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Fuck airplanes

    • TankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      5·
      2 days ago

      SSTOs (spaceplanes) are the final boss of KSP. Landing your first one will take at least 100 quick save/loads.

      Edit: Planes are probably just as hard. I never flew regular planes because I skipped straight to spaceplanes.

        • TankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          propulsive SSTOs

          You mean one that can fly in space too?

          I prefer to keep ships specialized, so my SSTOs just get passengers and cargo to Kerbin’s space station right above the atmosphere. Then another craft can take it from there.

            • Carl [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
              2·
              2 days ago

              In stock you can make a working SSTO with one RAPIER engine, a fuel tank, monoprop tank, some intakes and a rocket capsule. Last time I flew this configuration I would get to altitude with about 5% fuel remaining, do circularization, station rendezvous, and deorbiting with monoprop, and then land tail-down on that last sip of fuel.

    • Carl [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      Planes are easier with Ferram’s IMO, mine always end up looking like MIG 21s and SU 27s.

      Just gotta have the appropriate number of control surfaces (two on wingtips for roll, one on vertical stabilizer for yaw, to more behind main wings for pitch, you can try more exotic configurations if you want but this is the most simple that works 90% of the time), then dial in the sensitivity if you’re flying with WASD. Takes a couple test flights but it’s totally doable, if you want an “easy mode” then forget about landing and strap a bunch of parachutes to the thing for when you’re done with it (I do this when I’m too lazy to do a proper approach).

      edit: oh and FAR’s air brakes are another easy way to land - just set all of your control surfaces as brakes, go slow over the runway, and trigger them all while killing your engine. If you’re only dropping 10m or so you’ll be fine.

    • buckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      I’ve got a geostationary trio around Kerbin, and similar trios around Mun and Minmus. I don’t have any dedicated relay infrastructure outside Kerbin’s SOI yet, but most of my planetary probes are incidental relays.

      The one en route to Jool served to keep 100% comms uptime on my Duna/Ike orbital exploration probe, then I parked that probe in a Molniya-ish orbit of Duna to get it peeking over the ecliptic after I got all the science I could with it.

      My next few launches are going to be putting relay networks and scansats on everything in the inner system while my Mun and Minmus stations do their science lab thing.

    • Xavienth@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      I recommend the Realistic Progression-1 pack if you enjoy torture challenge and basically learning KSP from scratch

    • buckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      Yeah, modded all to shit and back. I started with a modlist from some youtuber and I’ve been adding more mods every couple days since.

      The list as it stands today, exported from CKAN: (edit spoilered for size)

      [x] Science! Continued (xScienceContinued 6.0.3.1)

      Astronomer’s Visual Pack (AstronomersVisualPack 3:v4.13)

      Astronomer’s Visual Pack-8k Textures (AVP-8kTextures v1.13)

      AT Utils (AT-Utils v1.10.1)

      B9 Part Switch (B9PartSwitch v2.21.0.1)

      Better Early Tree (BetterEarlyTree 1.0.2)

      BetterTimeWarpContinued (BetterTimeWarpCont 2.3.13.1)

      CameraController - Next (CameraControllerNext v1.0.5)

      ClickThrough Blocker (ClickThroughBlocker 1:2.1.10.22)

      CommNet Antennas Consumptor (CommNetAntennasConsumptor 3.5.8)

      Community Category Kit (CommunityCategoryKit v112.0.1)

      Community Resource Pack (CommunityResourcePack v112.0.1)

      Community Tech Tree (CommunityTechTree 1:3.4.5)

      Community Terrain Texture Pack (CommunityTerrainTexturePack 1:1.0.5)

      Configurable Containers (ConfigurableContainers 2.6.2.1)

      Connected Living Space (ConnectedLivingSpace v2.0.2.0)

      Contract Configurator (ContractConfigurator v2.11.2.0)

      Contract Pack: Clever Sats (ContractConfigurator-CleverSats 1.4)

      Contract Pack: Constellations (ContractConfigurator-Constellations 0.8)

      Contract Pack: Exploration Plus (ContractConfigurator-ExplorationPlus 2.0.1)

      Cryo Tanks (CryoTanks 1.6.7)

      Cryo Tanks Core (CryoTanks-Core 1.6.7)

      Cryogenic Engines (CryoEngines 1:2.0.8)

      Custom Barn Kit (CustomBarnKit 1.1.22.0)

      Deferred (Deferred 1.2.6.0)

      Deployable Engines Plugin (DeployableEngines 1.3.1)

      Dynamic Battery Storage (DynamicBatteryStorage 2:2.3.7.0)

