Normak Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 There will be a small update to SSPP tomorrow and a slightly larger one to Angara tomorrow.My bad, everyone. I\'ll work on it tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Normak Posted March 23, 2012 Author Share Posted March 23, 2012 Angara has been updated. The new version has a number of new parts to build a larger, more powerful lift system. SSPP update will have to be dealt with later, probably tomorrow. Sorry for the delays.Edit: So I had some ideas about a week and a half ago that Cardboard and I discussed over Steam. We want to eventually make parts that will allow for the Munar landing of entire stations, and I proposed a plan that would involve mounting large fuel-containing structures onto trusses at each end of the station, allowing for four sets of engines or more would form the four legs of a table. That is to say that the engine would be flown and landed while horizontal, rather than vertical, and would land on these four sections like table legs. I then realized that once landed, a capsule on the side would be unable to launch away from the station, and I laughed it all off, saying I must be high on pixie dust. We would have to think of another way, and the vague and unsatisfying solution that we reached is that the station would have to be dropped from orbit, with MechJeb controlling the landing while the capsule performs its own, separately. We had no idea how this would work in practice, so we stopped talking about it. We may very well use the MechJeb solution at some point in the future, but until then, I have found the solution tonight. I present- the Ski Jump Launch.Either I\'m a Jeb-level genius at this point or my pixie dust just got knocked to the next level.Anyway, this is not the immediate focus yet. First we have to develop landing equipment for the VA capsule and complete other station parts such as Salyut and the ISS modules. But one day, you might be Ski-jumping your way straight out of the Sea of Tranquility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralIssue Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Hahaha holy shit that is like a combination of 1960\'s ingenuity with a heaping helping of Jeb Madness to complete it.Utter madness. And also awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardBoardBoxProcessor Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 RD-0124 (angara secound stage engine) first flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cpt.armadillo Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Gonna use Angara and KWChallenger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardBoardBoxProcessor Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Gonna use Angara and KWChallenger.thanks like the angara eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cpt.armadillo Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 I used low res stuff. Won\'t show up IG. I extracted it into parts.I looked into a part\'s folder, only found textures and mesh. No wonder.IS it only a texture pack then, without functioning parts. MEaning I have to DL the full res texture parts too. =P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardBoardBoxProcessor Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 I used low res stuff. Won\'t show up IG. I extracted it into parts.I looked into a part\'s folder, only found textures and mesh. No wonder.IS it only a texture pack then, without functioning parts. MEaning I have to DL the full res texture parts too. =Pless drop box space wasted on our end sorry. it is a mere copy paste of 1 folder :/ and Normak can you steam me when one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cepheus Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 WOAH MY GOD. That\'s friggin epic. Don\'t ever stop man. You\'re just too good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Great engine. Will it come with an interstage shroud? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddavis425 Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Is anyone else having trouble with the rocket bouncing around on the launchpad? I can only get a stable launch of the Angara about half the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardBoardBoxProcessor Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Is anyone else having trouble with the rocket bouncing around on the launchpad? I can only get a stable launch of the Angara about half the time. put on four symmetry and attach the angara strut connectors from the tank tot he engine. This will give the engine a lot more structure and then it shouldn\'t do that as much. I attach every engine to the tanks with connectors. Makes rockets much more reliable and fly much straighter as the engines will not move on their joints. as for the engines Yes. all engines will have shrouds. they are eject able but the user will be able to choose to not eject them simply by moving them to a different stage. Also, in the next update engines will have sea level and vaccum thrusts. the RD-0124 is a considerably weak engine at sealevel because it has small chambers and large nozzles more suited for space. but it is well worth hauling to space because of it\'s low fuel use. but also the rd-191 gains more power the higher it gets. I think i have it set to 0once in 25% atmospheric pressure it will be at full power (which i have upped to 300 and reduced over all fuel use because of this) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardBoardBoxProcessor Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Mun Capable Angara Configuration. Interstage ejecting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoot Knight Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Gratuidous amounts of want.That is seriously an awesome design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardBoardBoxProcessor Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Gratuidous amounts of want.That is seriously an awesome design.well thanks but that is just one. you can make it look however you want many configurations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 BTW, are solar panels going to unfold correctly in the next release? There\'s a recently released plugin that could allow it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardBoardBoxProcessor Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 BTW, are solar panels going to unfold correctly in the next release? There\'s a recently released plugin that could allow it.i could not figure out how it works but the solar panels will generate power which will be used by the Vasimr engine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaSilisko Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Will the VASIMIR use propellant as well as electricity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
your mom Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Yes! More stuff that uses power and stuff that gets power! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardBoardBoxProcessor Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Will the VASIMIR use propellant as well as electricity?of course. recon it will make a good bit of heat too and require radiators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardBoardBoxProcessor Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 haha neat Angara launched this. Took some strapping down lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cepheus Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 That looks an awful lot like the Apollo telescope mount. You need to do skylab next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardBoardBoxProcessor Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 That looks an awful lot like the Apollo telescope mount. You need to do skylab next.that is my kosmos analog to skylab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Still, a set of dedicated skylab parts would be awesome.Also, could you make some small remote control unit which would fit, for example, under the docking ring? I\'d like to be able to launch MIR modules indipendently, but I can\'t fit a normal CM on them in a way that would not make them look bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoot Knight Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 i could not figure out how it works but the solar panels will generate power which will be used by the Vasimr engine Could you ask sarkun for help on integrating the MultiJoint code to the panels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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