Wanderfound Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 A warm-up attempt...52pts for distance travelled, 1pt for crew, 100pts for entry, -29pts mass, -35pts height, -43pts width, -56pts length.-10pts total. As I said, more to come. (probably an "add a battery and fly sensibly" run up next...)Annotated flight test at http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/craigmotbey/Kerbal/Challenges/Microplane/storyCraft file at https://www.dropbox.com/s/adsrjzmtdoihrwe/Kerbodyne%20Nano.craft?dl=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderfound Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 (edited) Take 2:-- Weight: -35ptsHeight: -35ptsLength: -55ptsWidth: -43ptsEntry: + 100ptsKerbal: +1ptDistance: Circumnavigated Kerbin, 3,769ptsTotal: 3,702ptsAll stock parts, FAR aero.Annotated flight at http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/craigmotbey/Kerbal/Challenges/Microplane/Take%202/story Edited February 10, 2015 by Wanderfound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal_vager Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 Brilliant stuff guys, thanks for taking part, ihtoit can you work out your score or provide the craft stats please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_bT Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Single Ion engine + solar panels seems to be the way to go for stock parts, almost made it to the 1000 km mark Javascript is disabled. View full album100+997 km+1 Kerbal-36 Parts-9 Mass-18 Height-36 Width-41 Length= 958I flew a pretty random course alternating directions between north-west and south-west to keep under the sun. Ended up at the KSC2 site after fuel ran out. The tiny rover wheels are useless as landing gear, they broke on take off and left me with no real chance to land safely. There were no survivors.But that isn't strictly necessary to enter into the competition right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal_vager Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 Lol, yah I never said your crew had to survive, though any landing you can walk away from is a good one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank2333 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 So here is my entry for the stock scoreboardPlane: Bee18 Hornet X3 (thanks to RED5 for the inspiration)Parts : 37Mass: 2.5tHeight : 2.8mWidth : 3.3mLength: 4.9mmax feul 65 unites LFThat is -172 pointsi travled 7011km at max speed of 2081 m/s with a max altitude of around 40kmcrusing speed was around 2000 m/s at 33km that should be 6940 points O_Oalso maxmum safety for the pilot is given with the Rocketseat "Fly by Fire mk2"if upgraded with oxidizer this craft might be able to get to Munar Orbithere is a imgur gallery of the flighthttp://imgur.com/a/xBFOr#0i might upload the craft file tomorrow if requestedCheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pellinor Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 (edited) I'd like to enter a solar plane using electric propellers. Too slow to keep up with the sun on the equator, it can still fly indefinitely on highter latitudes. It features lots of unnecessary complexity, since flying a few extra kilometers gives more points for the time spent than starting all over in the SPH. I only turned all the solar panels to the left to get more sun. Which actually did more harm than good because on the way north the sun was to the right and poor Jeb had to fly the first part of the journey upside-down. Built for duna, it is quite twitchy, but after some fiddling with mechjeb's pid-settings it flies stable enough for 3x time warp, and did fly for hours on its own. http://imgur.com/Tg46nUqhttp://imgur.com/Az3B3FhTechnically I didn't succeed to fly it as far as I can, since this would take infinite time, hope it is still a valid entry... There are lots of mod parts, for the challenge only the electric USI-fans and mechjeb were used. Unfortunately, the flight log seems to reset on quickload, so I lost quite some way from yesterday evening. I'll take the displayed number because in this case the distance is arbitrary anyway. Score: 100 enter the challenge 1 kerbal5000 km -46 too complex! -36 heavy! -47 too long! -81 too wide! -16 too tall!------------- 4875PS: by the way, the score is totally not a covered advertisement for the cute little rocket engine on the back of the plane... Edited February 10, 2015 by pellinor0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal_vager Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 Interesting craft pellinor0 and Tank2333, thanks for taking part Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoioh Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 My inspiration: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutan_VariEzeAnd the result:Javascript is disabled. View full albumAs for scoring:1 Kerbal, completed the challenge, flew a very long way = 100 + 1 + 2466 = 2567Mass, width, height, length, complexity = -1*(28 + 33 + 154 + 85 + 33) = -333Total score: 2234 pointsAnd all that on just 1 little tank of 100 units of fuel and a single prop without leaving the athmosphere. It takes off at 20m/s or so, it doesn't even reach the first pedestrian crossing on the runway (the stripes, I've no idea what else to call them) because it can take off before that, practically instant. Wanna take it out for a spin? Craft file (requires B9, Firespitter and mechjeb, cuz I'm too lazy to go take it off and re-save it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frizzank Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 I made a biplane. It is the best flying craft I have ever made. Its not going to win this contest but it was still fun.Made it with FASA parts32 parts1.4 tons36.6 kmhttp://www./download/16td1zpxf3fhshz/FASA_BiplaneLoaded.craftRequires FASA if that wasn't clear... