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[GreatWyrmGold]

Found that. Thanks.

EDIT: I tried to fly one of Farram's "stock" craft, the Dark Hammer II or something. I drifted a bit to the left, and...well...



I think I should find  way to correct that sideslip. Probably by not having the plane explode.

[MarcAFK]

Shoved a pair of  Rapiers onto the back of the U2 and now it reaches orbit easily.

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4 tanks hold plenty of oxidiser for the job.

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Uh, getting back however is rather a problem.

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Reentry is somewhat faster than it can handle, by the time the atmosphere gets thick enough to provide life it also happens to be thick enough to tear the wings off due to the speed that remains.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Try coming in shallower? You know, bleed off speed by spending more time in the upper atmosphere slowing down before hitting the lower atmosphere.

[IronTomato]

I finally figured out how to do more stuff on Interstellar, this time with the help of Active Texture Reduction, which seems to make the game stop crashing, with the downside of making the game take forever to start.

These parts are so amazing. It is now possible to have a small fighter SSTO, launching and going to other planets completely unassisted. It's also very aesthetically pleasing, even when used with B9.

[Leonon]

Interstellar thermal turbojets require air intakes in addition to the thermal power source. Interstellar also adds a need to hook air intakes up to a precooler or the engines overheat at high speeds. My setup for a thermal turbojet looks kind of like this.



That one was before I added FAR and Deadly Reentry though.


And since putting engines in front of things is my specialty, here's a recent design I'm proud of.

That one is using FAR and Deadly Reentry.

EDIT: *laughs maniacally*

FAR, Deadly Reentry, and Procedural Farings

[MarcAFK]

Yeah, that first test I ran out of fuel due to a fuel line problem, so I never managed to circulise, therefore my reentry was steep.

[alway]

I'm having a problem. Some mod or another came with a convenient toolbar that lets me open and close various popup windows related to mods and plugins.

In the VAB, it's right over the "cockpit" and "propulsion" tabs. How do I move it?

If its the one I am thinking of, click the down arrow and there should be an unlock toolbar position option in there.

Also a bit of nuance which initially got me:
You need to click on the down arrow. You can then unlock it, and move it around. To lock it, you need to click exactly on the sprite for the down arrow, as the not-down-arrow-pixels surrounding it will just re-position it again, as for some odd reason they decided that one shouldn't be a standard square clicking area.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Which is quite a pain.

EDIT:

Lessons learned:
1. That Editor Tools thing doesn't just switch symmetry mode; it actually moves you from the VAB to the SPH.
2. Those little engines? They apparently stand up on their ends really well.
3. My rocket needs LSEs.

[BigD145]

You only need to move the bar a few times and then leave it alone forever.

[GreatWyrmGold]

New mod compatibility issue: The MechJeb sidebar is broken. Like, it's blank, so I can't select any of the options. This is bad, because I find MechJeb useful for such things as precise turns, not worrying about if I'm pointed in exactly the right direction for long or precise maneuvers, and maneuver node editing. And Δv calculations, of course.
Any idea why this would happen?

[BigD145]

Delete it and all it's config files. Reinstall.

[nogoodnames]

I've been having all kinds of glitches in my career game. When I resume flight on a spacecraft, all joints seem to lose connectivity and the craft gets hit by all kinds of phantom forces. Kerbals leaving the craft get launched into oblivion, and the "bailed out" screen displays. I already lost one Mun mission when the lander was deleted because I tried returning to the space centre while it was in that state.

Strangely I never had these problems in my sandbox games. The only change I made to my mods was updating Ferram. I wonder if the aerodynamic stress change is causing it.

[BigD145]

Yes, Ferram changes things. It's not aerodynamic, it's something else. I had it explained in a KSP stream by one of the testers, but I forget exactly what it is.

[nogoodnames]

Well now thanks to the glitch I know what it's like to dock with an accelerating target, in the dark, with all of my instruments malfunctioning. ‼FUN‼
I'm going to try reverting Ferram. The game is almost unplayable in this state.

EDIT: Reverting didn't help. I think the save may be unsalvageable.

[Erkki]

The mobile ballistic missile launch platform is a success!!!

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The modified version with extra wheels, foglight and a minibar launches a spy satellite complete with antennae and photovoltaic panels to a 200 x 200 orbit with fuel for re-entering.

Performance and driving comfortability in hilly terrain needs to be performed though... Doubling its width should work.