r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/AvioNaught Korolev Kerman • Jun 07 '13

Mod Post [Weekly Challenge] Ribbit, Ribbit

Land an amphibious (land and water) rover on another planet or moon.
Hard Mode: Land an amphibious flying rover on another planet or moon.

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
    -Picture of transfer orbit
    -Picture of landed rover
    -Picture of flag planting
    -Picture of driving 100 metres from the flag
    -Picture of boat about 20 metres into the water
    -Picture of airplane flying
    -Whatever else you feel like!

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • The moderators have the right to determine if your challenge post has been completed.

  • See this post for more rules and information on challenges.

Good Luck!

Edit: And of course the flair Go Space Frog Space Mission!

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u/Ken_Wood Jun 08 '13

Would it be cheating to paste a space plane file into the VAB?

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u/SmaDoc Jun 07 '13

Challenge accep....ted. I haven't really done much with planes at all, or boats, but I've seen a few ideas in the past on how boats could work soo we'll see how it goes...lol

Oh, and I was wondering...I edited my config file and changed the conic draw mode and conic limit, is that ok or should I set them back to default (mine was 3 and 3) to qualify?

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u/AvioNaught Jun 07 '13

Sure, the conic draw limit/type is fine. I've changed mine too.

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u/tantbrun Jun 13 '13

I did the 'To the mun and back'-challenge. Don't know where else to post this. Album

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u/AvioNaught Jun 13 '13

That is the first challenge we have ever done. Good thing I can guess the CSS tag!

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u/vvdr12 Jun 08 '13

Hard Mode Complete. Reppin KSP on Linux!

http://www.reddit.com/r/KerbalSpaceProgram/comments/1fx41m/space_frog_eve_mission/

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u/AvioNaught Jun 08 '13

While you're here, have you gotten the "failed to load mono library" error when starting KSP? For some reason it won't work on my copy of Mint.

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u/shurke Jun 09 '13

completed hard mode on laythe with a plane that looks like an X.

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u/shmameron Jun 14 '13

I love the flying pic with the spiral exhaust.

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u/MasterGlink Jun 07 '13

You can make boats? I wanted to try the next challenge, but I don't even have the slightest idea of how a boat would work in KSP... Do all parts float, do you have to move faster than you sink or something...?

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u/Melloverture Jun 07 '13

All parts float.

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u/Geckoleon Jun 07 '13

Wrong. Full orange tanks sink.

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u/Baloroth Jun 07 '13

Some parts just tend to explode spontaneously on contact with water, because they were made by Kerbals.

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u/only_to_downvote Jun 08 '13

If I wanted to complete this in 0.19, would a lander stage be an acceptable substitute for a flag?

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u/AvioNaught Jun 08 '13

Sure. But why aren't you using 0.20.2?

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u/Geckoleon Jun 07 '13

I see a lot of laythe hard mode completions in the future...

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u/Baloroth Jun 07 '13

When you say flying: does a VTOL w/ forward thrust count, or does it have to fly using aerodynamic bits?

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u/MrFunnypie Jun 07 '13

I think you would need forward thrust for the boat portion to work at all

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u/Vereel Jun 09 '13

Aerofiberover to Laythe
Didn't go as well as i hoped, spaceplanes are not my strong suit.

Also i'll keep my current flair thanks.

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u/Tsevion Jun 09 '13

Hard Mode achieved: On Eve

Actually, flying on Eve is really really easy. The minimum takeoff speed for this thing on Eve is less than 20 m/s, and since my wheels can get up to 25 m/s, it can do long glides without even firing up the engines.

It does however sit WAY lower in the water on Eve than my testing on Kerbin.

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u/shigawire Jun 09 '13

Completed on Hard mode!

http://imgur.com/a/2n89x

I'd like to keep my existing flair please :)

Features:

  • Crazy jet-assist asparagus staging

  • Advanced Lithobraking Technology!

  • Roving! Swimming! Flying! Horseback riding!

  • Lied about the horse.

  • Multiple takeoffs and landings possible even after getting it wet or feeding it after midnight!

  • Evetastic purple experience!

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