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal_vager Posted February 11, 2015 Author Share Posted February 11, 2015 Heh, it's never been about winning, but about trying something a little different, thanks for having a go frizzank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank2333 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Frizzank that thing is so Cute! i love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdj64 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 (edited) I'll enter an ion plane I quickly threw together, it's called the "Flamingo" for its one wheel. Had a bit of a crash landing because brakes and only one wheel don't mix well, but Jeb survived.0.6 tons0.9 tall2.5 wide2.8 long18 parts1 kerbalflew 119 km.total score: 134Javascript is disabled. View full album Edited February 11, 2015 by sdj64 forgot the score for the Kerbal, forgot to subtract the height Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal_vager Posted February 11, 2015 Author Share Posted February 11, 2015 100+1+119-6-9-25-28-18134 sdj64, nice craft Frizzank can you show your stats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frizzank Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Mine wasn't really a serious contender since its barely in the positives as far as score goes, so I am putting myself in the "Just for Fun" category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraviTykillz Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 (edited) First Challenge ive done in over a year. The Fly.Distance traveled . 1,292.124M Kinda just flew a large circle.Parts:14Mass:5.0tHeight: 3.9mWidth:7.4Length: 5.5mJust want to say Thanks for the Challenge! That is what makes KSP for me. There will always be new challenges !Side note: some freeky stunts flyin over the pole. Weeee! Edited February 12, 2015 by sal_vager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenya Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 [TABLE=class: cms_table, width: 500][TR][TD]Enter the challenge222 kilometrespassengerWeight 2.4 tonnsSize 1.7/4.1/3.9áomplexity - 8 partsSummary[/TD][TD]100 Points222 Points1 Point-24 Points-97 Points-8 Points194 Points[/TD][/TR][/TABLE]This plane was not designed for this contest, why the results are not very high Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starhawk Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 (edited) So, since there is a Cheater McCheatypants scoreboard, I have to point out some inconsistencies in one of the entries.Now, I'm no rocket scientist, but my calculations show that for the Bee18 Hornet X3 to travel 7011 km in 38min and 24sec (2nd panel in poster's imgur gallery) the poster would have needed an average speed of 3042 m/s. The Flight Results panel shows Highest Speed Over Land as 2083 m/s.Perhaps that poster could point out where I'm mistaken.On another note, the Ground Distance Covered shown in the Flight Results appears to be incorrect. I did a circumnavigation and the panel showed 2845 km rather than the 3769.9 dictated by geometry. After two circumnavigations, it showed 5815 km. Maybe it has to do with changing reference frames.Anyway, I completed three circuits and then attempted to land but crashed hard due to the 'throw things together quickly' method of engineering used.Seems to me your scoring system is weighted to distance more than size, but I could be wrong.My entry - the Itty Bitty, isn't all that small.Height 4.1 mWidth 4.3 mLength 4.9 mMass 2.9 tParts 13Score -175Enter Challenge 100One Kerbal 1Score is now at -74Three circumnavigations is 11309 km so...Score 11235I had enough fuel to do at least 20 more circuits of Kerbin for a potential score of 86633.Thanks, Sal! It was, of course, lots of fun.Happy landings![EDIT] Here's a pic of the Flight Results panel after circumnavigating Kerbin twice. Edited February 12, 2015 by Starhawk Added pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal_vager Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 (edited) Nice entries Fenya and Starhawk I admit this challenge has turned out to be geared more for long distance rather than size, and I can fix that for next time but I'm not the sort to go changing rules part-way though and spoil anyone's fun, If I had we'd not have seen just how far such small craft as those presented here could really be made to go.Restrictions can take the fun out of things, keep it simple, that's the key As for Tank, he was trying for a while in IRC and his craft looks like it can do it, though you'll notice that for his entry and your own, the highest speed achieved is strangely only 750m/s so I think there's a few bugs in the flight log, and his last pic shows an elapsed time of zero so he must have left the scene and returned.It's also possible his total MET was 1 day, 0 hours 38 minutes and 24 seconds, but I doubt that, I'll ask him about it Edit:Something is afoot! Edited February 12, 2015 by sal_vager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starhawk Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 keep it simple, that's the keyWords to live by!It's all good. I had fun and I'm not here to step on anybody's fun. his last pic shows an elapsed time of zeroOh. I thought it said 40:00.highest speed achieved is strangely only 750m/s so I think there's a few bugs in the flight logYeah, while the Highest Speed Over Land shown is 2186 m/s which would be about right if that was ground relative speed. I may have to dig around the forums or do some experiments regarding the flight log.Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal_vager Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 I'm suddenly suspicious of an entrant.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Othuyeg Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 I call him Tiny TimothyQuite obviously I did not invest much time in it and it is very much a mod craft, mostly with tweak scale'd parts.Javascript is disabled. View full albumCan not be bothered to count points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal_vager Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 Cute craft Othuyeg, and you reminded me, KSP needs a "Warp to day" button Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batz_10K Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Nice aeroplane Batz_10K, if you show me the craft stats in the editor or the map and the F3 flight results I can work out your score, total distance travelled is fine Here you go:25 parts, 1.7m high, 4.1m wide, 3.5m. Flight distance 5km Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal_vager Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 Those wheels make it look just right Batz 5km only scored you -20 points though, but points aren't really the point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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