@@gallopinggoose6891 It's what, like less than 30%? That sounds big, but it's fairly small compared to the 10X+ ISP gained by using the Dawn engine in the first place.
@@MFKR696 yes of course, just like they shaved the paint off the external tank of the Space Shuttle to reduce weight by something like 300 kg on a 2000 t rocket. Dry mass is indeed the most critical weight saving one can make, especially when it's further on top of the rocket. Just like in Bradley's minimalist missions, adding even a 5 kg solar panel has to be taken into consideration and must be thought out thorougly !
@@fish-champ ❌️❌️❌️ You're is an abbreviation of "you are" Your is referring to something in posession of someone, ex. "This Oscar-B fuel tank is *yours*"
This video feels so understated considering he amount of optimisation, planning and understanding of the game necessary for it to be possible. Inspiring to see so many techniques utilised all at once. An incredible achievement. As for where should be the target for the next minimalist mission, I think I left my trophy on Tylo if you wouldn't mind fetching it...
Ok Brad hear me out: A catapult that launches a kerbal into space where the EVA pack can circularize. Or if you're feeling daring: a catapult that launches a payload into space where it gets a gravity assist from a moon to enter orbit
Perhaps using a fairing to minimise drag and avoid overheating? The payload in question will have to travel at basically orbital velocity from the moment it is launched, at ground level. I hope that catapult isn't at sea level
3:11 - Their low heat tolerance actually makes a lot of sense if you think about it - the basic fins are stated in-game to be made from aluminium, and aluminium and its alloys weaken and melt at much lower temperatures than other commonly-used materials.
I still am unable to dock in orbit. I can do it on the runway ... I found a map of Delta V one needs to get to the various destinations. The map cut out thirty failed launches on each new game.
@@bradyelich2745 We are duality of men then, I figured out how to dock around two weeks ago. It's really just waiting until you're close enough, burn retrograde from your target until its zero, point towards the target and then thrust forward. I'm still janky on the RCS part lol
@@inactive9948 I tried the training missions two or three times and still failed. I have a failure in the mouse control department. I do not think it is the mouse's fault.
As you were describing the gravity assists at the Mun, Eve, Kerbin, and Eve again... I realized that's actually pretty close to the plan for the ESA's BepiColumbo mission to Mercury, with its assists from Earth and Venus.
The one thing I’ve learned from years of watching kerboyoutubers is that if a spacecraft can leave kerbin’s atmosphere, it can get anywhere in the kerbal system. There is no amount of gravity assists too great to stop a RUclipsr with talent and an empty week. Fantastic job!
Everyone asks where is Bill Kerman, but nobody asks how is Bill Kerman? It must be “psychologically painful” to go into space for a literal decade in nothing but a chair with solar panels.
I had to use that same trick of pointing up just to get a stable orbit just today, when I had to haul a 50 ton payload to minmus with definitely-not-the-highest-tier rocket equipment.. I've got pictures of my accomplishment (and the payload) on my steam account (Squishybrick). It looks like a friggen castle, and it's the most awesome thing I've ever done in KSP, so far. But I'm constantly improving and learning, and I love that videos like these, that I used to watch and just glaze over the words, now I'm actually hearing the strats used and not only understanding them, but relating to them. That's just amazing.
I just figured out how to perform a tylo gravity assist. So I think I have a new appreciation for the amount skill, time, and effort required to do this.
It is! However, Vall has even lower margins in practice, due to the high efficiency of photovoltaic electrical generation on Moho and the need for batteries on Vall.
Excellent work, sir! Your dedication to the game and to us is inspiring - as for a new destination, I don't think you've made a minimalist visit to the Kraken on Bop in some time...
Yay! A new Bradley Whistance KSP video! I love your vids, bro. You do shit in KSP that I don't think I'll EVER figure out how to do. Very entertaining! Keep it up!
I don't know if they fixed this but apparently, you can use a fuel drainer on an air intake and it will produce thrust. Since Intake Air is infinite as long as you're in an atmosphere, this basically produces nearly infinite thrust production. This works because Intake Air gets counted as a Fuel Resource by the game.
I'd be super interested if you made a video about the aerodynamics in KSP, since you have clearly become the kerbal equivalent of an airbender over the years
Depends on how you categorize "one engine". You could always make dockable containers and fly them up to orbit individually with one engine and have infinite fuel with sufficient time.
Only Bradley Whistance would find a small, necessary loss in efficiency “psychologically painful”
I feel your pain.
Jerry Rupprecht agreed. I just say “OH IT’LL BE FINE.” Lol. I agree with your opinion about only brad feeling pain haha.