      Easy Vessel Switch (EVS) (EasyVesselSwitch 2.3)

      Endurance (EnduranceSpaceExplorationSystem V1.13)

      Environmental Visual Enhancements Redux (EnvironmentalVisualEnhancements 3:1.11.7.2)

      Extended information about scientific experiments in VAB (ScienceSituationInfo 1:1.3.5)

      Filter Extensions - Plugin (FilterExtensions 3.2.9)

      Final Frontier (FinalFrontier 1.10.0-3485)

      Firefly (Firefly 1.0.5)

      FireflyAPI (FireflyAPI 1.0.0.0)

      Firespitter Core (FirespitterCore v7.17)

      ForScience! (ForScienceUpdated 1.6.0)

      FreeIva (FreeIva 0.2.20.0)

      Global Construction (GroundConstruction 2.7.1)

      Global Construction Core (GroundConstruction-Core 2.7.1)

      Grannus Ribbons from GEP (Grannus-RibbonPack-FromGEP 1.2.8)

      Hangar Extender (HangerExtenderExtended 3.6.0.2)

      Harmony 2 (Harmony2 2.2.1.0)

      Heat Control (HeatControl 0.6.2)

      Hide Empty Tech Tree Nodes (HideEmptyTechNodes 1.3.2)

      Improved Tree Engine Placement (ImprovedTreeEnginePlacement v1.4.0)

      Interstellar Fuel Switch (InterstellarFuelSwitch 3.30.0)

      Interstellar Fuel Switch Core (InterstellarFuelSwitch-Core 3.30.0)

      Interstellar Redistributable (InterstellarRedistributable 1.4)

      JSI Advanced Transparent Pods (JSIAdvancedTransparentPods V0.1.24.0)

      Kerbal Alarm Clock (KerbalAlarmClock v3.14.0.0)

      Kerbal Attachment System (KAS 1.12)

      Kerbal Engineer Redux (KerbalEngineerRedux 1.1.9.5)

      Kerbal Inventory System (KIS 1.29)

      Kerbal Joint Reinforcement Continued (KerbalJointReinforcementContinued v3.8.6.0)

      Kerbal Planetary Base Systems (KerbalPlanetaryBaseSystems v1.6.16)

      Kerbal Powers Core (KerbalPowersCore v1.0)

      Kerbal Powers Interstellar (KerbalPowersInterstellar v1.0.1)

      Kerbal Space Transport System (KSTS 2.0.4)

      Konstruction (Konstruction v112.0.1)

      Kopernicus Planetary System Modifier (Kopernicus 2:release-1.12.1-227)

      KrakenScience (KrakenScience 1.0)

      KSP AVC (KSP-AVC 1.4.1.9)

      KSP Interstellar Extended (KSPInterstellarExtended 1.29.6)

      KSPBurst Compiler (KSPBurst v1.5.5.2)

      KSPBurst Plugins (KSPBurst-Lite v1.5.5.2)

      KW Rocketry Rebalanced (KWRocketryRebalanced 3.2.7.4)

      MOAR Station Science (MOARStationScience v2.6.2.1)

      ModularFlightIntegrator (ModularFlightIntegrator 1.2.10.0)

      Module Manager (ModuleManager 4.2.3)

      Moldavite Machines (MoldaviteMachines 1.4)

      Navball Docking Alignment Indicator CE-2 (NavballDockAlignIndCE 1.1.1.3)

      Near Future Construction (NearFutureConstruction 1.3.3)

      Near Future Electrical (NearFutureElectrical 2.0.1)

      Near Future Electrical - Decaying RTGs (NearFutureElectrical-DecayingRTGs 2.0.1)

      Near Future Electrical Core (NearFutureElectrical-Core 2.0.1)

      Near Future IVA Props (NearFutureProps 1:0.7.2)

      Near Future Launch Vehicles (NearFutureLaunchVehicles 2.2.2)

      Near Future Propulsion (NearFuturePropulsion 1.3.6)

      Near Future Solar (NearFutureSolar 1.3.3)

      Near Future Solar Core (NearFutureSolar-Core 1.3.3)

      Near Future Spacecraft (NearFutureSpacecraft 1.4.6)

      OPM All-in-One KSPedia Delta-V Map (OPMAllinOneKSPediaDeltaVMap 1.0.1)

      Outer Planets Mod (OuterPlanetsMod 2:2.2.11)

      Parallax Continued (ParallaxContinued 1.0.0)

      Parallax Continued Planet Textures (ParallaxContinued-Planet-Textures 1.0.0)

      Parallax Continued Scatter Textures (ParallaxContinued-Scatter-Textures 1.0.1)

