My humble goal is for viewers to enjoy my videos as much as I have enjoyed viewing others over the years. My game of choice is, of course, Kerbal Space Program. Its an amazing game that keeps me interested and creative. Thank you for visiting my channel!
Unfortunately it’s a bit of a hassle finding the correct file and uploading it the “right” way on Kerbal X. Maybe if you ask for a specific one, I can give it a shot.
I want to make a reusable lander like you have but with Kethane and send it between kerbin and duna. I got a routine mission manager mod to help with mundane task. Tac life support is unfun.
Sup fellow Kerbal. May I suggest you check out a mod that provides stock-like pieces to build surface stations? It is compatible with the mod you are using for life support too if I am not mistaken. "Nils277's Kerbal Planetary Base Systems mod" it even has greenhouses and its own research stations.
Your velocity is displayed relative to the object you are orbiting. So when you leave Kerbin’s SOI, your velocity reading changes, to reflect your velocity around Kerbol. Just accelerate back into Kerbin’s SOI.
There’s an ISRU converter clipped into the bottom of the lander so you don’t see much of it. Theres a small ore container, a couple drills, and plenty of batteries, solar panels, and radiators.
You're definitely right that the first parts in the airstream suffer the most reentry heating! I would suggest re-entering the plane "belly up" though, as when you nose up normally, the cargo below the plane gets exposed to more heating. If you're upside down though, the wing panels on the top of the plane will shield all your cargo from excessive heating c:
They work fairly well so long as you have them extended and get the dampening right. Too stiff and the craft crashes, and too loose and they'll fully retract and break.
You can try putting some extra fuel and use a fuel cell to generate some more electricity, but I’ve never done it so I’m not sure how much it would be able output.
I have definitely done that, but fuel cells consume a decent amount of fuel over long periods of time. Sometimes I include them, but I toggle them off until I actually need them.
You can connect the torque/motor strength of rotors to an axis action group (like the forward-backwards RCS keys), which should allow you to run them on lower power when you're not carrying a heavy load. The rotor only needs to provide enough torque to counteract the drag on the propellers, and when not carrying a heavy load the propellers will only need to be at a low deployment angle with very little drag to still lift the craft
That is pretty clever! I didn't think to reduce torque as a way to reduce power consumption. Deployment angle is tricky too, because it can be hard to find the sweet spot.
@@TEauxFTW I find using the axis groups for deployment angle to also help, since you can adjust how small and slow the change in angle is. I end up tapping it up and down in small increments until I can fly level, and sudden changes in lift aren't really useful for helicopters either (you only really change the lift when taking off and landing, both of which tend to be a bit slow and careful)
i revisited KSP after a few years again and always tried to avoid "clipping" the parts together. So that it would be "more realistic" I now feel like an idiot :D
I hope the lower game settings will make the game playable. I suspect KSP1 mods will start to mimic some of the new KSP2 features. So, if you can run KSP well, you may be in luck :P
The core-mounted propellers are a really neat idea, especially since when not in use, their lift is still gonna be above the centre of mass and acting like a wing surface. Plus, looked visually impressive too c;
I actually hadn't considered the propellers provide lift when not spinning. I'm glad you liked the visuals, I was definitely pleased with the look of it!