Lol.
He was burning near 45 degrees radial, that is not a small loss...
@@gallopinggoose6891 It's what, like less than 30%? That sounds big, but it's fairly small compared to the 10X+ ISP gained by using the Dawn engine in the first place.
KSP2: **comes out**
Bradley Whistance: 1.8 tons to another star system and back
With no less than 3 gravity assist from Interstellar bodies of less than Mün size.
no killing the sun with solar power
Yeah minimalistic interstellar is gonna be a thing imagine
@@n.m.8802 solar powered radiator to suck all the heat out
@@ahhhshit2327 nah, this is Danny's work
When you're craft is so light that you can feel the impact of the diet of kerbonauts, you know you're go(o)d.
@@MFKR696 yes of course, just like they shaved the paint off the external tank of the Space Shuttle to reduce weight by something like 300 kg on a 2000 t rocket.
Dry mass is indeed the most critical weight saving one can make, especially when it's further on top of the rocket. Just like in Bradley's minimalist missions, adding even a 5 kg solar panel has to be taken into consideration and must be thought out thorougly !
In the notice : "Go to toilet before take off"
you know you are an O
Your*
@@fish-champ ❌️❌️❌️
You're is an abbreviation of "you are"
Your is referring to something in posession of someone, ex. "This Oscar-B fuel tank is *yours*"
Litho-staging the tank, 10/10
And losing 12 m/s of velocity for extra braking!
Every time i watch a bw video i feel like he's cheating
that was beautiful
11/10 for not crashing another parts
next step: bill gets to orbit and back with only his suit and willpower
He might need to lay off the snacks for that one.
shoopnooop haha
step after that; Going to orbit and back without turning on my monitor.
eva pack has not enough twr to take off on kerbin surfase so he also needs to use mountain launch
@@denisday14 mountains are not high enough for that, but maybe creating a ladder tall enough could get the trick done.
I nearly died when he used the mountain to “seperate”
somehow it's even worse when he does those low passes and he's _not_ trying to blow stuff up.
So did bill
@@nethascotx24 wtf I was thinking of posting this exact same comment
This video feels so understated considering he amount of optimisation, planning and understanding of the game necessary for it to be possible. Inspiring to see so many techniques utilised all at once. An incredible achievement.
As for where should be the target for the next minimalist mission, I think I left my trophy on Tylo if you wouldn't mind fetching it...
He already visited tylo in the Jool-5
Tylo seems... impossible lol.
@@LokekoL I'm pretty sure Detonation is actually Damnation
Litho-staging at its greatest !
Litho??
Can you elaborate that?
@@FQP-7024 when you use the force of the ground
@@matsv201 ok thanks 👍
And thermo-staging! (separating stages by burning them off.)
You literally got to Moho with the same weight as 4 Magnetometer booms
Actually last week they made them weigh the same as goo canisters, a more accurate comparison is 2 LVT-30 engines
Ok Brad hear me out: A catapult that launches a kerbal into space where the EVA pack can circularize.
Or if you're feeling daring: a catapult that launches a payload into space where it gets a gravity assist from a moon to enter orbit
Perhaps using a fairing to minimise drag and avoid overheating? The payload in question will have to travel at basically orbital velocity from the moment it is launched, at ground level. I hope that catapult isn't at sea level
He just did that
11:45 "Hopefully you guys are by now concerned [...]"
5:50 the time jump from 1D -> almost 3 years! Still in Kerbin Orbit :'D
You never cease to astound us Bradley.
@Jennifer Wang ayy :D
Agreed.
Next mission: sepatron to the surface of Jool and back
Define seperatron.
You see this looks like a rocket, but it's actually a seperatron for the rocket that will carry the ksc into orbit.
Swdennis did decouples only to orbit, and the surface of the mun, but he couldn’t come back.
Why do I feel an r/wooosh coming?
@@bluemoonjune5178 No! Not funny.
It require propellers. stratenblits did this without separations but with refuelings
Love how we shed 12 m/s through genuine lithobraking.
The madlad. My family car weighs sour as much as the rocket. Holy shit
Then get those car keys, we're going to Moho.
A good and easy one to pull off
@@connordarvall8482 Mom, are we there yet? Only 3 more gravity assists, sweetie.
Get in loser, we're going to Moho
3:11 - Their low heat tolerance actually makes a lot of sense if you think about it - the basic fins are stated in-game to be made from aluminium, and aluminium and its alloys weaken and melt at much lower temperatures than other commonly-used materials.
