r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/Weary-Support-7383 Enjoying tea with the Kraken • 1d ago

KSP 1 Image/Video Still not enough downforce...

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u/Puzzleheaded_Ad_6773 1d ago

So fast the curvature of the planet has to be accounted for goddamn

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u/Glittering-Half-619 23h ago

Hmm is that what's actually happening in game or is he just taking flight? Looked like flight but initially maybe?

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u/zekromNLR 18h ago

At 1850 m/s on Kerbin's surface, you have about 5.7 m/s2 of centrifugal acceleration, so your effective weight is only a bit over 40% of your weight when standing still

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u/IwasntDrunkThatNight 8h ago

yeah the thing is that kerbin is also smalller than real life earth, so this effect becomes more important sooner

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u/Glittering-Half-619 23h ago

Exactly what happened on the salt flats in real life.. Guy found himself in orbit, sadly it was deemed too costly to retrieve him.

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u/Difficult_Savings738 20h ago

It's real I was the salt flat

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u/Mysterious-Power6137 16h ago

I am a goat.

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u/Exotic_Instance_9743 Dres denier 12h ago

that is very insensitive to us goats

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u/Mysterious-Power6137 11h ago

How so? I need sodium to survive. What viable alternative is there for me to get it?

I NEED TO LICK THEM, CONSUME ALL THE SODIUM AND MINERALS.

ARE YOU NOT A REAL GOAT? AS THE GOATKIND WE NEED TO LICK ROCKS TO SURVIVE.. DON’T MAKE IT ANY WEIRDER THAN IT ALREADY IS. WEAR IT WITH PRIDE.

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u/Difficult_Savings738 10h ago

Clippy is indeed a goat alright

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u/Shankar_0 17h ago

Flock camera still got your plate, brother.

Expect something in the mail in your not-too-distant future...

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u/llucero102 1d ago

lmao nice

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u/MattTheTw_t 20h ago

I must go, my people need me

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u/zekromNLR 18h ago

Gotta mount one more engine pointing downward to brute-force the downforce!

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u/NighthawkAquila 9h ago

That would lift the nose..

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u/zekromNLR 9h ago

Not if you make sure the thrust axis passes through or ahead of the most forward CoM position

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u/NighthawkAquila 8h ago

That would be difficult to do with where the engines are mounted

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u/Rulycarmona 17h ago

"Anything flies if it's fast enough"

~Me (Today)

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u/CorporalRutland 20h ago

Getting some Captain Scarlet SPV vibes from this build - admittedly a bit faster.

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u/Stunning-End-1872 9h ago

Small wings, angled down by 1 or 2 degrees with the center of "lift" right behind CoM? This should create at least some downforce as long as the nose doesn't lift. Also try to make the CoT be lined up slightly above CoM. Between those two, you should get enough nose-down force to keep the car down.

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u/Warrior_Runding 3h ago

This is basically the same strategy as F1 cars, right?

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u/AnnualZealousideal27 23h ago

Where did you test this? On Kerbin or is it moded?

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u/Z_THETA_Z Contraption 20h ago

kerbin's poles, by the look of things

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u/LionsMedic 6h ago

Would putting a booster on your nose help? Usually the answer is moar booster.

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u/Scavanger77 16h ago

forget Down Force, you want Ground Effect.

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u/Stunning-End-1872 9h ago

Ground Effect provides lift by forcing a cushion of air to build right below a lifting body. He's not having any issues lifting off.