Leg Day

[Earl]

I was recently building random things, when I came up with a new landing leg design. After a bit of testing, I found that it can safely hold 1000 tons. If you want to use it', feel free. (Infinite fuel was used so the mass didn't decrease as I deployed the legs)

Feel free to use this design if you want. You need to make sure the engine is in the same position relative to the main leg assembly. The size of fairings don't really matter as long as the space between the inside edge and fuel tank is the same.

 

[Earl]

Now rated to 2.1 kilotons. Now I'm really pushing it. You need to set it down at less than 1m/s, and you need to ease off the throttle over the course of maybe 20 seconds.

 

[Blazer Ayanami]

There’s a motive to bring Danny Batten back: Competition!

 

[James Brown]

Another landing gear guy!

 

[Mars Pathfinder]

How fast it can handle without yeeting itself? :l

 

[Earl]

How fast it can handle without yeeting itself? :l

It really depends on the mass it's supporting (higher mass = lower top velocity), but the top velocity is around 10m/s, which is the top impact speed of the components it is made out of. With a standard 200 ton test mass it could survive the full 10m/s, whereas it could only survive about 0.5m/s with 2 kilotons.

There’s a motive to bring Danny Batten back: Competition!

I doubt I'll ever be able to match his level of skill, but you never know! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Another landing gear guy!

...maybe

 

[Earl]

I'm testing out the strength and performance on angles, and both are actually pretty good. I think I'm going to see if I can get them to hold 3000 tons. If not, maybe I'll try to make them retractable.

 

[Space pilot]

Insane dude

 

[Mars Pathfinder]

Insane dude

Look at Danny Batten's work... He used to make gears, lot of gears and bit timewarp builds

It really depends on the mass it's supporting (higher mass = lower top velocity), but the top velocity is around 10m/s, which is the top impact speed of the components it is made out of. With a standard 200 ton test mass it could survive the full 10m/s, whereas it could only survive about 0.5m/s with 2 kilotons.

Ah I see, maybe I could grab some inspiration over der, if you may?