Where should I go in an RCS only mission? Also, what other things should I try?

@Vekkizunt

Жыл бұрын

Eeloo with RCS only sounds pretty interesting!

@lukisltu5282

Жыл бұрын

yes we need an rcs only video and you should try ion only to some kind of planet idk

@fish3340

Жыл бұрын

Make a functioning fish that works in the ksp ocean

@lukisltu5282

Жыл бұрын

@@fish3340 omg yes perfect idea

@nightskyreal

Жыл бұрын

Making a submarine

I've never seen someone look so happy to be stranded on a planet after an over 900 year mission.

@binlovesbanana

Жыл бұрын

they are insane

@Top-Code

Жыл бұрын

@@binlovesbanana you misspelled kerbal

@SoppoBlock2

Жыл бұрын

Space: the final frontier. This Kerbal’s continuing mission…. Sitting here.

@binlovesbanana

Жыл бұрын

@@Top-Code oop, my bad

@Gamerboy-ml3xp

Жыл бұрын

If you were floating for 900 years you would be happy to touch land too.

The spark engine is literally one of the best engines in the entire game, it has an insane TWR and efficiency, which makes it so good for low mass missions.

@seantaggart7382

Жыл бұрын

Agreed Its just not that powerful With alot of mass

@amogu_

Жыл бұрын

A single Spark engine got me my first Minmus landing

@sycodeathman

Жыл бұрын

For real. In fact for low mass missions the Spark outperforms the LV-909, despite a 25 second difference in Isp. It's cuz the spark is so low weight that it makes up for the lower Isp with an increased mass fraction.

@machirim2805

Жыл бұрын

spark is a hero. it got my voskhod-orion hybrid + lander to the mun and back.

@nightwolf7231

Жыл бұрын

@@amogu_ I used it as well during my Munar Excursion missions to the Mun and Minmus. its good soo good or low grav and decently low mass.

Bro really did 900 years of gravity assists

@DoggosGames

Жыл бұрын

Kerbin probably either broke out into world war and got obliterated or he returns back after a rescue ship comes and the tech is ancient

@Breadloafcat

Ай бұрын

Poor Val, 900 years of gravity assists, yet no snacks :(

@TikTikboom173

5 күн бұрын

​@@Breadloafcatkerbals are plants. They don't need snacks.

@Breadloafcat

5 күн бұрын

Val Hungry :(

In 2013, when the Spark was introduced, it was the most efficient liquid fuel engine after the Nerv with an ASL ISP of 300 and vacuum ISP of 350. Miss those days.

Quick tips: - Enable " advanced tweakables" in the configuration menu so you can use autostrut for no rocket wobbliness (right click any part you have placed and hit autostrut: heaviest part) - You can put as many octogonal struts as you want in a fuel tank and strap engines to them, so you can have maybe 33 engines in the bottom of one big fuel tank

@ReidCaptain

Жыл бұрын

True and true, but my thinking was that I was already nearing 1000 parts and octagonal struts would have pushed me far over that

@provi_2244

Жыл бұрын

@@ReidCaptain yes, that was a sensible move

@cloudedarctrooper

Жыл бұрын

Autostrut is the less-laggy version of manual struts. It literally just anchors parts to eachother and reduces lag.

@provi_2244

Жыл бұрын

@@cloudedarctrooper not only less laggy but in my opinion is better than manual strut because it's automatic and doesn't add more parts. I think in ksp2 autostrut should be by default

Spark is the worst engine? That's quite an overstatement, it's perfect for early probes, and even late game landing probes (e.g. for seismic data gathering). It has not the best ISP, but it's very light and has decent TWR - which in effect grant more dV than using some other heavier, but more efficient engine

@atlas4733

10 ай бұрын

Exactly my thinking. I’ve used the spark engine a lot, and even though it has very similar stats to the larger terrier engine, I love being able to reduce my weight on upper stages. It’s a great middle ground between the ant and the terrier.

You should do a career mode series or something I’d love to see some of the ideas you come up with when limited on resources. It would get people excited for KSP 2 early access.

@MasterLPG

26 күн бұрын

*Well about KSP 2 here...*

This is literally my favourite engine cause of its good TWR and fits with the ring fuel tank to make easy Landers and effective staging.

@piotrek1225

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. Thats the only good engine in the game.

@dimanyak373

Жыл бұрын

It's very good for small satellites

@absolutehuman951

Жыл бұрын

@@dimanyak373 it's kinda even overkill most of the time. Even an Ant is enough

@sovietunion8304

2 ай бұрын

That is where it stops A few of them for medium(Val size) landers one for small landers (minmus size) anything above that it’s better to use bigger engines

I really like the spark engine 😢

Go to every atmospheric planet/moon without parachutes

@ReidCaptain

Жыл бұрын

Lol I like it

@strelnagaming

Жыл бұрын

@@ReidCaptain do it

@demondangr

Жыл бұрын

This is a very good idea, though when you think about a space plane it makes it way easier, due to the fact that you can just glide until you are slow enough, or use you thrusters dto slow down when landing on a non atmospheric planet, and if you have a main ship to refuel at it makes it even easier.

