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[Rose]

My first instinct would be: No. You need more landing legs.

But I've never gotten to the moon myself, I always miss.

FTFY

Those aren't landing legs, they're struts that didn't come off.

[Rose]

The good news: I got my kerbins to the moon in one piece.

Spoiler: The bad news: (click to show/hide)

[Deadmeat1471]

My first instinct would be: No. You need more landing legs.

But I've never gotten to the moon myself, I always miss.

FTFY

Those aren't landing legs, they're struts that didn't come off.

Lol.

The good news: I got my kerbins to the moon in one piece.

Spoiler: The bad news: (click to show/hide)

DoubleLol.

[Twi]

My first instinct would be: No. You need more landing legs.

But I've never gotten to the moon myself, I always miss.

FTFY

Those aren't landing legs, they're struts that didn't come off.

[LoSboccacc]

the reentry lander testing failed:

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how so? it seems safely and succesfully landed!

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there were four legs, it wasn't intended to land on engines 

[Twi]

Press G to deploy landing legs, by the way.

[LoSboccacc]

they indeed deployed. got trashed on impact. all four of them 

this is how it looks in it's first voyage outside of the atmosphere:

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the struts bugged somehow. it seems common in the .14 version. I hope they won't get in the way of the landing

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Spoiler: no they don't (click to show/hide)

[Sean Mirrsen]

What was the most ludicrous rocket design that you've ever gotten into orbit?

For me, it's this one:

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Utterly single-stage, in that it achieves orbit without staging, though it does disintegrate into stages spectacularly to allow the capsule to return.

My next project is to put a mini-mecha lander on the Mun. I've clearly been playing too much Super Robot Taisen J lately.

[LoSboccacc]

http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/index.php?topic=8021.0

have you looked at that plugin? it automates everything which is difficult within the game: it makes it unbelievably boring, but it's a nice aid and could be used effectively to learn the ropes.

http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/index.php?topic=8449.0

this one goes even further, automating orbit injection: enable it, press spacebar, watch your craft go into orbit. a very nice monkey see monkey do tutorial for orbital ascent, but as the other plugin it feels like cheating and removes the fun out of the game (to me at least) so use them sparingly 

[Sean Mirrsen]

http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/index.php?topic=8021.0

have you looked at that plugin? it automates everything which is difficult within the game: it makes it unbelievably boring, but it's a nice aid and could be used effectively to learn the ropes.

http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/index.php?topic=8449.0

this one goes even further, automating orbit injection: enable it, press spacebar, watch your craft go into orbit. a very nice monkey see monkey do tutorial for orbital ascent, but as the other plugin it feels like cheating and removes the fun out of the game (to me at least) so use them sparingly 

Heh, I'd like to see how those plugins handle my robot. It's got a quirk, the arms act as boosters, and when they are on the last tank, the center of mass shifts so that ASAS can't keep up, and it very nearly flips itself over - but as soon as it's done this pirouette, the arms run out of fuel, and the main leg engines right the thing and resume normal flight. Advanced aerobatic maneuvers!

I simply adore this kind of game, you build whatever you want and then do whatever you want with it. Right now I want to test whether I can land this robot, it's got a sixpack of lander legs in each leg, so, theoretically... Unfortunately, the all-at-once landing leg control means its antennae will fold down when it'll be landing.

[Boksi]

Theoretically, you can land that thing.

Theoretically, you can flip a coin and have it balance on its edge.

Still, it's neat.

[Sean Mirrsen]

Report on landing attempt:

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Steady on the normal, descent rate stable, keep it up.

Approaching bingo fuel for boosters, monitoring throttle.

Boosters cut out, balancing on the normal, drift correction required.

CORRECTION, I SAID, CORRECTION!! SHUT THE AUTOPILOT DOWN, STEER, DAMMIT, STEER!!!

Unfortunately, even though the Pilder was ejected, the machine hit it in passing and all crewmembers were lost.

Bottom line: it is possible to land that robot! I needed to reinforce the hip joints so that it wouldn't break so easily, but in this test, there was a touchdown at roughly 5m/s, and the lander legs held! And nothing broke off, though the drift was far too great, and there are definite problems with fine steering on this thing, which led to the whole machine tipping over and flying away as I tried to regain control. Losing faith in that, I ejected the Pilder - which is the little booster-equipped thingy with the capsule mounted on the crotch - but I couldn't get it clear before one of the legs just smashed the thing to pieces. All in all, the experiment was mostly a success. I just need a whole damn lot of RCS thrusters all over, to correct drift.

[Aklyon]

That just makes me more and more interested in a 'Space mecha' mode.

[Peewee]

and there are definite problems with fine steering on this thing, which led to the whole machine tipping over and flying away as I tried to regain control.

If you're using a keyboard, hit caps lock to change the way the controls work.

[forsaken1111]

Anyone have a link to the guide posted earlier on 'How to reach the Mun'?

Someone should really collect all of these into a wiki or something.