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[Descan]

Yeah. Stick a solar array on there and you should be golden! Or however much you need to get a positive (or at least not negative) electricity change when the engine is active.

[andrea]

I landed on mun, I landed on minmus, I did science... Now it is time to travel to new planets!
so I can get enough science to unlock some new science instruments like the nosecone and the accelerometer.

This time I am trying a scaled down version of my last attempt. While the last time the focus was on building a huge spaceship ( crew of 6 kerbals, space for double that number, 12 engines), this time I'll try to build something that won't cripple my computer.
However, I am not confident in my ability to carry a lander that can land on Duna and come back with all its equipment. I'll be forced to abandon all science on the surface. Do you guys have any good compact lander design?


by the way.

Spoiler:  first docking in this version! (click to show/hide)

There is still part of a launcher attached to it with some fuel left which will be useful in achieving escape velocity from kerbin. Still missing command module and lander. I wonder if it has enough fuel...

[PTTG??]

I think KSP's ion engines think that you mix the electricity with the ions and then burn them to produce thrust. As such, ISP includes electricity, and higher ISP engines need less electricity for the same thrust. But I'm not sure about that.

[WillowLuman]

Anyone want to do a challenge?

[Dutchling]

Landed on the Mun

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Now I need to rescue Bill and Bob -.-'

Btw, I was playing around with ion engine designs, and while I get that making a 7500dv probe filled with research tools of just 1.5 ton is great, it takes over 5 hours to use that dv.
Does anyone (without mods) actually ever use ion enines o.O? It seems to be that the ant engine is better in basically all circumstances.

[PTTG??]

Actually the Ant engine is fairly bad because its slightly large cousin has much, much better thrust and ISP. I Have used Ion engines, though. I put several of them on a ship with 10km/s delta-v and put jeb on a field trip to deep space.

[Rakonas]

Landed on the Mun

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Now I need to rescue Bill and Bob -.-'

Btw, I was playing around with ion engine designs, and while I get that making a 7500dv probe filled with research tools of just 1.5 ton is great, it takes over 5 hours to use that dv.
Does anyone (without mods) actually ever use ion enines o.O? It seems to be that the ant engine is better in basically all circumstances.

I used ion engines before this version pretty often, with extremely small probes. Now all the mass necessary for science means I would need more engines, which would need more solar power, which means more mass, etc.
Not willing to calculate optimal size tradeoff to get the minimum of science into space using ion probes in terms of acceleration, so eh.

[IronTomato]

Anyone want to do a challenge?

Challenge accepted.

[WillowLuman]

Alright, here's my challenge:

Iron Man

Build a humanoid spaceship, whether assembled in orbit or launched in one piece from the ground. Must have torso, head, 2 arms, and 2 legs. Bonus points for extra digits or details.

Full credit for standard, arms-at-sides or T pose. Bonus points for hands outstretched "superman" pose. Double bonus points for 1 hand at side, the other overhead, also "superman" but harder because it likely makes the weight asymmetrically distributed.

Get to orbit and come back with 2 arms, 2 legs, torso, and head still attached. Mega Ultra bonus points if you land on something then come back.

Also, pics or it didn't happen

[sluissa]

I believe someone on here already did something basically of this description.

[Rose]

Triple bonus points: Use damned robotics to make it move.

[IronTomato]

Alright, here's my challenge:

Iron Man

Build a humanoid spaceship, whether assembled in orbit or launched in one piece from the ground. Must have torso, head, 2 arms, and 2 legs. Bonus points for extra digits or details.

Full credit for standard, arms-at-sides or T pose. Bonus points for hands outstretched "superman" pose. Double bonus points for 1 hand at side, the other overhead, also "superman" but harder because it likely makes the weight asymmetrically distributed.

Get to orbit and come back with 2 arms, 2 legs, torso, and head still attached. Mega Ultra bonus points if you land on something then come back.

Also, pics or it didn't happen

If at any point in the future I actually manage to do that, I'll tell you right away. 

[Aseaheru]

Quadruple bonus: All engines are in hands and feet, must move hands/feet to angle thrust.

[BFEL]

Slightly Relevant: I had at one point considered creating the ship from Spaceballs, complete with MEGA MAID transformation.


Also:

You know, I'm really not sure what to make of you sometimes Silly Putty.
On the one hand, practically everything you post is a sarcastic, sometimes almost scathing response to a simple, easy-to-do mistake on someone else's part.

But on the other hand, you do it so goddamn well.

oh... 

I really don't like scaring people off.

At least I'll take the compliment

Well you didn't really scare me off, like I said, I just didn't know what to make of you.
Its kinda a Poe's Law thing, I wasn't sure if you're just a very blunt, to the point kind of person or if you were actively trolling people.

Granted now I'm pretty sure its the former. And now I feel bad....oops.

[WillowLuman]

Welp, just pulled off my second ever docking. It was much easier to do it in Munar orbit than in low-Kerbin orbit, so I've got significantly less of everything than I'd hoped.

Spoiler: image (click to show/hide)

Now what?