Give lander dedicated ascent stage, leave hopper on surface when leaving. Conquer the kerbol system in a lander inspired by the. I hadnt tested the science landers refueling before landing it on the mun, and i found i hadnt accounted for the weight of the rover pushing the landing legs down. At this time i have no provision for their safe return to kerbin, though i do have a functional lander design that has been prototyped and tested, so all is not lost. In ksp, the players have to create and manage their own space exploration program, which means design, build and flying spacecraft, ultimately trying to help the little green humanoids called kerbals to conquer space. Im having trouble with optimising my lander s rocket design, as i have to activate the lander stage before i manage to make it to the mun minmuss soi. Check out ksp tech tree for reference, as you wont need every. Since this post, the design and my flying skills has improved to the stage where it can reliably get to the muns surface and back, with plenty of fuel to spare. This is a ksp mod that replicates the cst100 spacecraft. From that basic rocket you should be able to add a bit more fuel or boosters and get a biggerbetter lander to the mun with a science jr. This guide covers the basics of designing landers in kerbal space program.
A cheap, fully tested, failproof round trip to the mun. Im having trouble with optimising my landers rocket design, as i have to activate the lander stage before i manage to make it to the munminmuss soi. Ksp optimal rocket calculator for kerbal space program 1. For all your gaming related, space exploration needs. Ksp, hd png download kindpng i heart ksp style 1 sticker by jmcdowalldesign redbubble logo and banner design for ksp design by kspdesign on newgrounds. Kerbal space program can be a challenging game when you first start, especially if you know little about space. These are the possible payload and the deltav as well as the minimum acceleration which is reached in an environment with given air pressure. Make sure your mun periapsis is above 20,000m or you risk crashing into the surface at high speeds.
There was a large hangar full of parts and little green pilots, a. The ksp wiki on their website has tutorials on how to enter orbit and how to get to the moon. Kerbalx x84a ishtar eve lander is there any kerbal rocket design efficient enough to cover almost. May 26, 2015 alright, let us build a basic lander we can use for the mun or minmus. A short ksp tutorial how to plan and execute a mun landing. Once you have gotten into the mun s soi, warp to periapsis, turn twoards the retrograde vector on the navball, and activate the engine z. Science makes for really good game design, and ksp taps directly into that fact. The upper stage lander should be deployed in munar orbit, and should be capable of traveling to the surface of the mun, back to orbit, back to kerbin orbit, and down into kerbins atmosphere.
Kerbal space program, the spaceflight simulator that. Hyperedit was created by khyperia, and is maintained with contributions from khyperia, linuxgurugamer, payo, sirkut, with the help of the ksp community, and support provided by kerbaltek. Phaedrus eve rover kerbal space programs ksp cotton candy eve by shroomworks on deviantart ksp players show post kerbal space program on twitter. All i want is a picture andor a download of a design that fits my specifications. Have you searched through everywhere to find a suitable mun lander, yet only found others with the same needs. I still remember the first time i landed on munplanet kerbins closest moon. All you need is a copy of ksp and the ability to press space. Kerbal space program games quarter to three forums. Landing on the mun is reasonably challenging as there is no atmosphere, so a powered landing is required.
From now on rocket designs will be more proper as parts are. The kerbals are the inhabitants of kerbin, an earthlike planet in a planetary system just like ours. If staying upright on landing is proving difficult then. Introducing kerbal space program create and manage. Note that kspalculator calculates optimal designs for one stage only or two if you allow boosters, where the first is a stage only utilizing solid fuel boosters.
Imagine we build a light mun lander, having a payload of 20 kg. It will never split up your design into multiple stages. I am new to ksp, and so far i have only played in career mode. Determine the best rocket propulsion designs for one stage of a rocket, given a set of. Built with 22 of the finest parts, its root part is mk1pod. Still, only in the glorious peoples democratic republic of north kerbalistan could the first journey to the surface of the mun begin with ah, fuck it, were doing it live. The video game, which lets you design, build, and fly rockets and spacecraft across the solar system, truly belongs to space nerds. I just wish there were a basic design for a ship that can break atmo that i could copy and tweak to learn the game. There are some designs you can use outofthebox in here, these sections are marked with rtu, but it isnt meant to provide you with a readytouse craft for every situation, but rather give you an idea on what you need to keep in mind when designing your own craft, demonstrate various design approaches, and how. It can be thought of as an analogue to earths own moon, which frequently is simply called the moon latin. Assuming you included a parachute in your design, and it isnt ripped off. A mun lander that is fully capable of landing and returning from the mun. Modify design to incorporate docking ports instead of decouplers between cm and lm. Mun, also known as the mun and sometimes written as mun, is a relatively large moon orbiting kerbin.
Build spacecraft, fly them, and try to help the kerbals fulfill their ultimate mission of conquering space. In this the first part of my tutorial on building mun landers, mun rockets. Quill18 is a master of strategy video games, and there are few things more strategic than coordinating an entire space program. That is a mk1 command pod, four lt05 landing struts, a parachute, a heat shield, a stack decoupler and solar panels. Dec 10, 20 title says it, would perfer manned rocket, but unmmaned is fine, i just need to get some good science, and i cant find any decently science on kerbin anymore, and can figure out how to build a decent mun landing and return rocket. Ksp is computer game design at its best, pioneering, bold and impressive.
