Setting The CIRCUMNAVIGATION World Record in Kerbal Space Program 2

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  • čas přidán 19. 03. 2023
  • How did I get mach 122? Well, 4200m/s is mach 12.2, and distances in the ksp system are 1/10 that of real life, so 122!
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Komentáře • 417

  • @ReidCaptain
    @ReidCaptain  Před rokem +497

    Should I try any other records in ksp2? I was thinking of maybe even attempting the land speed record myself!

    • @roguekid127
      @roguekid127 Před rokem +35

      Plz do the land speed blitz and civil have me laughing too much with their designs🤣🤣

    • @simplygaming2394
      @simplygaming2394 Před rokem +7

      beat every record

    • @lordridler914
      @lordridler914 Před rokem +10

      If you break the land speed record rce will see it as a challenge

    • @Catastronaut8
      @Catastronaut8 Před rokem +4

      Mun speed record

    • @Teslijah
      @Teslijah Před rokem +2

      Land speed record!

  • @TankManTim
    @TankManTim Před rokem +2213

    I like how the design went from completely reasonable to insanity

    • @ReidCaptain
      @ReidCaptain  Před rokem +451

      You know it's good when the strat is to burn directly into the ground

    • @nyscersul42
      @nyscersul42 Před rokem +53

      I saw your comment as the ad played before this video. This comment suggests only good things lay within. :D

    • @ThomahawkRide-ons
      @ThomahawkRide-ons Před rokem

      😅(: “
      -

    • @randyalbertson4309
      @randyalbertson4309 Před rokem +17

      That’s KSP for you

    • @Oatmealism
      @Oatmealism Před rokem +23

      Design went from reasonable, to understandably Kerbal

  • @rhodium365
    @rhodium365 Před rokem +877

    My guy really out here trying to drift a rocket

  • @KrazyKaiser
    @KrazyKaiser Před rokem +605

    That final trajectory was mindblowing, you could have scraped across the runway and STILL escaped Kerbins SOI you were going so damn fast.

    • @NOT_A_ROBOT
      @NOT_A_ROBOT Před rokem +52

      that also happens on ksp1's land speed record, although they used wings to push the craft downwards. also, it was so fast they had to use multiple fairings to block the heat

    • @LowIntGamer
      @LowIntGamer Před rokem +3

      @@NOT_A_ROBOT Land speed record might be something i try later on nice to see we watch some of the same youtubers

  • @nameofthename_
    @nameofthename_ Před rokem +66

    2:19 "For some reason it wanted to veer to the side"
    Said right after he turned one engine on before the other.

    • @RacistVegetable
      @RacistVegetable Před 3 měsíci +4

      ikr

    • @nork7045
      @nork7045 Před 7 dny +2

      I know that this comment is 1 year old and you've probably became a wiser person by now, but that veer is clearly not the result of turning on one engine before the other. The initial spin it gets as a result of that is neutralized and only after it gets going straigh again the plane starts veering to the side again. Probably something to do with the landing gear.

  • @thatsstoguy
    @thatsstoguy Před rokem +231

    I bet the reason why the first plane didn't work is because the jets were blocked by the elevators.

    • @ReidCaptain
      @ReidCaptain  Před rokem +94

      I kinda decided to skip over the real reason that I didn't want to use jets, and it's that I can't operate them in the upper atmosphere where there is less drag, so I would be stuck around only 15-2000 m/s or so

    • @phoggishadow6008
      @phoggishadow6008 Před 4 měsíci +2

      hi there :))@@ReidCaptain

  • @hatman44
    @hatman44 Před rokem +455

    Well since there's no heat in ksp2 yet, you could do that in a lower orbit with an air and fuel mixture, you just have to make a craft that doesn't have alot of drag
    Btw you should try a speed record to the moon and back for funsies lol

    • @ReidCaptain
      @ReidCaptain  Před rokem +151

      True, but getting up to 4000m/s under 30km might be asking a lot. Will consider a moon run!

    • @bartoszkola621
      @bartoszkola621 Před rokem +5

      Mun is fun!

    • @ShaneZickmann
      @ShaneZickmann Před rokem +2

      @@ReidCaptain it’d be cool to see an intergalactic speed trial too.

    • @Chunk_McSniffer
      @Chunk_McSniffer Před rokem +7

      Circumnavigating the galaxy speedrun

    • @amppari_234
      @amppari_234 Před rokem +5

      ​​@@ShaneZickmannntergalactic? I think we'll have to wait until KSP3 for that

  • @jasonseigfried8941
    @jasonseigfried8941 Před rokem +41

    I like how instead of building for low drag, efficiency, and speed he just went "YEET ME AROUND THE WORLD"

  • @DecidedlyNinja
    @DecidedlyNinja Před rokem +31

    I was so proud of Reid for making a plane with horizontal stabilizers.
    Then he made a nuclear rocket plane that throws its reactor at the space center.

  • @trailbl42er93
    @trailbl42er93 Před rokem +12

    Bro whipped out the desmos calculator and said "according to my calulations"

  • @outputcoupler7819
    @outputcoupler7819 Před rokem +42

    Set friction to 0 on your nose wheel to fix the veering on takeoff problem, btw.

    • @ryanarledge51
      @ryanarledge51 Před rokem +1

      Been trying to figure this out for a bit now, thanks!

  • @duythuchoang5095
    @duythuchoang5095 Před rokem +48

    RC at the start: So I got this jet, a bit unstable but we're going to work on that
    RC halfway through: Ok so I got some boosters strapped on my initial boosters and after that I will burn straight into the ground

  • @Roaxial
    @Roaxial Před rokem +154

    it might be possible to get it quicker by doing 2 circumnavigations, the first one to build speed and get into position, and the second one to actually get the time

    • @ReidCaptain
      @ReidCaptain  Před rokem +111

      Time starts from liftoff 😉

    • @Roaxial
      @Roaxial Před rokem +19

      @@ReidCaptain with 2 circumnavigations i think it would be reasonable to divide the end time by two, which would still be faster assuming you can get the extra fuel up there without loosing too much time

    • @ChargeQM
      @ChargeQM Před rokem +59

      ​@@Roaxial But that isn't how it works, you have to start on the ground and end on the ground.

    • @mrmunchkin2181
      @mrmunchkin2181 Před rokem +11

      @@ChargeQM This is very true, start from the ground, end on the ground.

    • @zunnen4347
      @zunnen4347 Před rokem

      the whole point is to have a craft that starts and lands on the same spot to truly circumnavigate the whole planat once

  • @phyllostomus
    @phyllostomus Před rokem +59

    You should upload the unedited full circumnavigation if you can. That way there's a good standard of comparison for people to compete with.

  • @ModestFlamingo-zn5ec
    @ModestFlamingo-zn5ec Před 11 měsíci +7

    Martin CITO pants went so fast he went was the the atmosphere in 00.1 seconds

  • @jackdieter8104
    @jackdieter8104 Před rokem +55

    my dude goes up and down 3 octaves twice in one sentence.

    • @solbergsindre
      @solbergsindre Před rokem +9

      had to mute the video to make it bearable to watch

    • @Black-vo2tv
      @Black-vo2tv Před rokem +1

      I commented on this a while ago it really is noticable

    • @bac1308
      @bac1308 Před rokem

      ​@@solbergsindre had to put it to .75 speed. I was running out of breath listening to it.

    • @dominickeijzer5844
      @dominickeijzer5844 Před 11 měsíci

      People in the relies so desperate to complain as if they can't turn off the video.

  • @MaxGuides
    @MaxGuides Před rokem +15

    Your engines are partially occluded which matters in KSP2. …can still angle wings behind the engines even post-patch for weird vtol-like thrust at the cost of engine power…but you can always just sepraton the deflector-wings once you are airborn until we get robotics parts.

