to be to be safe. I estimate about 1024 parsecs. But with the bigger parts coming in the next patch that'll probably be more like 4096 parsecs.

[Whackjob]

Just keep in mind. Whatever planet you stick me on simply means I have more time to accelerate large things on the way back.

[Felsmak]

Just keep in mind. Whatever planet you stick me on simply means I have more time to accelerate large things on the way back.

That's the spirit!

[m4rt14n]

Just keep in mind. Whatever planet you stick me on simply means I have more time to accelerate large things on the way back.

Just imagine Whackjob with the NASA pack and Asteroids.....

Oh god

[Felsmak]

Just imagine Whackjob with the NASA pack and Asteroids.....

Oh god

I don't know how it would be done, but I'm sure his ultimate goal is to deorbit the Mun.

[Umlüx]

always be yourself

unless you can be whackjob. always be whackjob!

[Felsmak]

I wonder what a movie about Whackjob would be like. Law Abiding Astronaut?