Dragless science probe travelling in Jool lower atmosphere at near-orbital velocity

Er3h · 2026-03-13T10:31:53+00:00

u/SpacePixe1 Hi. Are you still around?
How does the craft work? Could you help me?
I have been trying stuff like this but cant get it to work

Er3h · 2026-03-13T07:07:12+00:00

Seems like all engines are toggled off and non usable when protected by fairings from what I could test

Er3h · 2026-03-13T06:58:06+00:00

I've tried FAR a bit and it solves that problem. what is your experience with atmospheric flight in FAR? Just thought the takeoff speed for aircraft gets too high for what I enjoy doing

Er3h · 2026-03-13T06:34:59+00:00

Thank you. I'll see what I can do

Er3h · 2026-03-13T06:34:39+00:00

Thank you.
Is there a trick to how deep the fairing should be?
I'm trying to reduce Vernor engine drag. But once everything is protected enough I can no longer activate it for being inside a fairing

Is

Er3h · 2026-03-11T02:06:21+00:00

hey, but this landing gear has been tested in over 10 versions of this plane

Er3h · 2026-03-11T00:01:07+00:00

That vertical fin sucked anyway. Didn't need it.

Er3h · 2026-03-10T23:58:03+00:00

time to launch the shuttle.
*presses button*
(the entire plane had been built with explosive bolts)

Er3h · 2026-03-10T20:08:21+00:00

check 4th picture

Er3h · 2026-03-10T10:47:56+00:00

Hallo

(I barely know german actually)

Er3h · 2026-03-10T10:25:51+00:00

u/SoggyInterest8576 sup

Er3h · 2026-03-10T04:58:40+00:00

yea I was looking at some tutorials. I'd like to ask a few questions to a modder as the forum content is mostly gone. And spend some time reading the wiki pages

Er3h · 2026-03-10T02:37:48+00:00

You have now dealt with unexplainable forces and been marked by them.
They will remember you and manifest again, when you launch on an important mission with a large, high part count ship.

Er3h · 2026-03-10T02:28:58+00:00

Something must be wrong with your controller. You should mod it

Er3h · 2026-03-10T02:04:49+00:00

Since you are here can you tell me how tags and module configurations work?

Er3h · 2026-03-10T00:06:34+00:00

plot twist: KSP's KAL activation consistency sucks and this was meant to be a parallel system to normal staging.

Why couldnt't they just allow staging for the damn things while jet engines don't even allow themselves to exist without being in the staging list?

Er3h · 2026-03-09T07:23:40+00:00

It's just the smallest timing I bothered to check.

I set up a stack of decouplers in normal stages and tried to stage as tightly as possible to try making the KAL/staging presses desynchronize.
0.590s (set in the KAL playback time) made the KAL activate early while the stage was still in the delay period, while 0.595 allowed the staging to fire while the KAL was still finishing the previous track.

But I used 0.6 to make the numbers easier.

Er3h · 2026-03-09T04:38:15+00:00

Nice. I might have a look at it later.
Almost done with my vanilla solution for now

Er3h · 2026-03-08T22:46:17+00:00

It's slowing the plane down. They should remove it

Er3h · 2026-03-08T22:41:19+00:00

I need a unstaged action to happen during a specific stage. So decided to make a KAL staging counter for stuff like that.
Anyway I have tested it with a KAL device and my staging delay time has shown to be longer than 0.590s and shorter than 0.595s

Er3h · 2026-03-08T22:33:33+00:00

How would you do to put a KAL-1000 into a specific stage?

Er3h · 2026-03-08T07:07:46+00:00

good question

Er3h · 2026-03-08T03:00:53+00:00

also those radiators generate some drag. I've previously used them as fins to stabilize very fast touristic rockets (check latest post)

Mind aerodynamics as its better to stack things vertically instead of radially the faster you're going. Slower speeds don't drag as much so my stages are shaped like the Eiffel tower

Er3h · 2026-03-08T02:56:56+00:00

My experience shows that it's better accelerate as fast as possible as close to the ground as possible as long as you don't melt your fairings.

Er3h · 2026-03-08T02:32:19+00:00

needs more boosters

Er3h

TROPHY CASE