You kinda remind me of Nile red, the chemist. You have that technicality in explaination and the humor of “uh it’s prolly fine” then it’s very much not fine, but then it somehow is fine.
always check your staging! Also, you didn't "turn way too early". It's actually more efficient to do a proper gravity turn where you lean the rocket gradually until you're entirely horizontal, instead of flying up and *then* sideways I've been a long-time fan of KSP, I hope you make more of these videos!
I'm glad i checked staging so early into the flight, usually i mess it up way way later in the flight lol Also yeah, but i finished that turn way earlier than I would have liked. Fortunately it didn't require a relaunch!
@@ReidCaptain actually, you should have done it earlier! Generally if you are trying to do a efficient gravity turn you start turning at 2000(or less) feet. You then keep gradually turning, and continue turning the entire flight into orbit.
@@ReidCaptain I aim to be at 45° on the nav ball by 10,000 meters and aim to be at 75° by 50,000 meters then flatten out at 70,000 meters. I would also recommend using the maneuver maker as it gives you a much more circular orbit!
If you play KSP you slowly start to realise orbital mechanics (at least single body physics, n body is a little more complicated) are remarkably simple.
Ah, Hello. Been A While, Hasn't It? I've Even Changed My Name Over Time. I Used To Be "ZombieHeadShotGaming". It's Odd Seeing You Here, I Almost Completely Forgot.
It's so refreshing to see someone put something on a rocket because "they looked cool." It's a good break from the hyper efficient all the time KSP videos.
I loved this video! The math was actually really interesting. KSP does a great job of giving you an intuitive understanding of orbits, but none of the actual math. Thanks for that! I would love to see you do more KSP!
Rip that gravity turn. for the most efficient launch trajectory you should be aiming to be at 45 degrees by 10000 meters and then continue nosing over. After getting to 45 deg there is a way to just go by eye but it takes a lot of practice so I would suggest to just try to get over to 60 deg and then once your apoapsis is up to 90 km just set a maneuver at apoapsis to get into a stable orbit.
The captain out here accidently making supermans krypton rocket and taking it out to meet martian man hunter. (seriously, look up images, your final stage looks exactly like how the kriptonian space shuttle looks like.)
Remember watching videos like this, soon got the game and I’ve been doing really good, performed a Duna direct ascent mission somehow, hope your flights go well Reid
I've never seen a more complicated way of interplanetary transport just warp to a good transfer window with a dune to schedule a maneuver and that's it!
Hello captain! Goodjob on the videos! They're very entertaining, I like watching them especially to rest after a tiring day. Thank you for making them. Anyway, out of curiosity, How are you, Captain? How have you been?
Hello! Loved the video! Just a simple tip: if you do your escape burn and transfer at the same time, you save a ton of fuel. Imagine it like a right angle triangle. What you did is do the 2 small sides, when you could have done directly the hypothenuse which is smaller
Why is this so enjoyable to watch even though I am dying of your (no offence) kind of poor ksp skills. I think I enjoy the pain it is causing me so thank you??
Just so you know, when performing a gravity turn you can actually start turning when your speed is as low as 30m/s. Tilt approx. 5 degrees, then slowly follow the prograde marker until you’re pointing 45 deg. off vertical at around 10km height. Then follow prograde until your apoapsis is the desired height
adhd is funny when i got the rescue mission in my recommended and i dont have the attention span to go to the channel and find the original so i just waited a few days until it popped into my rec
Request: Whenever you put a timestamp in the video, can you also put it in the description? I only ask this because when you do that, it updates the video seekbar automatically to break the video off at the timestamp so you can jump to it quicker and with more precision.
9:50 you can know what your period is if you click on the purple button on the bottom left corner, you will see the data of your apoapsis, periapsis, the time you have left before reaching those points and the period.
once you reach certain distance from kerbin, the atmosphere is so low it barely slows you down. so it's better to save fuel on good ascend curve. (i believe it's something like 20km which you wont be there for too long)
When using side fuel tanks make sure to use fuel lines pumping fuel to main rocket this way you drastically increase range dumping empty tanks and engines
The atmosphere for Kerbin is 70,000 m I’m pretty sure. And a good Duna transfer window is draw a line from Kerbin to the Sun to Duna, the angle that makes should be roughly 45 degrees.
