Author Topic: Kerbal Space Program or "Rocket science is harder than it looks" (Read 374127 times)

Nuke · **Reply #480 on:** October 03, 2012, 03:29:15 am

Quote from: Mongoose on October 02, 2012, 04:44:53 pm

Quote from: Nuke on October 02, 2012, 06:42:38 am
just so you know this thing blows up with the force of a north korean nuclear weapon.
So with a fizzle and small puff of smoke, then?

are you kidding i get .5 frames a second when i launch this thing, theres no time to draw fire.

Nuke · **Reply #481 on:** October 06, 2012, 04:03:03 am

i released my parts works in .17
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Nuke · **Reply #482 on:** October 07, 2012, 09:13:43 am

just launched spinneh station. named after the great spinneh kerman who theorized that if you could spin a roundish base in space you could make jeb really dizzy, also you would get gravity as a side effect.

the launch vehicle weighed 1300 tons on the pad, of which about 125 tons of it is shown here. it has had its fuel tanks refilled from one of the orbital tankers serving as orbiting gas stations around kerbin. with space for 60 kerbals. it is also equipped with mechjeb, a fuel transfer system. about a dozen mpd thrusters, and fully fueled, 12800 liters of fuel. more than enough to park the base around jool if so desired.

Sushi · **Reply #483 on:** October 07, 2012, 09:39:35 am

I want to see your LV on the pad.

Nuke · **Reply #484 on:** October 08, 2012, 01:23:34 am

very well

just dont try to attempt your gravity turn while you are still in the atmosphere. all that drag up front will topple your ass.

Sushi · **Reply #485 on:** October 12, 2012, 01:27:58 am

My most recent project: a Mun mission done entirely in the cockpit, without external views, use of the map, or silly math:
http://imgur.com/a/xfX65#0

Apparently I've done enough Mun missions now that I can just wing it completely. Staying in the cockpit makes landings truly intense, though, especially since I have no way of knowing if I'm about to set down on a slope (besides quickly rotating from a few k above the landing site to take a peek).

Colonol Dekker · **Reply #486 on:** October 12, 2012, 03:18:47 am

As a non-driver, that thought terrifies me..

Herra Tohtori · **Reply #487 on:** October 12, 2012, 07:49:36 am

Quote from: Sushi on October 12, 2012, 01:27:58 am

My most recent project: a Mun mission done entirely in the cockpit, without external views, use of the map, or silly math:
http://imgur.com/a/xfX65#0

Apparently I've done enough Mun missions now that I can just wing it completely. Staying in the cockpit makes landings truly intense, though, especially since I have no way of knowing if I'm about to set down on a slope (besides quickly rotating from a few k above the landing site to take a peek).

Bravo good sir.

Now, someone needs to make a proper Munar module with the default view direction in horizontal position, and with good view... it'll probably look significantly like the Apollo LEM.

Nuke · **Reply #488 on:** October 12, 2012, 12:05:32 pm

i moved one of my spinneh stations to mun and one to minmus. and i have a space exploitation vehicle and some rovers and fuel pods on their way to duna. im using one of the hackish docking mod and ive been having trouble keeping all the modules connected, i started with the ship, the two rovers and 3 fuel pods. and i used up one of the fuel pods to get my hohmann transfer started and have jettisoned it. im also not sure about my trajectory, im doing the 90 degree lead that always seems to work, it all comes down to the course correction burns which are the difference between getting capture and just flying on by.

Colonol Dekker · **Reply #489 on:** October 12, 2012, 03:56:14 pm

I get the feeling, that if I get round to playing the latest version... The Kerbal system would be littered with the barren hulks of empty interplanetary craft and Kerbalnauts in just a spacesuit strewn throughout........

Sushi · **Reply #490 on:** October 12, 2012, 04:57:19 pm

I've found this useful: http://ksp.olex.biz/

I'm not one of those that actually holds a protractor up to the screen, but it's useful to know in what ballpark I should be guessing and fudging angles.

And yes, I am accumulating an alarming amount of space debris.

Sushi · **Reply #491 on:** October 27, 2012, 05:53:26 pm

This baby will get you to Duna and back. With fuel to spare, believe it or not.

General Battuta · **Reply #492 on:** October 27, 2012, 07:29:27 pm

I see aerospikes on that design :colbert:

Nuke · **Reply #493 on:** October 27, 2012, 07:32:23 pm

i prefer 1500 ton on the pad behemoths myself.

Sushi · **Reply #494 on:** October 27, 2012, 10:30:23 pm

Quote from: General Battuta on October 27, 2012, 07:29:27 pm

I see aerospikes on that design :colbert:

I stick to stock, but I have no qualms about using/abusing the best (stock) parts until they get fixed.

Also, looking at the shot again, it appears that the angle and backlight has completely hidden the two small parachutes on the middle set of fuel tanks. Go figure.

Nuke · **Reply #495 on:** October 28, 2012, 01:50:01 am

aerospikes are stock, ever since squad hired c7.

General Battuta · **Reply #496 on:** October 28, 2012, 09:37:06 am

Quote from: Nuke on October 28, 2012, 01:50:01 am

aerospikes are stock, ever since squad hired c7.

Yeah, we both know that, they're just horribly broken.

pecenipicek · **Reply #497 on:** October 29, 2012, 07:09:40 am

in other news, i've made another part...

Nuke · **Reply #498 on:** October 29, 2012, 05:34:55 pm

ive been working on hall effect thusters lately. ive been slowed up by a recent drive failure so i havent got to the textures yet. i also figured out that unity is better at generating normal maps from height maps than photoshop is. i also figured out how the virtual cockpit system works, now i just need to remodel everything to fit your typical kerbal.

Sushi · **Reply #499 on:** November 03, 2012, 07:35:17 pm

I think this is my greatest KSP achievement to date

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