  • @OrbitalGirl
    @OrbitalGirl Před rokem +3

    ok but the speed of sound isn't affected by the size of the Kerbol system, so speed of sound would still be sqrt(gamma*R*T), so tho it wouldn't necessarily be the usual 340 m/s of low atmosphere it would probably not be mach 122
    checking Earth standard atmosphere tables and assuming similar atmosphere composition, 60 km above Kerbin would probably be similar to ~80 km above earth bc density and pressure, so that gives us a speed of sound of ~282.5 m/s. So based on the fastest speed I saw while watching the video (~4550 m/s), we get Mach 16.1.
    so pretty fast

  • @Glitch315
    @Glitch315 Před rokem +47

    It's higher than 12.2, because you are on the tip of the atmosphere. I'm assuming you used the sea level reading of mach 1 to get mach 12.2 from 4200/340. But remember that mach 1 is not constant, it changes depending on the density of the medium. At 70000km the speed of sound is about 290m/s and since you are pretty close to that it should be 4200/290, which is mach 14.5

    • @ReidCaptain
      @ReidCaptain  Před rokem +20

      I mean technicallyyy there is nearly no atmosphere at 65k in ksp, so it would probably be far slower than that anyway, making it a way higher mach number

    • @warriorsabe1792
      @warriorsabe1792 Před rokem +3

      @@ReidCaptain Speed of sound actually doesn't depend on air pressure, only the composition and temperature

    • @Powderlover1
      @Powderlover1 Před rokem

      that seems like a dumb way to measure the speed of an object, but I’m not a rocket scientist, and I use Fahrenheit soooo

    • @Glitch315
      @Glitch315 Před rokem +7

      ​@@Powderlover1 It's not to measure the speed of the object. It's to know how far away you are from the speed of sound. That's important because aerodynamic forces change drastically when approaching/passing the sound barrier.
      Airspeed is still measured in m/s, knots, etc. People just like to show speed as X times the speed of sound sometimes to add wow effect.

  • @MonkeySimius
    @MonkeySimius Před rokem +2

    That's awesome. I'm really enjoying your content. I also appreciate you leaving some of the bugs still in the game in your footage. I do want to buy the game and play with this version of KSP but I also want to have fun when I do it. These bugs would likely sour me on the experience if I played it as is... So seeing them reminds me of why I am waiting and is preventing me from jumping in too soon.
    Long story short: Thanks.

  • @yoinki_sploinki
    @yoinki_sploinki Před rokem +5

    Seeing this done genuinely is really impressive. If it were me I would have just made a simple kraken drive. Keep up the good work!

  • @thespacepeacock
    @thespacepeacock Před rokem +2

    I love all these community challenges that are popping up!

  • @MrImadeU
    @MrImadeU Před měsícem

    Kerbologist here... To build a stable plane, you want the center of lift to be slightly behind center of mass. You can turn on these indicators on the bottom. Also to avoid veering off to one side on the runway, you can lower the wheel friction on the landing gears. And also something to think about is drag vs lift ratio. More drag does not necessarily mean more lift. a balance is good to have the speed to work together with the lift of your wings instead of against it. So if you have 2 big wings, they are more suited for low speeds. Because the faster you go the more drag you get. With thinner and tighter profile wings, you are more fuel efficient when going at fast speeds.

  • @O5MO
    @O5MO Před rokem +8

    Up until the very end i thought you were going to do the record for the AMOUNT of circumnavigations and couldnt figure out how you were going to do that lol.

  • @dontworrybout2664
    @dontworrybout2664 Před rokem +2

    For some reason it wanted to veer off to the side while giving it tens of thousands of pounds of asymmetric thrust.

  • @RDKSP33DY
    @RDKSP33DY Před rokem +5

    A better challenge imo is altitude under 20km and only one stage. Haven't been able to do it on KSP2 but my record on KSP1 was 42 minutes

  • @Audaylon
    @Audaylon Před rokem +1

    Oh, I flew around Kerbin last weekend to see if I could do it.
    Mission time 4 hrs (in game of course) after landing back home. ~1 hr 25 mins real time.

  • @medoche
    @medoche Před rokem +2

    Nice challenge, hope some peoples will try to do it too
    I tried it in ksp 1 few days ago, It took me roughly 1h30min to make it with a Concorde I made flying at Mach 2.7 at around 12 000m and landed back at the ksc

  • @RtepPWR
    @RtepPWR Před rokem +1

    Your design process was interesting. Thats about it.

  • @lonnierh0dgejr41
    @lonnierh0dgejr41 Před rokem +1

    to get faster, you need as low an orbit as possible and do your reentry burn backwards enough to get an overshot of the airstrip. if you can, you need a jet engine to speed up enough that you come in fast but not too fast so you can hit parachutes at the last moment.