You can get more efficiency out of the second stage if you use vacuum optimised engines instead of the Vectors. Something like a terrier, a dart or a wolfhound will get you even more range
I recommend using the more basic cockpit, as it is symmetrical and therefore easier to fly. Pretty sure it's lighter a well. That aside, overall good video
Have something cool that I can make in Kerbal?
Make a house on rockets
Dunno, dive bomber
Just more ksp
Try to make an armed space ship because we need to have weapons in space right
Bucket
Van that has expanding wings
"i'm pretty sure those red lines are a glitch"
casually proceeds to cook the ship with atmospheric drag
Reeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes
LOL. If your ship needs a heat shield whilst LEAVING the atmosphere, something is very wrong.
@@keithrushforth4019 instructions unclear, I put atleast 10 down and all of them immediately exploded before even launching
2:50
"Mainly because i know how they work"
*proceeds to put them on the side*
Syence
@@ReidCaptain soince
@@ReidCaptain Press alt to only attach to nodes
Ciens
siance
You kinda remind me of Nile red, the chemist. You have that technicality in explaination and the humor of “uh it’s prolly fine” then it’s very much not fine, but then it somehow is fine.
Yes
I know Nile Red/Nile blue!
@@manioq1447 You mean Nile Purple?
IKR SOUNDS LIKE HIM TOO
It’s his hidden account
18:07 Jeb when the spaceship doesn't want to go home:
"Fine, I'II do it myself"
always check your staging!
Also, you didn't "turn way too early". It's actually more efficient to do a proper gravity turn where you lean the rocket gradually until you're entirely horizontal, instead of flying up and *then* sideways
I've been a long-time fan of KSP, I hope you make more of these videos!
I'm glad i checked staging so early into the flight, usually i mess it up way way later in the flight lol
Also yeah, but i finished that turn way earlier than I would have liked. Fortunately it didn't require a relaunch!
@@ReidCaptain actually, you should have done it earlier! Generally if you are trying to do a efficient gravity turn you start turning at 2000(or less) feet. You then keep gradually turning, and continue turning the entire flight into orbit.
@@ReidCaptain I aim to be at 45° on the nav ball by 10,000 meters and aim to be at 75° by 50,000 meters then flatten out at 70,000 meters. I would also recommend using the maneuver maker as it gives you a much more circular orbit!
@@ReidCaptain that was a phenomenally inefficient gravity turn lol
@@magica3526 genuinely it was so painful to watch 😭
Reid: Starts posting twice a week
Me: *Visible Happiness*
Scrap Mechanic, KSP, your videos are always realy diverse and very interesting.
7:56 this dude just did freaking rocket science in the most casual way ever
Welcome to KSP
It is quite simple though.
If you play KSP you slowly start to realise orbital mechanics (at least single body physics, n body is a little more complicated) are remarkably simple.
I'm scared to think what you guys would consider "complex"
@@ampoulgon8716 you get the hang of it if you play for say, like 100-200 hrs.
i wasted 1400 in this game
Looks like its time for Matt to save another soul
came here to say this! They are... THE BLUNDERBIRDS!
Ah, Hello. Been A While, Hasn't It? I've Even Changed My Name Over Time. I Used To Be "ZombieHeadShotGaming".
It's Odd Seeing You Here, I Almost Completely Forgot.
@@ancientpixel9809 saving the kerbin race, one stranded explorer a time
Hahaha yes xd
In association with the Kerbin Broadcasting Corporation...
It's so refreshing to see someone put something on a rocket because "they looked cool." It's a good break from the hyper efficient all the time KSP videos.
MORE BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSTERS!
Then there is that eve shuttle video with 15 kilotons.
17:57 Jeb: I can glitch into an alternate universe where there's 0g, but I can appear in this universe.
Jeb is magic
This has happened to me multiple times...
Jeb can fly right so how about he fly back to earth.
@@redditersinn4737 thats what im thinking too, heh
@@redditersinn4737 He'll burn up in the atmosphere
safety inspector: so why did you put this on?
Reid captain : *BECAUSE IT LOOKS COOL*
Is ur name Kayden?
@@landosstudio7448 Nope
Woah, this surprised me - my initial thought when I got the notification was that it was from SWDennis xD
I thought it was from Danny2462
I thought it was Bradley Whistance
reid there is no sound
wait my headphones were all the way down
Amazing
*Big brain time*
Reid: Formulates and designs complex contraptions
Viewer: headphones dont go BRRRRR
5:45 "so for the most part they should be ok, they just exploded"
I loved this video! The math was actually really interesting. KSP does a great job of giving you an intuitive understanding of orbits, but none of the actual math. Thanks for that!
