How High Can You Get Without Engines In Kerbal Space Program?

So close, but yet so far...

[ReidCaptain]

Def would like to come back and try this challenge out allowing glitches, controller manipulation, and part clipping, but I figure I'd keep it fairly legit this time around. Anyone else want to see a multi-planet mission video soon?

[michaelwoodby]

"I figured I should try to make some kind of helicopter"

10 minutes later

"I figured I'd do better with helicopter blades!"

Truly, genius.

[oasntet]

Stratzenblitz has a video from a few years ago wherein he makes it to orbit using only jet engines and electric motors. It seems like maybe a similar approach could be used with an electric plane rather than a helicopter, but it does mean building up a ton of speed in the mid-atmosphere in order to get over 70k on mostly momentum alone, and then using his spinning catapult idea to put a small thing in orbit once there...

[CharlesPkp]

you managed to make my two neurons connect, yet again.

[AGuyWhoDosentKnow]

Make a automatic tea maker in the Herbal Spice program

[thehobbist]

You sound so much like NileRed its crazy

[LuckyEcho]

I love how he says, "It's a pretty simple game, just slap an engine and launch whereever you want.", I think we can all agree that's enough to get to even the mun.

[rafox]

It's NileReid, NileRed's gaming channel.

[Brain_Damaged_Fella]

Hes basically made an orion drive with the fireworks.

[nicholaszonenberg]

Nice :D You might want to look into KSP Kraken Drives. They are controllable KSP physic abuse engines that let you accelerate purely from some parts pressing against each other. Usually involving landing gear and or landing legs.

[roboticgamer]

A plane based design could potentially work better for electric motors since if you can balance electricity consumption with solar panels you could have unlimited endurance and so max altitude would be solely dictated by performance at increasingly thinner atmospheric pressures.

[lunar]

Glitchless vehicles in KSP without engines is such an interesting idea, especially since the game has such little support for it by default. You've earned my sub, and I might even try this myself.

[LyndseyAfton]

I will do one push-up for every like this comment gets in the next 7 days.

Edit: it has been 7 days, and this comment got 1.1k likes. Proof will be uploaded soon
Edit #2: The first part is on my channel now

[vector_]

This guy has the same cadence as nile red

[glassramen]

6:01 oh gods he gave the kraken a physical form. This does not bode well.

[kevin]

now this is quality content i love. wish you uploaded more

[lukehanson]

11:40 THE Z FIGHTING HELICOPTER BLADES🤣🤣🤣 of all the things where collision would be a very bad day, opposing sets of helicopter blades... I'm just imagining this monstrosity getting built irl

[reclinedpartygaming]

"lets see how far i can launch them without motors"
3 seconds later
"ok im gonna place this motor here"

[Pentross]

The fireworks launchers aren’t really in the spirit of the challenge — a rocket is just a slowly exploding firework

[Flightkitten]

Tamming Kerman while getting strapped into the final contraption: