milosh Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Hello fellow Kosmo-, Astro-, Taiko-, Kerba- and What-ever-you-call-the-Chinese-nauts,I've discovered KSP about a week ago and have already put almost 100 hours playtime into it. This software is so highly addictive, it's insane. I used to fly alot in Orbiter, space shuttle missions to the ISS, moon or mars missions, lots of fun stuff. But after some years it became boring and there simply was no alternative, until KSP came along. Same theory as in Orbiter, not that technical but the best part: build your own rocket withouth photoshop and modelling software So after a week in the KSP sandbox and severe lack of sleep I've put a huge 3-stage station in a 270km orbit around kerbal which also acts as a fuel station and made several SSTO ships that are able to dock at the station, yesterday I landed for the first time on Minmus with the latest ship I've designed. The latest 3 SSTO are also jump jets, they can start and land vertically on Kerbal or a Moon. And I've already so many new ideas, 2 more Stages to complete the stations, some spy satellites around Kerbal, never build a rover until now and then there's the rest of the system to explore. I am pretty sure I'll be busy for a looong time Here are some pics. If someone's interessted in the craft files I'm happy to share, I'm not sure yet though if they follow established standards as I do everything as I think it's right. I pay attention to TWR, fuel consumption, gravity, force and so on (as much as it's possible in KSP), but I think that some "solutions" I found are only possible in KSP because of the very basic implementation of aerodynamics. But so far, everything I've build works together in harmony, the lifter can bring all station parts into the 270km orbit, the station itself is highly modulized, meaning you can completely reconfigure it in space. Every stack of modules attached to the main structure is docked and can be undocked, has a Mechjeb, remote control, batteries, RCS and an engine and there are still enough docking ports left for as many fuel tanks as you need to traverse the galaxy Stage 1 of the Station on the way up:Stage 1, 2 and 3 (Fueltanks) of the Stations joined together and the SSTO docked:Vertical Launch of the SSTO:Landed on Minmus - flight in two phases: SSTO and dock on the station, refuel, Hohmann to Minmus and vert land: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanaticalFighter Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Welcome! That's a nice SSTO you have there. I didn't build my first SSTO until I was a month or so into the game. Well done, good sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonMan22 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Nicely done! I completely agree, this software is highly addictive in a great way. That's an impressive station!Have some cool stuff I have designed on my profile blog with craft files if your looking for some fun jets to mess around with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milosh Posted February 26, 2014 Author Share Posted February 26, 2014 Thanks for your feedback, it's very much appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xacktar Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Welcome aboard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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