Before I could even get a qualified run for my SRB river kile run, Brad goes and does this. Stunning work as always! I was actually surprised to see that this could manage the return trip too, but I see that the Mun gravity assist and Minmus wheel braking helped a lot with that. ... Now I need to get back to work...
I do love how he just casually doesnt talk about how hes orbiting Kerbin several times, *while entirely inside the atmosphere and in an unpowered glide*
Me: "Oh he's going to a Minmus orbit! wow!" Bradley: "...to land that, I actually..." Me: *wtf?* Bradley: "Also 360 m/s should be enough to get back to Kerbin" Me: *actual midlife crysis*
I love how such a simple yet elegant rule, no staging allowed, has brought so much depth and intrigue; and kept players of your caliber with a game that is approaching 10 years old. Keep up the awesome work! :D
@@buttersquids Of course not because it depends on smart design instead of just adding more boosters. Anyone can get to Moho, Tylo or Eve and back with enough stages. To do it with certain stage or mass constraints makes it more challenging and interesting.
That must've taken A LOT of part-clipping to get all those boosters in there! Judging by the exterior, I would've thought it was just one Clydesdale that somehow was able to go all the way to Minmus...
The initial thrust limits are the biggest issue. Otherwise, the ISP is very similar to SRBs. You could probably get almost anywhere using the "refueling tug to Minmus" approach used in the Minimal Bill Eve Lander. Eve and Tylo are probably no-gos though, just for reasons of physics. I would be happy to be proven wrong though.
I can’t decide how Kerbal this is. On one hand, it’s literally all boosters, and something like sixty of them, but it’s such an elegant design that I hesitate to call it properly Kerbal.
Goodness, the things you pull off never cease to amaze me. That landing in particular was excellent. Pulling off that kind of landing at all is tough enough... with no throttle control? I shudder to think.
This is absolutely, ridiculously silly. And I believe Mr Stance is fully aware of that fact. It is also a ridiculously cool achievement, with very decent documentation of it too.
Little note: its possible to sync the thrust limit of srbs to throttle. How it acts is it will throttle up, but throttling down is slow (but it is throttle cotrol)
That Minmus landing! *chef's kiss* I can understand it needing a literal metric ton of reaction wheels. On large semi-realistic builds, I'm starting to rely on RCS instead of reaction wheels because if you don't clip the wheels together, they just take up too much space, requiring large heavy cargo bays in spaceplanes. But I suppose I could clip several together and just say they're heavier wheels, couldn't I? Edit! The Kerbin gliding was wonderful too! :D
That’s not what the definition of SSTO is. The definition of ssto is any rocket/space plane or whatever that can reach orbit without detaching mass with the exception of propellant
Can you do an equation series? I would love to see the math for this on screen as you do it. You mention some nice numbers but my curiosity as to what formulas are used and how it all looks is orbital.
Partly because NASA lacks the fundamental understanding of 4D physics to enable part clipping. The other reason is because the Constellation program would burn holes in parachutes during escape scenarios and kill all the crew (a real program with a real study done which caused its cancellation).
Great video! personally, I consider it cheating to have part clipping to the extent that you had it in this video. Do you think it would be possible without part clipping?
For the minmus takeoff, what's the advantage of burning the 2 SRBs one at a time vs together? Although miniscule, wouldn't the higher acceleration from burning both together reduce the delta V lost to gravity?
I was wondering what being extremely good at this game would look like, do good players know how to do good manuvers? Maybe good timing for cutting the engine and doing a gravity turn, but this, this is what being good looks like
I have an idea! Do a Jool flyby, wich sets u on an orbit similar to Eeloo's. The relative speed on approach to Eeloo would be low-ish. Please like so Bradley can see this!
Before I could even get a qualified run for my SRB river kile run, Brad goes and does this. Stunning work as always! I was actually surprised to see that this could manage the return trip too, but I see that the Mun gravity assist and Minmus wheel braking helped a lot with that.
... Now I need to get back to work...
Oh god calm down
I fear what incomprehensible constructs lie in your mind
Stratz, you should try to achieve lightspeed in the shortest time possible (no mass drivers)
I do love how he just casually doesnt talk about how hes orbiting Kerbin several times, *while entirely inside the atmosphere and in an unpowered glide*
Sebastião Mendonça
@@dollynhodequeijo1467 Si hombre.
The most impressive part is that landing. I’m in shock you managed that.
I've seen it done before, and even (barely) pulled it off myself but using only SRBs takes it to the next level after the next level!
The landing on Minmus is absolutely beautiful. Perfectly timed the rotation to put all wheels down at the same time!
The most impressive part is heat resistanse of the tail section
@@kosiak10851 nah
Me: "Oh he's going to a Minmus orbit! wow!"
Bradley: "...to land that, I actually..."
Me: *wtf?*
Bradley: "Also 360 m/s should be enough to get back to Kerbin"
Me: *actual midlife crysis*
Sorry if I'm annoying but I think it's 'crisis'
junge
Can my computer run Midlife Crysis?
