Who needs landing gear anyway!

[SmashBrown]

Carried out a contract to put a probe into muna orbit, then sent it off to complete another contract on and around minmus, then dropped it off back on kerbin nice and safe

[X-SR71]

Real men do that with SAS off!

[RocketPilot573]

Due to weight and parts I have yet to even use landing legs in my .90 career....

[MalfunctionM1Ke]

This reminded me of something

[Bandock]

Landing is definitely possible without any landing legs. Provided you are extremely careful of course. Heck, I remember experimenting with landing relying only on engines themselves back in 0.13.3/0.13.4 before I even bought the game.

[Bill Phil]

Well, considering I just landed on Ike with my Duna Orbiter's transfer stage... Not that surprising. I finished the Explore Ike contract and got the first half of the Explore Duna contract. If only I added parachutes...

[cantab]

Yeah. The way KSP works most parts are either undamaged or destroyed. Hit the ground at less than say 6 or 7 m/s, which isn't an onerous requirement once you've got a few landings under your belt, and the engine will be unscathed.

[SmashBrown]

Dammit and i thought i was special. Well, i'll show all of you!!! I'l land on eve, using nothing but a single ion engine!!!! On a spacestation!!! mwahahahahahaaaaa!!

[worir4]

Try landing upside down (booster facing up). Now that would be cool.

[Tw1]

This reminded me of something

I thought of that too!

I find landing legs aren't that important, unless you're in high gravity, or need it to spread out how much ground the lander covers for balance reasons. But then, I like to do very soft landings.

[RCgothic]

My issue isn't coming down gently- it's staying upright once I'm there!

[SmashBrown]

Try landing upside down (booster facing up). Now that would be cool.

This sounds like a job for Jebediah.

[Fleb]

My issue isn't coming down gently- it's staying upright once I'm there!

Quick, she's leaning over! Get the science!

[moogoob]

Knew I had pics online!

First from Minmus - This was one of the first half-dozen flights there and got renamed "How the heck did I land this?!?" And yes, Mechjeb is open but because I was bored of autoland, and this wasn't an important mission or anything I did it by hand. Went well, I think!

Second one is from Gilly - was used to get "explore Eve" and "explore Gilly" contracts in one go. The lander went to Eve, the transfer stage docked with Gilly, engine-first. Thankfully I decided to shove a thermometer and gravioli detector on there, something I now do regularly just for situations that this.

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[SmashBrown]

I like it!

[worir4]

Who needs rockets to land?

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