  • @caleb_gilmer989
    @caleb_gilmer989 Před 5 měsíci +1

    “Yo I heard you like planes so I put a plane on your plane”
    3:06

  • @ae0n772
    @ae0n772 Před rokem +1

    You can override friction control to 0 on the nose landing gear to stop your craft from veering off the runway

  • @SuperJeb98
    @SuperJeb98 Před rokem +4

    Those frames tho, nice job ksp 2 team

  • @amandafulton3808
    @amandafulton3808 Před rokem +1

    “I figured that a little bit of boost off the runway probably wouldn’t be a bad way to go” *proceeds to add SPACE GRADE ROCKET BOOSTERS to wings*

  • @halsgren985
    @halsgren985 Před rokem +2

    All you really need is a solar plane with superlight materials and some electric motors utilizing propellers.

  • @darthhunter69
    @darthhunter69 Před rokem +1

    This is how Santa visits every house on Earth in 24 hours

  • @quazar5017
    @quazar5017 Před rokem +4

    The fastest circumnavigation is obviously to stand directly at the pole.

  • @ananttiwari1337
    @ananttiwari1337 Před rokem

    Great video!

  • @NekuroMC
    @NekuroMC Před rokem +2

    the sudden math equation jumpscared me

  • @LordUroko88
    @LordUroko88 Před rokem +3

    Id like to see this with an actual plane design instead of a rocket

  • @RandomAsianGuy95
    @RandomAsianGuy95 Před rokem +3

    you know reid is serious if he needs to pull out desmos calculator

  • @spankyjeffro5320
    @spankyjeffro5320 Před 5 měsíci

    I would also add to the challenge that the design must work IRL, no jank, and you must actually land on the runway then taxi to the main building.

  • @nightbringar7558
    @nightbringar7558 Před rokem

    I know this might seem silly but this video finally allowed me to intuitively understand why it's so hard to launch a rocket into the sun. It's something I've always begrudgingly accepted as fact even though it made zero sense. The amount of fuel spent pushing the rocket straight towards Kerbal so that your current relative velocity wouldn't throw you into orbit or break out of orbit made it all click.
    Thank you for your crazy engineering videos!

  • @irekkrzyzan3956
    @irekkrzyzan3956 Před 3 měsíci

    the little lander/plane thing is realy cute

  • @Regaltf
    @Regaltf Před rokem +3

    reid on his way to complete death star in ksp and get an world record

  • @genesisreaper2113
    @genesisreaper2113 Před rokem +1

    hey, noticed on some of your planes that they were kinda unstable, if you enable the center of lift/mass overlays, and make sure they are aligned (or the center of lift is slightly behind) it'll be much more stable!

    • @TheArtikae
      @TheArtikae Před 2 měsíci

      This, soooo much this. If you want to make planes, do this. Making planes without it is like building rockets without symmetry enabled.

  • @ComfortsSpecter
    @ComfortsSpecter Před 10 měsíci

    Nice
    Glad to See KSP 2 Is Fun
    I Like How It Just Devolves Into Orbit Missile Platform That Drops a Kerbal Piloted Glider
    The Most Obvious Approach when You Think About It

  • @tomarmadiyer2698
    @tomarmadiyer2698 Před 2 měsíci

    The spin toss. Yes. I love this.

  • @Maoistan
    @Maoistan Před 10 měsíci

    2:12 "For some reason it started to veer off to the side"💀😂

  • @juliuscaesar5197
    @juliuscaesar5197 Před rokem

    In ksp 1 I just used whiplash engines like two of them or 4 and it would get me to 1400m\s on like 500m of altitude after which the plane just exploded from drag so I guess doing that and keeping the speed below exploding levels would work

  • @scissorbanner9735
    @scissorbanner9735 Před rokem

    Your spinning move on your first successful run gave me and idea... would it be possible to get into space with just reaction wheels? If not, how high can you go?

  • @regularpit1508
    @regularpit1508 Před rokem

    2:23 when you start the engines hold the brakes for a moment to let the engines ramp up also start both at once to prevent it from going the wrong way.