@@apratimtewari4288 it's a pun
Since Crysis is hard to run sometimes, so does this
@@BlazeYT_ dont think it is
Next: Drain Valves to Eve
uhhh... you cant do that anymore becau.. nevermind you can actually still do it, but it is just even harder
Don't think its possible. The thrust is almost nothing and eves gravity is A LOT greater than kerbins
Don't think its possible. The thrust is almost nothing and eves gravity is A LOT greater than kerbins
And back
@@k-aerospace r/thatsajoke
Because if there is a stupid idea in KSP, Brad does it. BRADLEY ALWAYS DOES IT!
Don't I know it.
idk
If it's stupid, but it works, it's not stupid :D
I would say that doing stupid things is the intended experience of KSP. This may be it in its purest form, a ship built entirely out of MOAR boosters.
Yeah, but he makes it not stupid.
When he said one stage I thought he was just gonna hit the space bar and watch the magic happen
That flying at the end was as if not more impressive that the whole "getting to Minmus and back on SRBs" thing.
I love how such a simple yet elegant rule, no staging allowed, has brought so much depth and intrigue; and kept players of your caliber with a game that is approaching 10 years old. Keep up the awesome work! :D
Well, with enough stages you could do anything, so that’s boring.
@@Mike-oz4cv is this video boring to you then?
@@buttersquids Of course not because it depends on smart design instead of just adding more boosters. Anyone can get to Moho, Tylo or Eve and back with enough stages. To do it with certain stage or mass constraints makes it more challenging and interesting.
@@Mike-oz4cv Ah, I misunderstood your original comment. I thought you were saying SSTOs are boring because you can do anything with enough boosters.
That must've taken A LOT of part-clipping to get all those boosters in there! Judging by the exterior, I would've thought it was just one Clydesdale that somehow was able to go all the way to Minmus...
Brad: SRBS have no throttle
Me: _Laughs in KAL Controller Thrust Curves_
The kal controller is a bit broken lol, i launched a launch clamp using it
(And its in my ksp video :P)
Delightful. Though with the density of all those clipped boosters, your fuel must be a solid bar of metallic hydrogen in there...
No one:
Absolutely no one:
Not a soul:
Bradley: Hold my beer.
On a serious note, absolutely excellent video as always. An incredibly skilled feat.
the landing 😲
The lad never fails to impress me
Mad Lad Brad
That Minmus landing was one of the most elegant things I've ever seen.
finally someone who can realistically touchdown an aircraft
I destroyed the runway landing a 10 ton plane '-'
Brad, I challenge you to go as far as possible with monopropellant.
The initial thrust limits are the biggest issue. Otherwise, the ISP is very similar to SRBs. You could probably get almost anywhere using the "refueling tug to Minmus" approach used in the Minimal Bill Eve Lander. Eve and Tylo are probably no-gos though, just for reasons of physics. I would be happy to be proven wrong though.
Eve is impossible without propellers, the isp of the engines is 0 (at least at sea level, but even at 9 km of altitude the pressure is high
that stream with Stratzenblitz was so much fun. I wish I could have caught more of it. I'll have my submission in soon!
“Let me tell you why this challenge is challenging”
“Ahhhh so the floor is made out of floor”
The precision on this build is Unreal. Bravo Brad, bravo
thing that can be done easily with jets/rockets: exists
Brad: *srb time*
you really see those reaction wheels shine while making those turns at 30m/s when landed back onto kerbin
That Minmus touchdown was super silky smooth. Impressed as always!
I can’t decide how Kerbal this is. On one hand, it’s literally all boosters, and something like sixty of them, but it’s such an elegant design that I hesitate to call it properly Kerbal.
"moar boosters" does not always mean "more _ugly_ boosters"
NASA Scientists real quiet rn
Goodness, the things you pull off never cease to amaze me. That landing in particular was excellent. Pulling off that kind of landing at all is tough enough... with no throttle control? I shudder to think.
Bradley: “Having SRB not being able to be throttled isn’t the worst. It’s all efficiency.”
I'd love to see a review of your aerodynamic trickery.
This is absolutely, ridiculously silly. And I believe Mr Stance is fully aware of that fact.
It is also a ridiculously cool achievement, with very decent documentation of it too.
Been looking forward for this video since the stream!
massive rockets to get orbit: NO
medium sized rockets to the mun: no
printer and a firework to jool: ye
Little note: its possible to sync the thrust limit of srbs to throttle. How it acts is it will throttle up, but throttling down is slow (but it is throttle cotrol)
That landing was wonderful! It's like a Door delivery of a minmus sample lol
Jesus christ, that last part was insane, that thing has so much velocity!
2 years from now, this guy is going to do an unguided grand tour, I can see it now.
Every single video is a masterpiece. Super interesting and entertaining. Keep it up!
Is anyone even talking about just how AMAZING his SSTO looks?
When will you rescue Bill from Laythe?
isdk
why da button not working
WHY IS NOT WORK
I just figuered it out, I WAS PRESSING THE WRONG BUTTON
You mean that nuclear ssto?
@@MartinMizner yeah. The single NERV engine one.
My man just flew from minmus to Kerbin without using a single rocket
Every video you make I find myself thinking "God dammit Brad! You can't keep getting away with this!"