Excellent work
I just realized that your videos are way brighter than other KSP videos which means that I can watch without cranking the screen brightness up. Nice!
Thanks to the developers of the mod "Ambient Light Adjustment" for that
Litho-staging has to be both the smartest and stupidest thing I've seen all year. 11/10 made me laugh like a hyena
You can tap P to deploy a kerbal's chute
thank you for this great knowledge, O wise one
You can?
Aye, a novel installment of roasting kerbals:D
Absolute madlad. And here I thought 'advanced lithobreaking' was just a harmless running gag.
I was going to watch old venturian tale, but then suddenly this showed up.
*You've caught my interest.*
Hello Elyas.
When you make a loophole just to use it to break a record
F1 (any car racing series) Baby
Brad, you never fail to impress me. I haven’t even BEEN to Moho.
me: knows a decent amount of the game but still can't make SSTOs possible
this guy: goes to moho with two tons
I still am unable to dock in orbit. I can do it on the runway ... I found a map of Delta V one needs to get to the various destinations. The map cut out thirty failed launches on each new game.
@@bradyelich2745 We are duality of men then, I figured out how to dock around two weeks ago.
It's really just waiting until you're close enough, burn retrograde from your target until its zero, point towards the target and then thrust forward.
I'm still janky on the RCS part lol
@@inactive9948 I tried the training missions two or three times and still failed. I have a failure in the mouse control department. I do not think it is the mouse's fault.
@@bradyelich2745 Ahh you'll get there, it's really janky at times but I have faith
@@inactive9948 Thank you for your support!
Must have taken a lot of attempts to properly "eject" the xenon tank at moho, impressive stuff!
i like how when you send it down the mountain bills expression goes from reassured to panicking, and it just keeps cycling
As you were describing the gravity assists at the Mun, Eve, Kerbin, and Eve again...
I realized that's actually pretty close to the plan for the ESA's BepiColumbo mission to Mercury, with its assists from Earth and Venus.
The madman himself has returned and once again showed everyone why he’s the best.
You disgust me. Sending that poor Kerbal all the way to Moho with no snacks, no sunscreen, and no A/C.
"Who the hell need separators for a craft?"
Imagine sitting in a fucking chair in the void for actual years
This mad man is back at it again
Ejects wings and fuel tanks by overheating them and crashing them into a mountain to save weight
Modern problems require modern solutions
Wow, the KSP community keeps blowing my mind with what can seemingly be done. I wouldn't have believed this was possible yesterday
The one thing I’ve learned from years of watching kerboyoutubers is that if a spacecraft can leave kerbin’s atmosphere, it can get anywhere in the kerbal system. There is no amount of gravity assists too great to stop a RUclipsr with talent and an empty week. Fantastic job!
Bradly-accidentally burns the ion engine for .00001 seconds longer than intended
Also Bradley- we might need to use the EVA pack for the capture burn!
I love how you implement your explanations using real physics instead of "simplifying" it.
Possibly the greatest KSP mission I have ever seen. Bravo sir!
Everyone asks where is Bill Kerman, but nobody asks how is Bill Kerman?
It must be “psychologically painful” to go into space for a literal decade in nothing but a chair with solar panels.
This may be the most important, aware comment ever.
@@BradleyWhistance lmao im just seeing this now and this is amazing lol
@@BradleyWhistance yes
don’t worry, bill has a phone and a cable.
A LEGENDARY return
I had to use that same trick of pointing up just to get a stable orbit just today, when I had to haul a 50 ton payload to minmus with definitely-not-the-highest-tier rocket equipment..
I've got pictures of my accomplishment (and the payload) on my steam account (Squishybrick).
It looks like a friggen castle, and it's the most awesome thing I've ever done in KSP, so far. But I'm constantly improving and learning, and I love that videos like these, that I used to watch and just glaze over the words, now I'm actually hearing the strats used and not only understanding them, but relating to them.
That's just amazing.
I just figured out how to perform a tylo gravity assist. So I think I have a new appreciation for the amount skill, time, and effort required to do this.
What a good surprise in the middle of my Sunday!
Glad to see you're still alive. You are my favorite kerbal youtuber
This guy's gonna send kerbals to space with firecrackers soon
9:20 - Is Moho the highest-surface-gravity body that the Dawn can lift its own weight on?
It is! However, Vall has even lower margins in practice, due to the high efficiency of photovoltaic electrical generation on Moho and the need for batteries on Vall.
I just went to both mun and minmus for under 5 tons, thanks for teaching me
ksp has really reached the endgame
Dude this channel is so underrated.
no way you pushed your craft up the mountain for like 1 dv
NICE JOB! Turbo pumped cannot beat you now XD
Also all hail the return of the space chair! Bill will surely be excited 😁.
