Kerbal: Project B.E.A.S.T: Part 13

We demand more sacrifices

Still watching, but I can't wait for them to boot up that ion engine and realize how useless it is for their build.

Rotom's Vape Rig > The Papal's Elbow.

@apothaeos: Yeah. The second they put the ion engines on I immediately checked the delta v, it's tiny! They need a smaller final stage for ion engines to make sense. A Mk1 command capsule and a lander cam, instead of the three person large capsule would probably work out better.

Edit: D'oh. The VAB delta V is in atmosphere. And ion engines are terrible in atmosphere. Whoops.

It seems Vinny has also stopped going away between episodes to look stuff up and learn how to do specific manoeuvres. I love this game but there are some things most people will need to read up on or they won’t get the physics.

Oh, but the xenon engines use electricity. They need to add some solar panels and spare batteries.

@super_machine: Its going to be glorious when they get out there and pop the xenon engine only to realize they have enough power in the command capsule to run the engines for a few seconds, at most.

From the second they found that "cone" the whole episode was all kinds of amazing.

Yes!!!

I can't watch these anymore :(

I know there's always time between recordings so things aren't always fresh, but you have to build on past experience to make any progress.

All the techniques needed to rescue this Kerbal are in the previous episodes several times over, yet here's ion engines being added without confirming the delta v (in atmo or vacuum), fairings added when there's been no drag issues, and slingshot manoeuvres with no reason to believe they're needed.

Keep it simple, save the Kerbals, save the series.

I dunno, I'll admit, I'd gotten a bit tired of over-complicating orbital maneuvers and out-thinking simple science (I'd skipped through the past few episodes), but this right here was like a throwback to the OG Kerbal QLs. Endless catastrophes both human and mechanical, benefits of Vinny's expert hands. None of that orbital matching and velocity management garbage; just fiery crashes and fatal design flaws.

I'd always take the ability to go wooooah over the ability to go byyyyyye any day.

thanks again, duders! I get some of the frustration people may be having with this series, but as someone equally "challenged" by Kerbal, I'm enjoying the ride. They are learning new things, they just happen to be forgetting older things as well (or just ignoring them). Story of my life.

That preview picture looks ominous.

Is it? it says 3000 delta v right on the thing. That sounds like the amount of acceleration they could use to get aero breaks going

God damn beautiful

EDIT: Austin's laugh makes me feel less bad for having such a larger than life laugh myself

they have managed to un-learn a remarkable amount in the past few episodes

Their delta v is so high because it barely uses any fuel, but it also barley has any thrust. They are going to have 20+ minute long burn times, during which you cant time accelerate.

Kerbal Murder Simulator

All the turbofan engines AND all the rockets use "liquid fuel." (except the xenon-electric engine)

However, all the rockets also require "oxidizer" along with the liquid fuel ... except for one.

And although the "Nerv" tends to overheat, packing a bunch of liquid fuel and some radiator panels is still lighter and more fuel-efficient than having to pack a bunch of oxidizer + liquid fuel for the other rocket types.

That makes it a great "space stage" - but just remember the Nerv is not powerful enough to go anywhere starting from the surface of a relatively high-gravity environment like Kerbin - and possibly Duna.

They are just testing out stuff, it got said only 10 times in the video. Also, the second they found that cone it turned from a "serious" episode into "who cares, lets have some dumb fun" episode.

@jkz: I'm right there with you. These are some of the best episodes. The previous one actually put me to sleep (admittedly I didn't need a lot of help). The highlight was probably when Austin almost wet himself laughing.

Haha 13 parts in and now they discover fairings! Things can only get more Vinny-tastic from here!

I really need to get in to this series.

When it doubt, add struts.

Loved this episode. Some really hilarious moments — the kind we haven't seen in a while.

Vinny is his own hubris factory, there to thwart any success to reach a universal Project B.E.A.S.T equilibrium.

Aren't there plenty of Kerbal success vids out there? I just feel like some people are looking for the wrong things...still.

This is turning into a Kerbal genocide.

off hand comments that only Alex noticed. :(

Good, now they also forgot how to get into orbit :(

If you know anything about KSP or orbital mechanics, then watching these is a factory for delicious dramatic irony.

If you don't, then watching these is a factory for dramatic tension.

Either way, I've loved every minute.

P.S. Austin, your laugh made me feel better about my shitty day. Thank you.

"This is a prison!"

@austin_walker's joke about the Pope having his line of "personal massagers" fucking killed me. That was great stuff.

Also, coming to post this comment made me read the comment and remember why I never do that. Doesn't matter where you go on the internet, people are the fucking worst. If you want to watch people do a good job of playing this game, there are tons of places to watch that (Scott Manley's youtube channel for example).

After that last episode they are going to need to make a ship to go rescue my sides.

I get the frustration for those that have been watching from the beginning, but their largest shortcoming is that they are becoming "comfortable" with what they think they've learned in the past, without truly understanding the specifics of their successes. But for me that's OK. The amount of time they have to devote to true learning is limited, and so they've leaned on the bits they have largely got nailed.

I look for the rescue of this Kerbin to be a larger learning experience than they've had since making it to the moon and back. Because they've begun to grasp orbits, but the scale of solar vs. planetoid, is going to really put them to task.

I don't know what the haters are talking about. I have played thousands of hours of Kerbal, I have gone to the Mun in IVA with only VVI, radar alt, and navball (two-man lander can - no orbital velocity indicator) anyway, mostly not bragging just pointing out that I what I am doing. This was a fun time for me. You guys are getting better and I am confident you'll pull this off in the end.

BTW, if you do this, you'll learn all skills and then some for interplanetary travel. Getting to Duna is easy compared to this, because if you get within 50,000km of Duna you'll enter it's SOI (sphere of influence).

I don't get why they didn't time accelerate to get to a point where Kerbin is closest to MunShot, it looks like the orbits overlap at some point.

Can all the haters just not watch and let those of us who enjoy this content enjoy it. "They aren't playing it right!" Ugh. This isn't like when Patrick couldn't figure out that the fire monster was immune to fire. This is fun and has inspired me to play Kerbin despite having owned it for over a year.

well said. Fun as always guys! I love the whole papals elbow great joke. Can't wait for the next one!

By all means someone show this to "that scottish bloke" and record his reaction. It would be hilarious I am sure.

@austin_walker the personal massager joke....oh man....from one anime bro to another....*lights and holds up cigarette lighter*

This video's alternate subtitle...

"It's Like Synchronized Swimming with Dildos."

I've heard that fairings are bugged in the current build as far as in atmosphere flight.

I was kind of hoping that they would attempt to eventually explore the galaxy, but I'm enjoying this as well.

Guys, I'm scared.

I'm really scared.

This is by far the sexiest vehicle in the universe.

"Like synchronized swimming with dildos." - Alex Navarro

I love this series so much.

I love this series! Don't listen to the haters, keep doing what your doing! :D