Roderik Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 so with the new aerodynamics we have to streamline our rockets and make them pointy so i am practicing with it and i'm asking if this is right?i'm not serious of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiew Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Add launch clamps for infinite fuel and burn for a few years to deorbit Kerbin? :> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axelord FTW Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Add launch clamps for infinite fuel and burn for a few years to deorbit Kerbin? :>You mean a few hundred million years.(no, I didn't actually calculate anything. If someone is willing to do so, go ahead and see how far off I am.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordFjord Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Yep, thats perfectly right. Pointy end to ... somewhere.I remember someone actually launching that way - one moooooment <quick google> - here it is: I don't need to add that it is freaking amazing, awesome and totally Kerbal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brainlord Mesomorph Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Yep, thats perfectly right. Pointy end to ... somewhere.I remember someone actually launching that way - one moooooment <quick google> - here it is: I don't need to add that it is freaking amazing, awesome and totally Kerbal.Bu...bu...bu.. But why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roderik Posted February 16, 2015 Author Share Posted February 16, 2015 Yep, thats perfectly right. Pointy end to ... somewhere.I remember someone actually launching that way - one moooooment <quick google> - here it is: I don't need to add that it is freaking amazing, awesome and totally Kerbal.i immediately saw the engines on the side of the ship to turn it XDedit: it's still a "wow" worth tough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brainlord Mesomorph Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 it's been done: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flixxbeatz Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 "Instructions unclear, rocket stuck in Kerbin." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katateochi Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Bu...bu...bu.. But why?I also did an inverted launch AND I had a reason!! This was way way back before KSP allowed you to load Kerbals into other pods (only the root pod got kerbals) and before the crew manifest mod. I wanted to take 15 Kerbals to Mun (for a party) and I really didn't want to have to make 15 Kerbals climb up a really long ladder to the top of the craft. So I built the craft with the crew pods right at the bottom to make loading all those guys easier. It lifts off on a bunch of small SRB's and then flips round and re-launches. Here's the ancient vid: Jump to about 50 seconds in to see the launch. (and then laugh at how much I didn't know what I was doing back then, didn't start the grav-turn till way up, noob!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfluous J Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Bu...bu...bu.. But why?IIRC it was a Reddit challenge, launch something to... Mun? Don't remember, maybe just to orbit. Doesnt' matter. Launch it with every single engine facing downward to start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
problemecium Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 L-... launch clamps give you infinite fuel?!?!? WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norpo Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 L-... launch clamps give you infinite fuel?!?!? WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATAs far as I know, just an electricity generator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starwhip Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Yep, thats perfectly right. Pointy end to ... somewhere.I remember someone actually launching that way - one moooooment <quick google> - here it is: I don't need to add that it is freaking amazing, awesome and totally Kerbal.Ah.... um.... what?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip336 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I will now have to make a 'ship' made out of the largest engines, turn on infinite fuel and see if I can change Kerbin's orbit. Even if it's every so little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobotsAndSpaceships Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Is this supposed to be funny? Because I'm not laughing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varsi Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I will now have to make a 'ship' made out of the largest engines, turn on infinite fuel and see if I can change Kerbin's orbit. Even if it's every so little.Scott Manley did have a video about this altho he was only speaking about moons: Is this supposed to be funny? Because I'm not laughing.I don't see the point either (completely accidental pun I swear)... People seem to have different opinions on what is pointy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roderik Posted February 17, 2015 Author Share Posted February 17, 2015 i made the top of my ship big so the the rocket only would be pointy when i flipped it so i did and launched it and then i realised how stupid i was...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nothingSpecial Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Is this supposed to be funny? Because that's how I make vacuum-efficient retrorockets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KN_Namida Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 it's been done:http://images.yuku.com.s3.amazonaws.com/image/pjpeg/b592612478643bc6a88ed0cba833d2052bdb8237.pjpgIsn't that Cannikin? The H-bomb that was detonated underground in that island off the coast of Alaska? To test how nuke-induced earthquakes worked?That's no rocket, hehe. It just got a weird shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brainlord Mesomorph Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Isn't that Cannikin? The H-bomb that was detonated underground in that island off the coast of Alaska? To test how nuke-induced earthquakes worked?That's no rocket, hehe. It just got a weird shape.its an SPFX shot from "Crack in the world" (1965) about underground nuclear detonations. for some reason the director didn't think they would lower the bomb on ropes, or just drop it, instead they launch a missile into a hole!I had to pause the movie to laugh for several minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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