8:25 - Is "burns" really the right terminology for an engine that isn't combustion-powered?
Not criticising, just wondering.
English isn't really embarrassed about using anachronistic terms to describe modern things
Note the B-36: 6 turning, 6 burning.
@@bradyelich2745 *4 burning, it only had 4 turbojets
@@dsdy1205 Thank you. I am watching the video now. Refresher course.
I think 'thrusting' would be more correct, but nobody wants to say that
Actual lithobreaking, finally used in an actually useful way!
Truly the most kerbal of maneuvers.
Burning off the wings was very clever! Great job 😃
12:51 "I'm definitely going to do some more in the future. I just need a destination"
2 years and a sequel later: *(crickets chirping)*
this person is insane and i love it
The FLAG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aaawwww yeaaaa a new video from Brad! Astounding as always!
OMG you're finally back! :D
Excellent work, sir! Your dedication to the game and to us is inspiring - as for a new destination, I don't think you've made a minimalist visit to the Kraken on Bop in some time...
Yay! A new Bradley Whistance KSP video! I love your vids, bro. You do shit in KSP that I don't think I'll EVER figure out how to do. Very entertaining! Keep it up!
First #LandAmerica, then a new minimalist Brad video? Can this Sunday get any better?
This is absolute madness and I love it
I'd love to see a video on a vessel that through its own ISRU is able to return worth double the funds it cost to launch
That would be a unique challenge!
Use Kethane and I believe KSP Interstellar; the kethane can produce Xenon, which is much more valuable than the mining craft.
i wish you'd comeback when KSP2 launches
Bill Kerman having the best 2 month holiday with awesome views.
What a nice surprise from the master, just rewatched Grand Tour2!
Imagine being an astronaut duct taped to such " satellite jetback" flying to mercury and back
my god... solar panels, reaction wheels, MULTIPLE FUEL TANKS? bill is practically taking a luxury cruise on this one
That staging using a close pass was berg impressive 👌
Oh now we are cooking with xeon!
Always good to see these
10:30
Bradley: We're gonna have a lot less Delta VeE
0:10 beE
I don't know if they fixed this but apparently, you can use a fuel drainer on an air intake and it will produce thrust. Since Intake Air is infinite as long as you're in an atmosphere, this basically produces nearly infinite thrust production. This works because Intake Air gets counted as a Fuel Resource by the game.
That was fixed in 1.9.1.
Is anyone hyped for the minimalist grand tour (hopefully at the end) as i am?
I am only hyped for The Grand Tour to re-appear on Amazon ... I fear the Boys are done.
Lets just appreciate brad did not break the solarpanels.
my jaw hit the floor with you shaving off that fuel tank. OMFG
DM2 just landed!
Love ya bud glad you're back
Bill spent 27 years in space and didn't even pack a lunch
What a great mission! :D
insane green man slingshots planet to planet on solar powered lawnchair, possibly the most ksp thing ever
Return of a legend
Because of the weight, this is the equivalent of going to Moho with a car
I watched this video with my mouth open all the time.
Hell yeah! Another video! Great job dude
36 years... madlad
HE DID IT AGAIN, THE MADMAN
My brain: Hey it's 3 AM let's watch someone do a random KSP mission. Good stuff.
I'd be super interested if you made a video about the aerodynamics in KSP, since you have clearly become the kerbal equivalent of an airbender over the years
Can we get an “one engine to everywhere” ?
(without leaving any debris in space or on the surface of planets, as additional challenge if possible)
Depends on how you categorize "one engine". You could always make dockable containers and fly them up to orbit individually with one engine and have infinite fuel with sufficient time.
@@gajbooks I assume the challenge would be minimalist as well
Ze Great Pumpkinani or everthing has to be launched in one single time, no coming back to kerbin to take additional fuel
Matt lowne did one with 4 engines and maybe a few others to get to orbit
for once i want to see a mission without an "and back", just leave them there
See if you can get to orbit with just monopropellant
Its like im freaking psychic
Worth the wait as usual
imagine sitting there for years...
all of the separations would have been easy if bill packed a screwdriver.
but this was a huge achievement, don’t get me wrong. good job
But a scredriver would weight 200 grams
River Shen true, but he could lose some snacks haha
Rocket scientist at work
Me: Spends 2 tons before lifting off.
Bradley:
NASA: "How heavy will your rocket have to be?"
Bradley Whistance: "2 tons take it or leave it."