Arkingthaad ULTRA-lite challenge

[HafCoJoe]

For those of you who have been keeping tabs on the Kerbin Cup, WhackJob came up with the final challenge. The Arkingthaad lite. A true kerbal monstrosity. For all of you who didn't get to compete, this will be the first* installment in an Unofficial Kerbin Cup with SOLO TEAMS rather than a 4 person block.

*first being if there are enough contestants

Here's the original challenge from WhackJob:

Current (Whackjob) Challenge

Friends, Countrymen, Kerbishtanis!

After learning that I would not be able to compete in the Kerbal Cup as a solo clown act, I was initially disappointed. Our good mutual friend, Rowsdower, gave me a wonderful opportunity to still have a hand in this fun event. Instead of playing the role of the plucky hero, I instead will get the opportunity to play the role of irritating mini-boss. This is level three. The Konami code does nothing.

Initially I had a much more thorough challenge planned out to subject you to. There were time constraints, however. I only had so long to build, and you have but one week to complete it. If there's nothing else that you learn in KSP, you learn to compromise. So I took my bag of tricks and managed to shake this challenge out.

I have built another Arkingthaad Tower Lander. I used some new parts. It is HERE for your use. Your challenge is to take it to orbit (I tested it myself, it is SSTO compliant, but will need refueling before going elsewhere). Once in orbit, go on a sightseeing tour. Land in interesting places, take pictures and create a photo album with a narrative. Once done with your tour, return and land at the Kerbal Space Center via powered landing, since Whack don't do chutes. The Tower Lander is equipped with a fully functional custom landing leg of my usual design which is capable of supporting the entire rocket plus full fuel load in Kerbin gravity. Feel free to add on to the ship if you should prefer to.

Oh, and lest I forget... some assembly will be required. *evil cackle* *mini-boss music begins*

Good luck, everybody!

No hyperedit, please.

The Arkingthaad ULTRA-lite

This challenge is not for the faint of heart. It is a challenge in any measure.

Rules: Create an image album (or video) of what you've done with the Arkingthaad ULTRA-lite. No completion date. Assemble it, launch it, do what you want with it, and perform a hard landing back at KSC. Note that this is NOT SSTO worthy and it will need a boost of some sort to orbit. Assembly can be in orbit, or on the ground and ANY mods are usable other than hacks.

You will need to post pictures of assembling, launching, refueling, and any landings you complete as a minimum.

"some assembly will be required."

Get it HERE(Curse*)

*Main image is stretched oddly

Or get it HERE(Dropbox).

Have at it.

Edited July 10, 2014 by Avera9eJoe

[Tw1]

I should be able to do this, but maybe sometime down the line. Keep it in mind, maybe bump it in the future.

[Whackjob]

Hehe. You didn't have to go with a 3-sided stack. I only went that way from the main challenge with the intent of reducing part count out of empathy for the contestants.

Arkingthaads usually have four to six sides. Lately I've been settling more on six. More rigid with a hex based stack.

[HafCoJoe]

Hehe. You didn't have to go with a 3-sided stack. I only went that way from the main challenge with the intent of reducing part count out of empathy for the contestants.

Arkingthaads usually have four to six sides. Lately I've been settling more on six. More rigid with a hex based stack.

I could but I think 6 legs would be SSTO worthy and take away from this pint sized monster. And six legs is a bit more scary to look at. I could also make the challenge more focused on assembling rather than doing stuff with it. Part count is at 211 currently and adding on another 3 legs would bring it to 350-400 ish I think. I'll bump and update a bit after .24 comes out and I might do six sides than. I'll message you guys .