The Gilly Station and Giant Solar Panels!~ (Part Request)

[HuntsmanThe7]

I Always had a Dream of turning the Planet Gilly into a fully functional Space Station. SOOO... I need someone to build Seriously Big Stockalike Solar Panels to cover the entire surface of the Planet...

(No I Already tried using the KOSMOS Solar Panels and they are WAY To Small)

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[Beale]

I Always had a Dream of turning the Planet Gilly into a fully functional Space Station. SOOO... I need someone to build Seriously Big Stockalike Solar Panels to cover the entire surface of the Planet...

(No I Already tried using the KOSMOS Solar Panels and they are WAY To Small)

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This isn't possible with the limitations of the game-engine (at least not in a satisfying way), I'm sorry to tell you.

Even if you could make a panel that big, when viewed from the map, Gilly would appear the same brown rock.

I guess you could edit Gilly's surface texture to be that of a solar panel, this would be possible with RSS. But I can't imagine it looking too great.

[SpaceLaunchSystem]

Woah! Turning a planet into a space station. That's a weird concept.

[Ruedii]

There is certainly a limitation on how big you can make solar panels.

If you are willing to use non-fixed solar panels, and build a rig to hold them elevated, there are some great giant solar panels in Near Future Solar.

Of course if you are making a giant base over the entire surface of Gilly, you only really need two solar farms, one on each side, to provide a constant flow of electricity. Three of four solar farms may be more ideal, though. The absolute most power you need is the amount necessary to turn all on the lights on and be running your science lab(s) and transmitter(s) beyond that is just waste.

You probably will be wanting to use Kerbal Attachment System (KAS) to attach the various parts of the base together. However, I think you may hit the limits of KSP preventing you from covering the entire surface of Gilly. There is a mod to expand that limit, but at the cost of performance and tempting the Kracken.

Edited November 1, 2014 by Ruedii
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