Poor Valentina spent 905 years in space and now stuck on tylo😢

@cheshirskiykotya6414

Жыл бұрын

1 earth year is 6 kerbin years

@OneSuperLan

Жыл бұрын

@@cheshirskiykotya6414 valentina doesnt know about earth, she count in kerbin years

@sawyer3818

Жыл бұрын

@@cheshirskiykotya6414 its only 3.5 kerbin years

you don't actually need to use an engine plate to place multiple spark engines you can press T to toggle between node attachment and surface attachment (not sure if you need to activate advanced controls first)

@justasidequestnpc6396

Жыл бұрын

AFAIK that only works if you have the Editor Extensions mod installed, but it's been a while since I played without it so I might be wrong. If you can't install EE for some reason, you can just surface mount a Cubic Octagonal Strut, attach the engine to the node on the strut, and then offset the strut into the craft so the engine lines up right.

@YMandarin

Жыл бұрын

@@justasidequestnpc6396 at first I also thought that, so I went to the vanilla wiki and looked for the key bindings, and there it was: toggle surface attachment, standard key: Mod

@boahnowers

2 ай бұрын

you can also just hold alt to ignore node attachment

You know, now you got save that Kerbal. You can't just leave him on that moon.

@kaz49

Жыл бұрын

On a lonely planet, slowly spinning its way to damnation, amid the incompetence and unpreparedness of lesser space programs, one team stands resilient against the herds! Putting their lives on the line to aid those who were previously unaware of the quicksave option. Yes, it's the incredible adventures of Jebediah and his crack team of Kerbonauts! They are: THE BLUNDERBIRDS! Saving the Kerbin race one stranded explorer at a time! (Search up "Matt Lowne blunderbirds" if you didn't get the joke :D)

The spark is actually one of my favourite engines. I always use it for super small probes and for mobile relay antennas

900 years mission. A journey through millenia

@virtuallyreal5849

Жыл бұрын

*Centuries

@k1nk1ne

Жыл бұрын

@@virtuallyreal5849 95 years short. Ok ok! Almost millenia

@virtuallyreal5849

Жыл бұрын

Arguably 1095 years short, but yea.

So that 100m/s of delta v you were like "ah this could be an issue, it'll be fine" turned into "that would've been nice to have"

The spark engine is amazing for low-mass missions, it's got good TWR and efficiency while being very light

@amogu_

Жыл бұрын

it can replace terrier engines entirely if your lander is small enough and you're going to a small body like minmus or pol

the spark engine has feelings man

Really good video, keep up the good work

@ReidCaptain

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Its a bad engine for big rockets, because its meant for small landers or rockets and is in my opinion the best engine for small spacecraft. Thats why its my go to engine for small landers and spacecraft because its just great for those.

you can use radial decouplers and fuel lines to enable cross feed to allow for onion staging which is the most efficient way to do it.

I was gonna say that the spark is actually really good, then I calculated the thrust to weight ratio. Its equal or better than the Swivel in every way, but doesn't generate electricity.

Man looked at N1 and said "not enough engines"

Finally, a nice KSP video on a cool winter day

The poor Kerbal was left stranded on tylo lol

That long, lingering shot on 1312...yes. Yes!

Amazing job! I would have only changed one thing about this mission and that would be to use drogue chutes so you could slow down a lot faster. It would probably have saved you a lot more fuel depending on how well you executed the maneuver.

The spark Engines are actually really good for probes, the low weight of probes makes it perfect with it's low fuel consumption.

I loooove your content sooo mutch keep it up man👍👍❤️❤️

Valentina after spending 905 years in space: "Wait, what do you mean this trip was one-way?"

You could always use the structural mini beams for multiple engine mounting. Great video though!

One of my favourite things about minimalist missions is watching the mission timer. Imagine spending 905 years in space just to end up stranded on Tylo

I love this engine! I’ve used the spark engine a lot, and even though it has very similar stats to the larger terrier engine, I love being able to reduce my weight on upper stages. It’s a great middle ground between the ant and the terrier.

Gotta love it when the only limits the game throws at you is your p.c. turning into a rocket engine.

i use the spark a lot for satellites and stuff. good for when you need a little more juice than rcs for a low mass payload, for a rendezvous or tweaking your orbit or whatever.

You say it's because the game was on for 12 hours, but I'm convinced that Pol is cursed.

Next time you try to fly by Duna, I suggest you use it to slow down to get back to Kerbin. This should probably get you a more energetic Kerbin assist. Or try and burn toward Eve, maybe.

You can't just leave Valentina stranded on Tylo, y'know.

Now save the kerbal. This is a threat. Save him.

@ReidCaptain

Жыл бұрын

Perhaps

Can you make the SpinLaunch's Orbital Accelerator? It's basically a giant spinny that lets go of a payload that contains a small rocket into near orbit where the small rocket will complete said orbit.

I like how he’s just casually warping through decades of time

Funny thing is, back in the day the Spark was ridiculously OP

905 kerbal years and 388 kerbal days after crash landed i wonder how many generations of kerbals have been born on that space craft since it left kerban ?

nice new ksp video

More fuel than you needed on your Val descent. Leaving that excess in orbit would’ve meant less fuel burn and prob have left enough for your initial Tylo design. Fun video!

