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[miauw62]

The main challenge here is getting the plane above 5000 m.

[Rose]

Unless they changed it in this release, which i can't play yet, those radial attached intakes will stop providing any airflow at all well before you get to flameout. but they won't hesitate to provide drag...

Mechjeb is pretty decent here with 'control intakes' option.  It'll automatically close and open intakes to balance drag.

That only works with closable intakes, which those are not.

[WillowLuman]

It sounds like it's time to strap an external command seat to a bunch of SRB's and send someone into space. But who to send?

[Erils]

It sounds like it's time to strap an external command seat to a bunch of SRB's and send someone into space. But who to send?

OOH ME! PICK ME! PICK ME! ME! ME! MEEEEE!

[WillowLuman]

Kurt is orbiting Duna. I'll go with Bill.

[sneakey pete]

That only works with closable intakes, which those are not.

They, and all intakes are closeable. However drag isn't reduced to zero when closing an intake.

[puke]

Noticed something interesting -- the Science Archives track EVA reports when flying (not just orbiting, but flying in atmosphere) over biomes. 

You can only get science once, but it tracks each biome you do it in and records the zero-science-value.

Something for completionists, i suppose.

[WillowLuman]

I though each Kerbin biome had it's own pool of science data?

[Descan]

Yeah but only when you're on the ground.

In the air, you can only get EVA reports. Otherwise it's just "Kerbins High Atmosphere" or "Kerbin Low Orbit"

[WillowLuman]

What happened to "High over Kerbin's water" or "High over Kerbin's ice sheets"?

[Twi]

What happened to "High over Kerbin's water" or "High over Kerbin's ice sheets"?

Yes, but not for EVA Reports, IIRC. All of them are the same 'this is a bad idea' thing.

[Putnam]

Identical text still gives you science...

[LoSboccacc]

I though each Kerbin biome had it's own pool of science data?

depends on the sensor. temperature gets a whole space near kerbin; gravity gets a different response while orbiting for each biome.

[BigD145]

I've been using my lander to get two sets of Mun and Minmus data each mission. Land, liftoff and coast, land, take off and return to Kerbin. It's just a one tall tank and four half that with legs. The four are detachable. When I liftoff to go home I often have a full tall tank. It cuts down on near Kerbin missions. There is more than enough fuel to plop down anywhere on Kerbin and grab some surface samples. Two sets like that plus touchdown on Kerbin yields about 1100+ science.

[IronTomato]

The new EVA data transferring is awesome.

I had a command pod and lander in orbit around Minmus, and I made some trips back and forth storing data in the command pod. Much science was had, though there could have been more if I hadn't gotten lazy and gone home, despite the lander having about 60% fuel left.

Ah'll be back, Minmus,