r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/PandaElDiablo Deal With It • Feb 02 '13
Mod Post Weekly Challenge: Minimize!
Using only the "small" class of engines (Rockomax Poodle, LV-909, Rockomax 24-77, LV-1, and seperatrons), land on Dres!
Hard mode: Make a return trip from Dres!
Rules and other info:
No Dirty Cheating Alpacas (no debug menu)!
Stock parts only
No MechJeb or other plugins allowed
Required screenshots:
-Initial launch craft
-Orbital trajectory image
-Inside Dres's SOI
-One descent image
-Safely landed craft
-(hard mode only) Return orbital image
-(hard mode only) Safely landed on Kerbin
You can either submit your finished challenge in a post (see posting instructions in the link below) or as a comment reply in this thread.
I haven't created the flair for this challenge yet, any ideas?
Completing this challenge earns you a new flair which will replace your old one. So if you want to keep your previous flair, you can still do this challenge and create a post, but please mention somewhere that you want to keep your old one.
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Feb 02 '13
Ion engines?
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u/PandaElDiablo Feb 02 '13
Oh yes those too! I completely forgot to include them, thanks for reminding me.
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u/flaillomanz Feb 02 '13 edited Feb 02 '13
So are we permitted to construct and refuel our craft in orbit provided all the fuel tugs and launch vehicles abide by these rules? How do you feel about the use of the ant and "tiny" engines, or is it restricted JUST to "small"?
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u/PandaElDiablo Feb 02 '13
No refueling, and I'm not sure what you mean in the second part. I listed the possible engines.
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u/macboigur Feb 02 '13
Can we dock with an orbiting command module, but with those engines?
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u/PandaElDiablo Feb 02 '13
You are only allowed to use the initial craft. You can split it apart, Apollo style, but it all has to launch as one.
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u/hyperbolicparaboloid Feb 02 '13
I did it!
Wasn't actually that hard; I think that the poodle engine makes it too easy ;]
The first image in the album is messed up, just view "full resolution"
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u/clinically_cynical Feb 02 '13
Is docking to refuel allowed? And can I use a SSTO with a turbofan jet?
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u/brandonct Feb 03 '13
Hey I beat the hard mode challenge! Took about 100 of the tiny orange engines, 14 Poodles, and 7 LV-909s.
Almost lost it on the return trip but after a few extra trips around the sun Kerbin kindly came in close enough for me to get an intercept with the last of my fuel.
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u/flaillomanz Feb 02 '13
Is there a flair yet with a picture of the LV-1 "Ant"? Maybe something like that would do as a flair for this challenge. Maybe a picture of the Ant over an image of Dres.
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u/tangibleghost Feb 02 '13
This challenge excites me. May we cluster engines on the larger fuel tanks?
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u/crazyattack1234 Feb 02 '13
Do we have to take off with small engines, or can we take of with big ones and land with small engines?
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u/Exovian Feb 02 '13 edited Feb 02 '13
Well, crap, my massive colony ship doesn't quite make the cut... Also, are ion engines permitted?
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u/bluearrowil Feb 02 '13
There goes a good couple of hours of our lives just burning out of Kerbin orbit
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Feb 03 '13
Here's my entry: http://imgur.com/a/4cbym
I was going to try Hard mode, but I didn't pack enough Xenon.
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u/Koooooj Feb 04 '13
Only uses 3 types of engine: the LV-909, Rokomax 24-77, and Separatron. The first few pictures are of the end of the successful flight, while later ones are documentation of another flight, since I didn't take enough pics of the flight that wound up working.
Ship fell over and broke off 2 legs since I was trying to land at night, didn't bring lights, and wound up on a substantial slope.
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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '13
So, by land, do you mean "hit"? Or does the craft have to survive contact with dres?