  • @MrTrevortxeartxe
    @MrTrevortxeartxe Před rokem +1

    0:13 What the hell... are those little _Kerbonaut skeletons_ floating in orbit around planet Kerbin?? 0:13

  • @camilogarciaperez384
    @camilogarciaperez384 Před rokem

    I didnt really end watching the first ad but I know this is worth my time. Also, i just learned how to do cobras in my fauvorite building game, so i dare you to make a plane that can do cobras, in KSP2 or 1, Besiege or ScrapMechanic.

    • @NomIsReal
      @NomIsReal Před rokem

      i lost that acc so im using a new one

  • @jimbobbigknob2718
    @jimbobbigknob2718 Před rokem

    I think the booster idea is good but I think it would've been better if you used them to gain high ground speed and decouple them to lift into the air just under momentum, once you gain high enough altitude you could use a jet engine to keep yourself moving

  • @Catastronaut8
    @Catastronaut8 Před rokem +1

    3:48 what are you!? An SRB sandwich.

  • @gazs7237
    @gazs7237 Před rokem +1

    If your going fast enough in the atmosphere would you have to invert the plane to remain in the atmosphere?

  • @bucky156
    @bucky156 Před rokem +1

    Curious how long you are taking to do those equations on the side? Wild stuff.

  • @DirectorFord1
    @DirectorFord1 Před rokem

    *Turns on one engine before the other* "For some reason it wanted to veer off to the side."

  • @alexmiranda6107
    @alexmiranda6107 Před rokem

    When I watched this video I got an add saying become a bomb's biggest threat in a add for military bomb diffuser

  • @allouttanames
    @allouttanames Před rokem

    This guy built something that exceeded the darkstar with a silly little green plane

  • @theriddler8375
    @theriddler8375 Před 10 měsíci

    you could turn off friction control on the front landing gear to stop the instability

  • @coffemug630
    @coffemug630 Před rokem

    "little bit of a boost" then proceeds to add two clydescales

  • @outandabout259
    @outandabout259 Před rokem

    could it be faster to stay low in the atmosphere, use a lot of horizontal thrust for maximum speed and use wings to do the pushing down bit?

  • @jesuschrist-kd3wh
    @jesuschrist-kd3wh Před rokem

    recently saw your a-10 video and was wandering if you can make a yf-23

  • @gamernist3050
    @gamernist3050 Před 4 měsíci

    after 2,5k hours in KSP 1 & 2 I would have never thought of "continuously burning towards Kerbin"
    truly one of the most kerbal things I have ever seen!

  • @HDTomo
    @HDTomo Před rokem

    right as I think about a air speed record for the first time in this game series 12 year life span, I find out reid had my idea 4 weeks early. Max convenience!

  • @Toph_Not_E-Bender
    @Toph_Not_E-Bender Před 10 měsíci

    This feels like it could be a legit speedrun. Speedrun style it should start the time from the moment you start the game, to the moment you click recover the vessel. Time warp should either not be allowed or the in game timer is used for launch segment.

  • @toxicnova5849
    @toxicnova5849 Před 4 měsíci

    As a student in aeronautic engineering this video in the beginning made me angry😂😂 good video keep it up tho🤌🏻

  • @Oscar.-.
    @Oscar.-. Před rokem

    You could do an incredibly believable Linus Tech Tips impression.

  • @MsChubby2012
    @MsChubby2012 Před rokem +6

    When bro says I’m not allowed to go to orbit then proceeds to build a rocket and stay inches away from orbit 😅

  • @user-cr4sc1ht9t
    @user-cr4sc1ht9t Před 11 měsíci +1

    The reason why your earlier designs kept veering off runway and unable to take off has to do with your landing leg configuration. If your nose gear is lower than main, or your gears are behind center of lift, that makes it impossible to take off. That is exactly how Space Shuttle looks like and it's ideal for the Shuttle, because they don't want to even be able to go around, but not so much for planes.

  • @SoulOfNemiss
    @SoulOfNemiss Před rokem +4

    Honestly I challenge where multiple youtubers compete and post videos when they beat another, forcing everyone to try hard even more each video sounds really fun :D !