      Parallax Continued Terrain Textures (ParallaxContinued-Terrain-Textures 1.0.0)

      Patch Manager (PatchManager 0.0.17.6)

      PersistentRotation Upgraded (PersistentRotationUpgraded 1.9.2)

      Precise Node (PreciseNode 1.2.12)

      RasterPropMonitor (RasterPropMonitor 1:v1.0.2)

      RasterPropMonitor Core (RasterPropMonitor-Core 1:v1.0.2)

      Rational Resources (RationalResources 3.3.2)

      ReStock (ReStock 1.5.1)

      ReStock+ (ReStockPlus 1.5.1)

      Rocket Sound Enhancement (RocketSoundEnhancement 0.9.11)

      Rocket Sound Enhancement - Default (RocketSoundEnhancement-Config-Default 1.3.0)

      RosterManager (RosterManager 0.3.0.1)

      SCANsat (SCANsat v20.4)

      Scatterer (Scatterer 3:v0.0878)

      Scatterer Config for Outer Planets Mod (ScattererOPM v1.0.1)

      Scatterer Default Config (Scatterer-config 3:v0.0878)

      Scatterer Sunflare (Scatterer-sunflare 3:v0.0878)

      ScrapYard (ScrapYard 2.2.2.1-release)

      Shabby (Shabby 0.4.2)

      Shuttle Lifting Body (ShuttleLiftingBodyCormorantAeronology 1.12.5b)

      Singularity (Singularity 0.991)

      Solar Science (SOL) by Snoopy20111 (SolarScience 1:v1.3.0.0-release)

      SpaceTux Library (SpaceTuxLibrary 0.0.9)

      SpaceY Heavy Lifters (SYL) by NecroBones (SpaceY-Lifters 1:1.9.99.2-prerelease)

      Stock Alarm Clock Disabler (StockAlarmClockDisabler v1.0.1)

      Stockalike Station Parts Expansion Redux (StationPartsExpansionRedux 2.0.11)

      Stockalike Station Parts Expansion Redux - Internal Spaces (StationPartsExpansionRedux-IVAs 2.0.11)

      Strategia (Strategia 1.8.0)

      Supplementary Electric Engines (SupplementaryElectricEngines 1.3.2)

      System Heat (SystemHeat 0.8.2)

      Tantares LV - Soviet Rockets (NewTantaresLV v16.2)

      Textures Unlimited (TexturesUnlimited 1.6.4.30)

      The Janitor’s Closet (JanitorsCloset 0.3.9)

      Throttle Controlled Avionics (ThrottleControlledAvionics v3.8.0.1)

      Toolbar (Toolbar 1:1.8.1.2)

      Toolbar Controller (ToolbarController 1:0.1.9.14)

      TooManyOrbits (TooManyOrbits 1.1.7.1)

      Transfer Window Planner (TransferWindowPlanner v1.8.0.0)

      TriggerAu Flags (TriggerAu-Flags v2.11.0.0)

      TweakScale Rescaled (TweakScaleRescaled 3.2.4)

      TweakScale Rescaled Redistributable (TweakScaleRescaled-Redist 3.2.4)

      Universal Storage II Finalized (UniversalStorage2 4.0.2.2)

      USI Asteroid Recycling Technologies (USI-ART 1:v112.0.1)

      USI Core (USI-Core v112.0.1)

      USI Exploration Pack (USI-EXP v112.0.1)

      USI Freight Transport Technologies (USI-FTT v112.0.1)

      USI Kolonization Systems (MKS/OKS) (UKS 1:v112.0.1)

      USI Life Support (USI-LS v112.0.1)

      USI Tools (USITools v112.0.1)

      VAB Organizer (VABOrganizer 1.1.0)

      VaporCones (VaporCones 1.2.0)

      Vessel Viewer Continued (VesselView 2:0.8.9)

      VesselView-UI-RasterPropMonitor (VesselView-UI-RasterPropMonitor 1:0.8.9)

      Waterfall - Restock (WaterfallRestock 0.2.3)

      Waterfall Core (Waterfall 0.10.5)

      Waterfall Extensions (WaterfallExtensions 0.4.0)

      WaypointManager (WaypointManager 2.8.4.7)

      And also

      [1.12.X] EventHorizon v1.1

      which isn’t on CKAN

  • Zorothamya [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    I for some reason actually like making airplanes. I don’t attempt landing them though (always fly directly above where I want to land at a sufficiently high altitude, quickly decelerate and use a bunch of parachutes placed in such a way that I land with wheels first), and I kind of suck controlling them as I am using a keyboard which isn’t great with fine controls (so I never managed to do the barnstorming missions).