xthetenth Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 I approve. I'd presume he's got the SAS as a fly-by-wire approximation to deal with the porpoising issue the original had and give a nice accurate drop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulric Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 Sometimes problems happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulric Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 I approve. I'd presume he's got the SAS as a fly-by-wire approximation to deal with the porpoising issue the original had and give a nice accurate drop? SAS actually causes horrible oscillations and wing flappery that can tear the ship apart, so it stays off most of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xthetenth Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 Good old YB-49, true to its nature even in video games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulric Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 Modified SSTO YB-49 Escape pod separation. This was included to allow Jeb to return without too much hassle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulric Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Design attempt that underperformed and went over budget (surprise surprise) The Ku-8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 Pull a Lockheed and lower the price on paper, while making sure the manufacturers come from every province of Kerbalia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 The FL-01 'Mingo' Experimental spaceplane: Production models are slated to come in white, pink and hot pink camo colour schemes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulric Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 Pull a Lockheed and lower the price on paper, while making sure the manufacturers come from every province of Kerbalia sadly, the performance was abysmal, so it would only make it into the competition based on its sexiness alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 A bomber, showing off bomb bay and wing racks: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 A goon made a thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulric Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 The KSS Kerremlin, first vessel in the Kerbin Space Defense Fleet. Length: 35.4m Width: 18.8 Height: 13.2 Weight: 583.4 tons Crew: 36 Armament: 12x Goalkeeper CIWS with 38,400 rounds, 3x Lasers, 12x HE-KV-1 missiles. Delta V: 3600 Orbital laser strike. The 5 "Mainsails" that provide it with propulsion. Sturgeon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulric Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 The Kraken, Jeb's new flagship to kick off his pirate career. 1669 Tons, 16 KR-2L engines (8 forward, 8 rear), 8 lasers, 1 Klaw, 4 standard docking collars. 4400+ DeltaV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulric Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 Docking with The Kraken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulric Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Finally got it flying nicely. Belesarius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 Now for something completely different: This is the Solaris infinite duration drone. With four electric motors (KAX), a gargantuan battery system and a bunch of solar panels stuck everywhere except the most obvious spot (too much bother), it is currently being tested to determine total flight time. With luck, the results will never be in. Update: Okay, so the Solaris is a failure on all counts. I'm going to try and fit more panels, wing and battery onto this bird and try again. Collimatrix and Xlucine 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 Per the vanilla physics, the first level solar panels are massless. So just go nuts with those, and eventually you'll pass the break-even point where the motors are sucking less juice than the panels are providing. You only need enough batteries to coast at night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xthetenth Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 Or you could stop being a wuss and make the plane faster than nightfall. (viability may remain small for locations outside the arctic) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 Those motors will eat the battery bank in two minutes at takeoff power. Panels aren't an issue, and can already (almost) run the motors at cruise. I'm going to combo glide ratio/battery capacity and see how it shakes out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted April 25, 2015 Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 This is the Solaris 2: By putting together approximately every battery, I've managed to make an electric plane capable of flying for 17 minutes. Evidently Kerbals are much better at rockets than electric motors... Edit: to give an idea of how much juice the motors suck up, you can mount a laser cannon on the nose and use it to lase things for almost five minutes without relying on the panels. In full sunlight, you can melt things for over eight minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted April 25, 2015 Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 Dunno if this gets tweaked in any of your mods, but in vanilla, the first battery you unlock (the one with the little glowing green bit) is massless and dragless. Hope your computer is of stronk. Xlucine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T___A Posted April 25, 2015 Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 This is the most hyped I've ever been for a KSP update: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xthetenth Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 And that's my plans for monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted April 29, 2015 Report Share Posted April 29, 2015 Drogue chutes seem like a very good idea now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulric Posted April 29, 2015 Report Share Posted April 29, 2015 Drogue chutes are magical. Also, deployed parachutes do not absorb heat, so you can deploy them as high as you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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