  • @gamerthatguy1819
    @gamerthatguy1819 Před rokem

    the first planes engines looked like a a-10 warthogs engine

  • @74seven
    @74seven Před měsícem

    bros got the kick sauber spaceplane

  • @psikho144
    @psikho144 Před rokem +1

    Idea: Make a spin launcher in KSP2

  • @clashofcraft9725
    @clashofcraft9725 Před rokem +1

    To prevent you're planes to go spinny on the runway, you need to turn of autofiction control on the front landing Gears, yeah, this is a bug...

  • @tri99er_
    @tri99er_ Před rokem

    *Turns only right engine first, and then adding the left one*
    "For some reason it weared to one side"

  • @hunterschannal
    @hunterschannal Před rokem

    great video

  • @ctp.oblivious9782
    @ctp.oblivious9782 Před rokem

    Nice use of Desmos graphing calculator

  • @fatgaypeinguin131
    @fatgaypeinguin131 Před rokem +2

    Can your try making a canon with a laser rangefinder in besiege

  • @Tylerx-z
    @Tylerx-z Před 9 měsíci

    The first jet looked like the “SR-71 Blackbird”. A bit.

  • @nanaba9027
    @nanaba9027 Před rokem

    imagine dhl doing this in the future, and you watching them on the ground

  • @figbloppa7183
    @figbloppa7183 Před rokem +2

    you should make a harrier jump jet in besiege

  • @SuperJeb98
    @SuperJeb98 Před rokem

    This whole video is essentially the kerbal way - add more boosters

  • @connor6394
    @connor6394 Před rokem

    actually insane

  • @knownas2017
    @knownas2017 Před rokem

    1:07
    Engines are typically weak when they're shooting directly into your wings, as well.

  • @NyZandry
    @NyZandry Před 5 měsíci

    You should retry the circumnavigation record with the new heat system

  • @maxes2764
    @maxes2764 Před rokem

    I don’t know why but it was funny for me to see him using desmos

  • @Hellsarchon
    @Hellsarchon Před rokem +1

    isnt the darkest blue the end of the atmosphere, and the black with stars technical "space". Because at 40,000 meters, Kerbin has an atmosphere of 0.001, and at 50,000 meters its 0.000 atm. So i think for a challenge like this to be relevant keeping it under 49,999 meters is key. As you are still fighting an atmosphere, without venturing too far into a 0 atmosphere zone and cheesing the whole thing.
    Altitude (m) Pressure (Pa) Pressure (atm) Density (kg/m^3)
    0 101 325 1.000 1.225
    2 500 69 015 0.681 0.898
    5 000 45 625 0.450 0.642
    7 500 29 126 0.287 0.446
    10 000 17 934 0.177 0.288
    15 000 6 726 0.066 0.108
    20 000 2 549 0.025 0.040
    25 000 993.6 0.010 0.015
    30 000 404.1 0.004 0.006
    40 000 79.77 0.001 0.001
    50 000 15.56 0.000 0.000
    60 000 2.387 0.000 0.000
    70 000 0.000 0.000 0.000

  • @TheInterestingInformer
    @TheInterestingInformer Před rokem +1

    Great video, but I just have to point out I’m a little disappointed you didn’t go Mach 122 :(

  • @boxshroom3176
    @boxshroom3176 Před rokem +2

    YES REID POSTED!!!

  • @SecondAlias
    @SecondAlias Před rokem

    Reminds me of landing on the sun station.

  • @Nyx-Aphelion
    @Nyx-Aphelion Před rokem

    I tried to circumnavigate kerbin and got maybe 1/5th the way with a YF-23 design and flying high enough to lower friction but low enough to not lose air intake

  • @shulkbro9683
    @shulkbro9683 Před rokem

    Nice Video

  • @DEF4L7
    @DEF4L7 Před rokem

    Move the fuel to the back when it starts to tilt forward

  • @getroasted7907
    @getroasted7907 Před 3 měsíci

    watched this for 7 minutes rn and I just realised that you are reidcaptain and not interndotgif

  • @smarty265
    @smarty265 Před rokem +2

    Reid going insane again

  • @milolouis
    @milolouis Před měsícem

    Weird rules. You should've made a ballistic missile if you are planning on getting to that altitude. A real record would use air-breathing engines.

  • @MattRob1c
    @MattRob1c Před 26 dny

    I look away for around 5 minutes and the design has changed, a bit. I feel like I should go back.
    Like it went from plane to rocket