A stock rocket called lowtech mun lander, capable of landing three kerbals and three. How to land a mun lander that can orbit to a base on the mun reddit. When it first became available for download it had a limited scope. Need a early carrer mun landing and return capible rocket. Fairly new to ksp, only 30 hours logged so far, and dont understand a lot of the terminology yet. This was done for a low budget competition on the a. If your question isnt listed here, please use our contact page to ask. We start with a lander can, and attach some landing legs. The problem is, i cant manage to bring this module to the space station. The boeing cst100 starliner crew space transportation100 is a crew capsule manufactured by boeing as its participation in nasas commercial crew development ccdev program. With your support, i can continue working on this and other great tools for kerbal space program that everyone can benefit from. Nov 03, 2017 note that kspalculator calculates optimal designs for one stage only or two if you allow boosters, where the first is a stage only utilizing solid fuel boosters.
I just did it by copying the pics from this thread. Kerbal space program design and launch a rocket into space in realistic astrophysics sim graphite appears to be a great resource for finding educational apps and web tools by subject and grade level. I was a huge fan of the tripod design and going too tall resulting in numerous tippedover landers on even the most gentle of slopes. Jul 14, 2017 part 7 in which we use everything weve learned to design a vessel to land on one of kerbins moons. Would like some suggestions on how to design a small mun lander and return craft. Apr 27, 2015 ksp delivers a unique and immersive experience of the kind that got me hooked on computer games to begin with. Kerbal space program is, at its core, a rocketry simulation. Blueprint kscslg2 munar simple design and optimized to make a round trip on mun. So, ive already landed on the mun with the classic beginnerfriendly mun lander design, but i.
Introducing kerbal space program create and manage your own space program. As you see, in this mission, there are 7 steps that require thrust, and we have to design a ship for all of them. Ksp physics is quite different from real world, so real. One of my projects of late has been to land on the mun.
How much fuel it saved well calculate in the next chapter. Alright, let us build a basic lander we can use for the mun or minmus. Helmed by michael worosz, taketwo interactives new independent developer segment is making aaa games for the publisher ksp is a game where the players create and manage their own space program. Mar 14, 2018 for most of its life, ksp was a sandbox game. Seldom, maybe never, will you receive the same sensation of accomplishment or experience the same delight in exploration as ksp offers. It is gray in appearance with craters of various sizes and mountains exceeding 5029 m in height. You should see this up close at some point in this tutorial. Do you want a mun lander that undocks from a space station, lands and. I have here a fail proof ticket to that rocky ball of terrain, which you will love. The company has unveiled ksps first expansion making history and this is definitely represe. I even went so far as to download mechjeb to try and make the connection for me. A munar lander with science experiments, which will be used for suborbital flights to various parts of the mun to pick up results from different parts of the mun and ferry them back to the lab.
Sounds like a lot, but since most of this occurs in a region with a small gravity well and no atmosphere, it doesnt require much. Mun lander design the spacecraft exchange kerbal space. I am a selfemployed software developer who built this tool in my free time. The idea here is we want to build our lander as flat as possible, and keep the center of mass low, so it does not fall over easily. Spaceship concept, spaceship design, concept ships, kerbal space program, nasa space program, space launch, space engineers, space rocket, other space. Part 7 in which we use everything weve learned to design a vessel to land on one of kerbins moons. A couple fuel tanks, a parachute, and at least one light thruster should. The lander has to very slightly take off to make the refueling rovers docking ring attach. The lander was able to leave kerbin and stay in orbit with 2600ms left in the tank. Some people play kerbal space program for quite some time and still havent.
Ksp delivers a unique and immersive experience of the kind that got me hooked on computer games to begin with. While the mod certainly is large, the memory overhead is likely lower than you would expect. Titan mun lander shareables kerbal space program curseforge. Basic aircraft design explained simply, with pictures, for ksp, but probably some relevance elsewhere. You design new aspects for a mission using a series of linked windows, telling the editor where you want players to start, which craft theyll start with, what the end goal is, what the flight. Kerbal space program, mun, mun lander, kerbal hd wallpapers. Advanced rocketry general construction flight control science tech and anything before these. Im new to ksp for the most part and seem to be having a hard time designing. Next stage is mixed as well, poodle can take lander to mun surface. This was done for a low budget competition on the app ifunny. Jul 23, 2014 the last stage uses lv909 engines, which are the most efficient sort in a vacuum, partly due to their low mass. According to my deltav map, a mun mission requires 9000dv, relying on aerobraking to land back at kerbin. Kerbal space program has allowed him to plan out the most breathtaking escapes from gravity, as well as the most catastrophic explosions.
Notice how i immediately tried to attach the landing legs directly to the lander can. Kerbal space program create and manage your own space. What others are saying the space plane hangar remains a conundrum for quite a few, and since its one of my favorite parts of ksp, i wanted to shed some light on. If staying upright on landing is proving difficult then stick on modular girder. It reaches 20 km circular mun orbit and then lands, does the science possible, plants flag etc. First he tries out a new mun lander design and after getting into kerbin orbit he realizes theres no solar panels and only the base 50 electrical juice with no way to recharge the power since the terrier and spark engines have no alternator. To celebrate the end of the weekly challenges, i execute the very first one presented by the subreddit, along with a few twists and turns along. Lander have low twr which wastes fuel during landing, fix it. Unfortunately, i cant work on stuff like this all the time as i have to make money to eat and live.
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