I would love to see you do more KSP!
"So the next thing i'm putting on is some landing gear like this, and it's gonna be good for... 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨"
*ah, yes. this floor is made out of floor*
Damnit Reid every week I forget how amazing you are and every week I'm astonished at how great your videos are.
"so the next thing i'm putting on is some landing gear like this, this is going to be good for.. landing"
beautiful
18:10
"i can't fly back home in a rocket, so i'll just jump back home"
Alternative title: Reid Captain big brains math while Jeb struggles to survive on another planet in Kerbal Space Program
Rip that gravity turn. for the most efficient launch trajectory you should be aiming to be at 45 degrees by 10000 meters and then continue nosing over. After getting to 45 deg there is a way to just go by eye but it takes a lot of practice so I would suggest to just try to get over to 60 deg and then once your apoapsis is up to 90 km just set a maneuver at apoapsis to get into a stable orbit.
I start turning at 100 m/s and then be at a 90 degree angle at 45000 meter, then i cruise to apoapsis
I like your funny words magic man
This guy has made everything overcomplicated.
Things like landing gear and lights have buttons on the top of the screen, parachutes can be deployed via staging
*Protip* You can actually change the staging on the launchpad
you're a genius. I love the way you explain everything, it is so helpful
I really like your content because you make it scientific in a way, its not just dumb gameplay, but you explain what and why you do it!
he calls kerbin earth, I call earth kerbin lol ;)
The captain out here accidently making supermans krypton rocket and taking it out to meet martian man hunter.
(seriously, look up images, your final stage looks exactly like how the kriptonian space shuttle looks like.)
I praise you for both having both the technical knowledge of even knowing what 'V-Delta' is, and saying "holding mechanism thingies"
'V-Delta'
@@fractal5764 okay, sure, point stands.
Remember watching videos like this, soon got the game and I’ve been doing really good, performed a Duna direct ascent mission somehow, hope your flights go well Reid
I've never seen a more complicated way of interplanetary transport just warp to a good transfer window with a dune to schedule a maneuver and that's it!
Loved this video and all of the in-depth explanation. I'm hoping you'll play more Kerbal in the near future.
Watch out for angry Kevin's
I know you are not Rick Astley, but why did you ran around and desert him? You should never give up on your Kerbals.
Gonna give you up, gonna let you down, gonna run around and desert you!
"No chance of anything going wrong"
*No fuel*
*Door blocked by ground*
This reminds me of one of those typing games they made us play in 1st grade
Gaming
@@ReidCaptain you stole that from Danny Devito twitter 😡
@@crabbyeric900 cancelled 😡
Reid Captin: Unfortunetly there are no saves in real life
Literly 5 min later: proceeds to quicksave
Hello captain!
Goodjob on the videos!
They're very entertaining, I like watching them especially to rest after a tiring day.
Thank you for making them.
Anyway, out of curiosity, How are you, Captain? How have you been?
an interesting project in kerbal is always making some weird space stations with lots of dockings and whatnot
never gonna run around and desert you
I gave him up
I love the stark contrast between the ways you and the real civil engineer play KSP. 🤣
I definitely prefer this though
@@Egerit100 yeah.
18:01 you could jump him all the way back to Kerbal
Jeb: 17:57
Me: He's too powerful to be left alive!
I need more of this, playing this game that way is just juicy
Hello! Loved the video!
Just a simple tip: if you do your escape burn and transfer at the same time, you save a ton of fuel. Imagine it like a right angle triangle. What you did is do the 2 small sides, when you could have done directly the hypothenuse which is smaller
Why is this so enjoyable to watch even though I am dying of your (no offence) kind of poor ksp skills.
I think I enjoy the pain it is causing me so thank you??
Just so you know, when performing a gravity turn you can actually start turning when your speed is as low as 30m/s. Tilt approx. 5 degrees, then slowly follow the prograde marker until you’re pointing 45 deg. off vertical at around 10km height. Then follow prograde until your apoapsis is the desired height
This brings back memories. Used to binge watch kerbal space program youtubers
Please do more KSP videos. I like the game, but I REALLY suck at it. I also enjoy watching people like you do amazing builds and maneuvers. Thank you!
I can also recommend Matt lowne and some of Scott Manley’s old Ksp videos.
They helped me learn a lot about the game.
