Fastest Ascent Ever

[TimberWolffe]

If I'm not careful I might exit Kerbin's orbit

​seriously though the mod dev needs to rethink making a 4 person module weigh 312 tonnes

[Raccoongamer]

with or without mod parts?

[Vectura]

As far as I'm aware a command pod powered by only loads of monopropellant engines would be way faster- although you'll need infinite fuel turned on. Scott Manley did a video on it.

Edit: With the monopropellant rocket it it gets a kerbin escape in a matter of seconds

Edit2: I made one using just a probe core and monopropellant boosters, and by 5000 metres up it was going over 3000m/s

Edited August 27, 2014 by Vectura

[Sky_walker]

Kerbodyne KR-2L Advanced Engine + small XL fuel tank + probe core = deadly reentry... during ascend!

[AlexanderB]

physicsless parts + decouper == to the mun in 12 seconds.. I wonder what that does in deadly re-entry.

[EdFred]

Ummmmm....7.5m/s at 4400m with the G meter in the green? Oh, yeah, blazing fast.

[MartGonzo]

physicsless parts + decouper == to the mun in 12 seconds.. I wonder what that does in deadly re-entry.

Kerbal soup

I have tried a reentry from an interplanetary trajectory at 12,000 m/s

.....it didn't go well

I think the fastest I've ever seen a kerbal go was one of Danny2462's videos, firing kerbals from a kerbal cannon into interplanetary space.

not very practical but damned hilarious!

Edited August 27, 2014 by MartGonzo

[James_Eh]

Don't worry OP - some of us get the sarcasm. (That's one seriously luxurious 4K module though, must have a swimming pool and bowling alley at that weight.)

[JebNeedsHelp]

I got it.

Does not leaving the ground count as an ascent? Because I did that a lot before I figured out what not to do when building crazy big rockets.

[Felsmak]

That's the spirit! No need to waste time on those regular turtle rides.

[TimberWolffe]

I got a mod that reduces Kerbin's atmospheric pressure to something easier to handle so I can actually leave the planet.

I just shot my pod into Minmus.

This is gonna take some getting used to

[cantab]

Haha.

I've used some slow launchers, like 1.1 TWR on launch stuff, but even they get up to a sensible speed by a few km up.