Kerbal Space Program: Atmospheric Docking Challenge
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Published 2015-03-17
All Comments (21)
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What a massive effort for basically no payoff. Well done, you truly embody the KSP spirit.
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Four planes take off One plane lands
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"You know, for a wing you don't fly so good." i died
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this is why KSP needs multiplayer, this would be so cool having 5 different pilots all converge at the same time!
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I wasn’t aware IKEA made aircraft.
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I clawed on to my first asteroid yesterday. Didn't do anything with it, I just cuddled with it for 107 days. I felt like I had beaten the game. Your video hurts me.
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The real miracle here is the fact that not only did you get each part of the plane to fly, it flew perfectly with each addition to the plane w/o messing up the CoM/CoL ratio.
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For a game that's over 9 years old, it's still just as awesome today.
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this brings a whole new meaning to wing man
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The whole time I was picturing an F-16 or F-18 pilot scratching his head and thinking, "What's the big deal? I do this s**t five times a day."
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Everything about this was incredible.
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send this clip to manley, he'll go nuts.
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5:29 look at the kerbals in the bottom right
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You hear that clanging sound folks? No - that's not the sound of docking ports coming together, oh no! It's the sound of a MIGHTY PAIR OF SWINGING SOLID CAST IRON BALLS!!!!
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0:47 For a brick, he flew pretty good
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Me:Can barely make a functional plane that can take off Me:*watches this video* Me:Might as well go die
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I'm a little late to the party here, but for anyone interested in making their own mid air docking planes here are a couple tips that may help. First, place some angled surfaces (winglets, flat plates, etc) above and below the port on that will be on the autopiloted vehicle. The top one angle a bit up and the bottom one angle it down so that you make a sort of funnel into the docking port to guide in the section you will be piloting at that stage. Make sure these funnel pieces are reinforced enough to survive knocking into the section you are piloting. For a real life example of this check out some designs of midair refueling ports and connectors. One of the two sides of the connection is almost always some kind of funnel to catch the other side. Second, for sections that are very wobly in flight with overly fast roll rates, try reducing the control authority of the ailerons (in their right-click menu). You can do this in the hanger or in flight.
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Dear god! That last second scared the living daylights out of me . . . some of us watch at loud volumes on a 5.1 surround system you know!
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This is godlike!! Seriously. I have a huge hassle just trying to get my rovers to dock on the ground, when one is stationary. This is amazing :D