YEEEEES new ksp video i love ksp

To anyone wondering this game is currently free on epic games!

@roberine7241

Жыл бұрын

and it runs on my Laptop😀 time to leave a kerbal flying around in a spaceship for hundreds of years.

@Ph1syc

Жыл бұрын

@@roberine7241 oh crap you cn get it to launch?

@roberine7241

Жыл бұрын

@@Ph1syc perfectly fine

really nice to see what a chalange this one really is since almost all youtubers can easy do jool5

The spark engine is arguably the best LF/O thruster in KSP. Its only competition is the vector. When I did my grand tour mission which included the outer planets mod, I used the spark engine for everything except for the first stage of the Eve lander (which was a vector). The spark has enough Isp and TWR to create a ~3-ton Tylo lander or a ~5-ton Laythe lander. I'm sure the latter stat can be significantly reduced since I'm not good at atmospheric landings in this game. All these cases were, however, Apollo-style landers; creating a Kerbin launch stage from spark engines does indeed seem challenging.

lets gooo the sparky dogs won the vote

7:17 this took a little while 160 years

The Kerbal is still there to this day

You can feel his sanity slowly decreasing in his Voice as The video Goes by

Ya remade the N1 rocket… Congrats comrade!

the spark is one of the most efficient vacuum engines in the game (aside from the nerv)

Mod recommendation: The Waterfall mod turns engine plumes from particles into meshes, which optimizes them. It also looks way better

Still waiting for Reid to try out the RP-1 modpack.

you should look into indoorlands! they have a very in depth ride builder. you might be able to make or break something with it. letsgameitout made a video on it and he uses the ride builder.

now go to every planet with spark engines

@ReidCaptain

Жыл бұрын

No

@cheesemancomics

Жыл бұрын

@@ReidCaptain 😳

@Nadeli0

Жыл бұрын

He really just shut you down XD

How did u get back in the lander on laythe? I swear the jetpack don't work there

The spark has great thrust to weight and amazing efficiency, its an amazing engine for probes, and it can get you pretty much anywhere in the kerbol system! Its one of the best engines in the game in my opinion

I think that the greater Sigerian realm is located in the middle of the grounds of physics where Isaac newton lives.

Honestly the Spark isn't terrible. Its a great early-mid game landing engine and I find myself using it a lot for Minmus landers, when the extra thrust of the terrier isn't needed and often the reduction in dry mass gives me more DV than I would have gotten with the terrier

Just think how bored (and long lived) you'd have to be to say "A thousand year space mission? Sure, why not?"

The spark engine sucks if you want to use it for liftoff, but its high thrust to fuel usage makes it good for small mun landers

The spark is very good for Minmus.

While no doubt impressive, returning to Kerbin is a vital part of any Jool 5 mission

WE NEED A RESCUE MISSION NOW

I feel like you need to do a video of you recovering all these stranded kerbols

@ReidCaptain

10 күн бұрын

I have a couple rescue videos but I def didn't get everyone

Idea: getting to a random celestial body with one object from each category of part which is determined by a random number generator

I don’t know why but I had a stroke reading the title

Worst engine? The spark is great 1 lightweight 2 relatively efficient 3 early game 4 delicious 5 the most powerful tiny engine

when you call gravity assists “flybys”

nice vids

The puff after hearing that the spark is the worst: 💀

8 minuts in, and 904 years have passed 💀

Now get Matt Lowne to Call the BlunderBirds to save you

Looks like a rocket gru would make

the nile red of KSP

Hey matt we need. The stranded ⭐

amazing work (p.s. since you landed Valentina on Vall, you are npow entitled to bragging rights)

I was also clipping through pol on my last mission

alternate title : jool 5 with only slark

the Stratzenblitz experience™

Bop has always had terrain collision issues.

Don't swing by the moon if you are not extremely in need of a few m/sec of deltav and if you do you schould have an escape-trajectory already.

18:30 *encounter with val Raid:Getting close to laythe here

Eve gravity assists are more efficient but the different plane angle can mess things up quite a bit... I'm angry to see that Pol's terrain, despite the revamp is alway as buggy as it always has been. Sometimes you bumped into mountains that you never know existed.

Mabey the landing legs helped on the last landing

Its one of the best in my opinion

I have a mission now, Rescue time so, Matt Lowne please Blunderbirds episode.

How do you timewarp so fast?

This engine only for small probes in open space, not to take of from kerbin. Its not "bad", it has its own place in game.

Just reminding you that there is these fule tubes that can make your rocket much better and you dont have to make 20 boosters

Dude goes to Jool with sparks and I can't even make it to the moon with three twin boars and half a dozen reliants. Wtf.

back to kerbin

0:34 is that an Eagle 9 made by SpaceY?

You can probably land and take off from Tylo in a vehicle 6-7 tonnes and 3-4 sparks and a lander can command module. Absolutely no reason to have 9 sparks just to get from surface to orbit.

bro built a rocket with the worst engine and got to jool while i can`t get to mun on my super rocket