Kupiter 2 success!

[MLWostal]

After many goofs and errors AND with a heck of a lot of help from MeCripp and Starwhip, the Kupiter 2 took off on her maiden journey.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4lhe39ltiolqvck/Screenshot%202015-02-14%2011.15.21.png?dl=0

Once completing her victory orbit, she successfully landed in the frozen wastelands. Why the pole? Snow is softer to land on of course!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/kmbccjcsb1i0akj/Screenshot%202015-02-14%2011.37.27.png?dl=0

Now on to the fun stuff.

1. Correct the landing struts to actually work like piston struts.

2. Correct the fuel usage of Keutronium

3. Remove the visual effects of the engines and replace with proper fancy effects

4. Figure out how to transition from upward flight to forward flight.

5. Figure out how to tell if the ship has actually landed and not just deployed the landing struts.

6. Fix those darned textures!!!!

Anyhoo, thanks for putting up with me and my dumb questions!

[RobotsAndSpaceships]

Could we have some pics?

[MLWostal]

If you really want something to laugh at, sure!

Major Jebediah posing before launch of the Kupiter 2. Responsible for the safe delivery of the Kobinson family to Duna, their new home.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/x6f3ymppruyl1o7/Screenshot%202015-03-04%2023.55.56.png?dl=0

Liftoff and climbing.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/wf1540auyqnlmhs/Screenshot%202015-03-04%2023.57.09.png?dl=0

Orbit achieved and preparing for burn to Duna.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xx86e682v3zducd/Screenshot%202015-03-05%2000.13.48.png?dl=0

Safely on Duna.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xoeh0qilmapbj52/Screenshot%202015-02-20%2019.03.01.png?dl=0

Though, lifting off was difficult. Engines tuned for Kerbin, not for higher G worlds so had to rebalance. Major Jebediah is a master mechanic as well as an experienced pilot.

Learned a heck of a lot creating this ship and left it for a bit to play with other shapes. Time to get back, recreate the ship using a single mesh (object)(model) if possible though I still have not figured out how to get the individual animations from blender seperated :/ Oh well, time to learn more!

Though the sounds are still there. The flames have been removed because it just didn't look right.

[tg626]

Only some of your images are showing when clicked, others give a "404" File Not Found error.

Also consider an account on imgur.com - posting picture there will allow you to "embed" them in your posts - like this:

[Mecripp]

Here his Pic

Edited March 5, 2015 by Mecripp2

[MLWostal]

Thanks MeCripp, thought I was being nice by only putting a link up but yeah, dropbox is kinda lacking in stability it seems.

Anyway, definitely reworking the hull and switching to a single motor. Giving up on the lift engine, flight engine config the TV show used. Ah well, the limitations of my abilities.