66 shrimp
execute order 66
Just the unpowered cross-range this has had me done. You squeeze things out of the game I never even knew possible
2:10 _"Quite a lot of aerodynamic trickery and clipping has occurred..."_ Skillful use of passive voice!
needlessly showing off w/ that landing via the scenic route, oh you !
That landing was buttery smooth
That one person in school: Math is nonsense! Where are you even gonna use it at?
Bradley: To use a ventilator and willpower to reach sun orbit
Catch a G or H type comet and transport it to Kerbin's orbit
1:50 wow that's one good looking vehicle, imma build something like that
That's the most impressive landing i've ever seen
That kerbin landing gave me anxiety
Moar Boosters good! The Kerbal way.
You Sir, Are a Madman.
The titles of your videos get more and more ridiculous each time you post! Great work Bradley.
As always, Brad, really cool, glad I subscribed!
I always watch full ads for u brad, ur content is amazing!
Bradley Whistance:Solid rocket fuel SSTO to Minmus
Me:Wait Thats Illegal
7:28 nobody gonna mention how perfect a dismount that was?
awesome stuff Bradley, very impressive
Squad: Minmus is the easiest body to land on.
Bradley Whistance: I think not.
Had you considered using SRBs on a direct-eject course out of Kerbin to your target?
That was actually amazing and nerve wracking.
That Minmus landing! *chef's kiss* I can understand it needing a literal metric ton of reaction wheels. On large semi-realistic builds, I'm starting to rely on RCS instead of reaction wheels because if you don't clip the wheels together, they just take up too much space, requiring large heavy cargo bays in spaceplanes. But I suppose I could clip several together and just say they're heavier wheels, couldn't I?
Edit! The Kerbin gliding was wonderful too! :D
is Bill Kerman's new Hairstyle stock, it is kind of cool
This guy: hello and today were using a SSTO to go to minmus
*the 28 stages on the left* : oh dont mind me :>
"356 m/s is enough to get back to kerbin"
Yeah I don't think we're playing the same game
Haha that getting out of the rocket on Minmus though. :D Besutiful rolls over the nose of the aircraft.
I challenge you to get to pol and back with a 8 ton wechicle. Btw great video :P
this thing looks like the F104 Starfighter
Me: *can't make a normal SSTO that can make it into a circular orbit of Kerbin*
Bradley: *grabs some SRBs* give me a second, I have an idea.
Wow. Amazing. How are you doing during the virus? It's been hard for us all.
Next video: from eve's sea level to landing on all planets only on ion engines
“Unusually rapid ascent” 🤣
It's all very impressive, don't get me wrong - but clipping to this extent just doesn't feel right.
Commenting to help this in the algorithm
Hey brad, it'd be cool if you made a video explaining some of the aero exploits that are in game
me at the beginning was like where is he getting the fuel from??
Freaking incredible
I'm convinced you are a wizard
Prove me wrong, I *dare you*
Next: to Duna and back with a single decoupler.
I want to see Solid Rocket SSTO to Duna or Eve and back.
Looking at the left side of the screen, I think you may be stretching the definition of "single" stage.
That’s not what the definition of SSTO is.
The definition of ssto is any rocket/space plane or whatever that can reach orbit without detaching mass with the exception of propellant
He doesn't have enough keys on his keyboard to bind the action groups. And it's just more convenient.
Sweet Kerbal crab cakes this is incredible
Did yall notice that minmus had a thin atmosphere
Big challenge: same challenge, but without clipping
so... how about next up a underwater speed record for eve and laythe?
Man that landing 🗿
Why bradley whistanse channel dont have 100k subs?!!?
HE NEED TO BE FAMOUS!
I wonder how many quickloads this mission took. Anyways, a mighty achievement.
Can you do an equation series? I would love to see the math for this on screen as you do it. You mention some nice numbers but my curiosity as to what formulas are used and how it all looks is orbital.
Interesting... How come NASA didn't plan this multi-booster solid rocket, if I may ask?
Partly because NASA lacks the fundamental understanding of 4D physics to enable part clipping. The other reason is because the Constellation program would burn holes in parachutes during escape scenarios and kill all the crew (a real program with a real study done which caused its cancellation).
Great video! personally, I consider it cheating to have part clipping to the extent that you had it in this video. Do you think it would be possible without part clipping?
For the minmus takeoff, what's the advantage of burning the 2 SRBs one at a time vs together? Although miniscule, wouldn't the higher acceleration from burning both together reduce the delta V lost to gravity?
I was wondering what being extremely good at this game would look like, do good players know how to do good manuvers? Maybe good timing for cutting the engine and doing a gravity turn, but this, this is what being good looks like
Oh, man, look at that... that´s cool!
youre crazy i like you but youre crazy
-Old school
By ssto i thought you meant one ksp stage meaning only one fire of srbs, so i thought this would be a very different and less possible video
what is up with bill kerman's hair
I have an idea! Do a Jool flyby, wich sets u on an orbit similar to Eeloo's. The relative speed on approach to Eeloo would be low-ish. Please like so Bradley can see this!
Ok
What are those scatterers in the monte carlo run footage? In the beginning of the video