@@zilbal2367 Thanks for the info! I will definitely look into it
adhd is funny when i got the rescue mission in my recommended and i dont have the attention span to go to the channel and find the original so i just waited a few days until it popped into my rec
the kraken encounter at the end is a sign. you must spaghettify kerbals as a sacrifice.
Jeb learned to fly because of your mistakes he doesnt need a rocket now
Jeb should've just climbed his way out of the gravity well
0:30
because it's light? it's incredibly heavy for it's size and thrust lol
Request:
Whenever you put a timestamp in the video, can you also put it in the description?
I only ask this because when you do that, it updates the video seekbar automatically to break the video off at the timestamp so you can jump to it quicker and with more precision.
what
This guy is going to build his own rocket in real life. And he learned it all from kerbal space program.
9:50 you can know what your period is if you click on the purple button on the bottom left corner, you will see the data of your apoapsis, periapsis, the time you have left before reaching those points and the period.
3:32 the correct way to make scientific choices
once you reach certain distance from kerbin, the atmosphere is so low it barely slows you down. so it's better to save fuel on good ascend curve. (i believe it's something like 20km which you wont be there for too long)
Bruh had an AT field in the upper atmosphere on kerbin. I’m literally dying of laughter.
No one:
Jeb after he realizes he's stuck forever: *NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!*
this video was hard to watch but I respect this guy for succeeding in the worst way possible.
Jeb: Oh boy I can't wait to land on Duna!
Ground Control: Hold up! You don't have enough fuel!
Jeb: Bruh.
Jeb: Cant enter rocket to return home
Jeb: "Fine Ill do it myself" *Starts ascending into space*
and legend says jeb is still jumping to this day trying to get home
the reason you did most of your things: it looks cool
jeb is not stuck he can flyy!
I like KSP hope you do more
"Hello, Matt Lowne? Yup, it's happened again."
Mans just calculated a duna encounter
You could go back to Earth with that bug at the end of the video.
"Finally, a normal mission!" "Oh.."
Just FYI, Kerbin's atmosphere ends at 70,000 metres, not 100,000.
When using side fuel tanks make sure to use fuel lines pumping fuel to main rocket this way you drastically increase range dumping empty tanks and engines
Wow I just started watching KSP videos this week
6:44
Reid Captain: i actually did get a circular orbit around the Earth
Me: you said Earth, not Kerbin
Looks like Jeb can jump his way out of there
I always like watching KSP videos, I’m so bad at it I manage to learn tonnes from them 🤣
I think that's a case for the blunderbirds
For a 2011 game this is very cool.
Honestly
@@ReidCaptain I mean it's good for a 2011 game that's for sure.
Non math people: I like your funny words magic man
Four prop drone with dangling Kerbal pilot on a rope, far below.
He literally turned around and deserted Jeb.
The stat you're looking for for fuel efficiency in engines is ISP, the higher the better
I *really* want to see this guy get into some modded minecraft.
Oh god, this dude with the create mod would be unstoppable
@@ariiiiiiiiiiiii7356 for real
18:10 this dude literally just called freaking rocket science simple.
It is if you know what your doing. Same could be said about a lot of things, for example, I think game design is simple.
@@trueblueflare well yes, but actually no.
Literally rocket science, my goodness
the thumbnail is beautiful.
The atmosphere for Kerbin is 70,000 m I’m pretty sure.
And a good Duna transfer window is draw a line from Kerbin to the Sun to Duna, the angle that makes should be roughly 45 degrees.
its not 70000 km its 70000 meters
@@SanjayVerma-bc7bs Oh yeah...
Id call this more of a "Space Winnebago"
good math, well explained, nice and easy, good job.
You can get more efficiency out of the second stage if you use vacuum optimised engines instead of the Vectors. Something like a terrier, a dart or a wolfhound will get you even more range
Yes, exept those tend to be very slow, and for impatient people like me having something that has some more thrust makes the game less painful
"On a lonely planet slowly spinning its way to damnation"
I recommend using the more basic cockpit, as it is symmetrical and therefore easier to fly. Pretty sure it's lighter a well.
That aside, overall good video
Yeah that makes sense, and thanks!
Looks like it's time for the Blunderbirds!
I had that same bug happen on minimus and had to revert a bit to save bob
Me as a worker: why did the boss name it will not explode? My freind: I’d rather not tell ask one of the astronauts the astronaut: no
Reid: (explaining lots of complicated things about orbit and space doohickey)
me, just waiting for something to explode: 👁️👄👁️