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[TheBronzePickle]

I'd rather just use the rockets. Much simpler than flying a plane (and a lot more potential for Fun!)

[monk12]

Just found this game, and holy crap it is awesome. Sorry if this has been mentioned, but has anyone flown to the Sun yet?

[BloodBeard]

The sun is just an image, it doesnt actually exist yet. The planet is currently the only body mass.

[rutsber]

I think the sun does get bigger the further out you get. I'll have to go over screenshots later and see.

[Charmander]

... I have achieved orbit, with fuel left over.

Unfortunately, my periapsis is 37k up, and the apoapsis is in the region of 239k. Wonder if I can land...

[rutsber]

Does anyone else think that the devs like to delete threads on their forums for some reason? I've seen at least 3 different threads like the one I posted. Definitely not going to be active on that forum if my posts are just going to be deleted. It wasn't a troll or anything either. It was directed at the community as speculation.

[Blargityblarg]

Asymmetrical ships are the most fun :3

[Deadmeat1471]

Asymmetrical ships are the most fun insanely dangerous :3

[Sensei]

I mean, nothing attaches to them, that is quite shit.

Only things that would logically attach to them attach to them.
That means solid boosters.
What, you expected to be able to attach an SAS module sideways on the rocket?  Because that would work super well :V

EDIT: That's mainly because you can only radially mount stuff that's allowed to be surface-mounted, and that's only the solid boosters.

I modded fuel tanks to be surface-mountable, but they keep sticking on sideways and generally being invalid. Haven't tried SAS, but they do actually get more useful when they're farther from the center of the ship.

[BloodBeard]

Asymmetrical ships are the most fun insanely dangerous !!fun!! :3

[Rakonas]

... I have achieved orbit, with fuel left over.

Unfortunately, my periapsis is 37k up, and the apoapsis is in the region of 239k. Wonder if I can land...

You just have to drop some 4km from your periapsis to deorbit. Personally I'd recommend slowing your rocket down past the orbital velocity by thrusting backwards.

[Soulwynd]

'Plane launch'?

It works in real life.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I've never heard of a rocket being launched from a plane into orbit, These little theoretical commercial planes, yes, but a real one? I don't see it.

Well, you just don't follow the news, do you? That's not a theoretical plane, it has flown and launched a rocket into space, winning the X prize. The plane took the rocket to ~15km and the manned rocket flew up to ~102km of altitude.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXNkUNP75-Q

If you also don't remember, the X15 did pretty much the same a few decades ago. But this was the first commercial one.

Fakeedit: Second flight - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERhpVHnAbrE

[Deadmeat1471]

'Plane launch'?

It works in real life.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I've never heard of a rocket being launched from a plane into orbit, These little theoretical commercial planes, yes, but a real one? I don't see it.

Well, you just don't follow the news, do you? That's not a theoretical plane, it has flown and launched a rocket into space, winning the X prize. The plane took the rocket to ~15km and the manned rocket flew up to ~102km of altitude.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXNkUNP75-Q

If you also don't remember, the X15 did pretty much the same a few decades ago. But this was the first commercial one.

Fakeedit: Second flight - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERhpVHnAbrE

Actually I do, launching various objects from planes has been widely used since the very beginning of the space programs. I said rocket not plane.
I can see a plane being launched for LEO, but a rocket from a plane, I don't think so.
Which was the point. If the OP was saying having LEO 'planes' implemented, I'm all for it.

[Rakonas]

'Plane launch'?

It works in real life.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I've never heard of a rocket being launched from a plane into orbit, These little theoretical commercial planes, yes, but a real one? I don't see it.

Well, you just don't follow the news, do you? That's not a theoretical plane, it has flown and launched a rocket into space, winning the X prize. The plane took the rocket to ~15km and the manned rocket flew up to ~102km of altitude.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXNkUNP75-Q

If you also don't remember, the X15 did pretty much the same a few decades ago. But this was the first commercial one.

Fakeedit: Second flight - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERhpVHnAbrE

Actually I do, launching various objects from planes has been widely used since the very beginning of the space programs. I said rocket not plane.
I can see a plane being launched for LEO, but a rocket from a plane, I don't think so.
Which was the point. If the OP was saying having LEO 'planes' implemented, I'm all for it.

I don't know about you, but it certainly seems to me that that's exactly what's happening in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXNkUNP75-Q

[Sean Mirrsen]

Why use planes at all? It's obvious that giant robots are much cooler:



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