Linchowlewy Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 I made my first successful Munar landing, although I use the term successful with a heavy grain of salt. I ran out of fuel on the way down and came in at such a speed that everything but the command pod exploded. Now, poor Jeb, Bill and Bob are trapped on the Mun without a way off. Is there any sort of craft I can build that will be able to pick up the craft and carry it back to kearth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtblazing Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Haven\'t tried it, but try to pick it up with lander legs, when they are undeployed they fit and can be used to 'dock.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillWiskins Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 People have constructed designs that use lander legs to \'capture\' another craft in orbit, but picking one up off of the ground would be unbelievably hard, especially with stock parts. I don\'t know if there is a mod or plugin part around that will make it easier, but if not, you\'ll need a very clever design that currently I can\'t even begin to figure out. Also, presumably you\'d need to find a reliable way of hovering over the landed command module.Also, I\'m not sure you would be able to get a good grip on a CM if it was the right way up, using lander legs.I\'m beginning to doubt this scheme somewhat If you can do it, I\'ll take off my hat in your direction. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
togfox Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 I land a 2nd craft close by, use my imagination and it all end well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtblazing Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 I thought of a design but I dont have the time to try it at the moment. Look at the Space janitor one, but instead of being empty in the middle, have it setup so that the exterior tanks can rest on the munar surface, while the middle one is low enough so that the legs will grasp a command module perfectly. This would be very hard and require a ton of RCS thrusters and fuel, but it seems reasonable if you are that in need of a design. Hardest part would be to touch down slowly and to lift off with pure RCS, like I said you would need a lot. Another idea could use 2 craft 'docked' to one another with legs so the middle is facing downward to the surface like described before, and the second is a ring of sorts facing upward to make it easier to thrust upward. Just my thoughts, IDK if it would work or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ydoow Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 I land a 2nd craft close by, use my imagination and it all end well. Bahahahah I\'m sure that\'s how the Kerbs handle most of their missions shortly before crashing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentMcConnell Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I made my first successful Munar landing, although I use the term successful with a heavy grain of salt. I ran out of fuel on the way down and came in at such a speed that everything but the command pod exploded. Now, poor Jeb, Bill and Bob are trapped on the Mun without a way off. Is there any sort of craft I can build that will be able to pick up the craft and carry it back to kearth?It\'s KERBIN and no, there is no way to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ydoow Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I bet there\'s a way.Maybe a Munar rover that scoops it up into a bin of tanks.Or maybe the regular 'Space Janitor' but make the craft hover with RCS over the target.I didn\'t say it would be easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godot Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Or you just do roleplaying ...land with your lander near the pod,pretend that the stranded Kerbonauts walk to your lander in their spacesuits and you then, all together, start back to Kerbin (and afterwardsa just delete the flight of the stranded Kerbonauts) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ydoow Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Checkout challenges. Someone just did this with a land rover and landing legs. It\'s very impressive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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