GoSlash27 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 (edited) Eve Express in a 70x70 LKO orbit.Manned ion SSTO with clamp-o-tron jr. for refueling in orbit. It's an infiniglider, so it can fly anywhere on the planet without using fuel. Just raise the gear to park.Jeb after a successful missionEVE express.craft I have to figure out how to hyperedit so I can test it on all the planets with atmospheres.-Slashy Edited August 13, 2014 by GoSlash27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsevion Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Pretty much every high score here uses locked control surfaces as wings... I made a video showing how wonky the physics of locked control surfaces is, I thought you may appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goduranus Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 (edited) does your rotary infiniglider work in 0.24? if so can you post the craft file? I have been struggling to get an infiniglider to reach space.Nice blimp. Edited September 25, 2014 by goduranus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSlash27 Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Pretty much every high score here uses locked control surfaces as wings... I made a video showing how wonky the physics of locked control surfaces is, I thought you may appreciate it. Just goes to show how tough a job this really is, at least in stock aero. I've made an infiniglider that carries a useful payload to orbit, and a glider with control surfaces and drop tanks that made it, but I've never been able to make a full-on SSTO glider that could reach orbit.Best,-Slashy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthraxes Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 This ugly thing can get into orbit in under 25 minutes using multiple stages for a high average t/w. The best I've managed so far is 23:10 approximately.http://imgur.com/a/kda9GHere is a much simpler and slower ion ship, but it's an ssto, and it is still capable of reaching orbit in under 30 minutes.http://imgur.com/a/UIAvAIam also trying to built a perfect Ion Glider and maximize TWR where it's possible, but your first construction is confusing.What's confusing me is your first screenshot: By 2minutes17 you climbed 2730m | 48 m/s by using 203 XenonGas - Although, simple math calculations would lead to 331,54 which most likely is 61% more with 5 Ion Engines at full throttle.Now could you please explain me how you achieved these results without using any kind of glitch, modification or anything else?Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSlash27 Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Update: This challenge has been completely broken by Tsevion.http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/85728-Ion-glider-collier-trophy!?p=1548671&viewfull=1#post1548671 The first time in the history of KSP, a Kerbal has been placed in orbit and returned to Kerbin in a stock installation using an ion SSTO composed of all stock parts and absolutely no glitch exploits. It doesn't even *have* control surfaces! Best,-Slashy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsevion Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 no glitch exploitsI dunno... massless parts are still kinda a glitch exploit... and I used the heck out of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyr Anasazi Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 (edited) I started this project aiming to make a solar research plane for Duna. Then I found this thread and my project got interesting. This is my entry so far. It's a 2 stage design and is big with more than 550 parts. The first stage gets it to around 18km, the next stage takes it up to the max altitude which currently is 22km at 550m/s surface speed before running out of fuel. Aesthetics are important to me so I am deliberately trying to make a plane that is reminiscent of actual solar aircraft.All control surfaces are disabled.Javascript is disabled. View full album Edited January 11, 2015 by Tyr Anasazi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSlash27 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 (edited) *edit* Derpage removed. Wrong contest. Best,-Slashy Edited January 11, 2015 by GoSlash27 'cuz I'm stoopid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GigaG Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 (edited) Can you use reaction wheels to "rotate" on takeoff? And what about rover wheels to assist the takeoff roll? Edited January 12, 2015 by GigaG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001kraft Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 (edited) Hmm...Meanwhile there's me and my super-derpy ion potato thing which is supposed to be an Eve SSTO.EDIT:which didn't work.It got to only 8,000m, which is not bad I guess. The climb rate was pretty good too, and it flew awesome with 4x physics warp.Obvious answer:MOAR ENGINES! Edited January 14, 2015 by 2001kraft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyr Anasazi Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 OK this is getting ridiculous.Seeing as control surfaces are frowned on I have stopped using those. Seeing as the challenge has already been "won", I am focusing on taking it to the next stage - Putting proper manned modules into orbit.This is what I have so far. It's a 2-stage design that takes a MK-II cockpit with 2 kerbals to 21km, reaching 478m/s. The first stage needs tuning to reach higher, and I haven't yet reinforced the wings to avoid physics warping.Have a look:Javascript is disabled. View full album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hast5250 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Is this dead? I think I'm going to make an entry, but only if this thread is not dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxL_1023 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 I am not sure it is possible anymore, as ion engines produce basically no thrust in atmosphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teilnehmer Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 8 hours ago, Hast5250 said: Is this dead? I think I'm going to make an entry, but only if this thread is not dead. Since KSP 1.0, ion engines have almost zero thrust at 1 atm. I don’t think it’s possible to do this challenge on Kerbin. You could try your luck with Laythe though. Perhaps, it’s also impossible, but the chances are much better with its thinner atmosphere and lower gravitation: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frybert Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 This doesn't look possible anymore, so I shall close this one on up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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