1.56 ton SSTO to Eve and Back | No refueling | KSP 1.8.1

[@Stratzenblitz75]

Big thanks to Ridge for sending me this wallet and supporting the channel! Here’s the site if you want to check them out! > ridge.com/S75

[@pcfreak2010-fankanal]

Ridge is Trash

[@matiastorres1510]

@@pcfreak2010-fankanal it can stop small bullets

[@imsonicnoob2112]

Tried it before, very expensive... stay away from that trash!

[@calliope3972]

I Am so intimidated by you and Bradley Whistance's Genius brains. I Can barely make an SSTO and you are making miniscule demon helicopters with infinite range

[@rev_dude]

Stratz I sponsors are great, and I guess if they pay a sponsor is a sponsor... But I'ma be real with you: I'm willing to bet most of your fanbase is not in the market for $100 wallets. *To be clear I'm not saying you should stop sponsored content, if it enables you to make more videos that you want to make, that's great

[@capitus1295]

Matt Lowne, Nov 14th, 2020: "I know clipping is frowned upon" Stratz: Oh no. Anyway.

[@Stratzenblitz75]

If you're gonna clip, might as well go all out eh ;)

[@MattLowne]

@@Stratzenblitz75 he must be stopped.

[@isaquest134]

@@MattLowne use more part clipping and make better replicas with it

[@davidml1023]

@@MattLowne As a subscriber to both you and Strats, I would love to see a collaboration between the two of you. Bonus points if you can get Bradley on board.

[@isaachoffman2607]

@@davidml1023 yes please

[@TeamGrimm07]

“The heat shield functions as a heat shield” Impossible

[@danburrykerman6826]

the fact that he made a fully functioning Eve and back SSTO that weighs less than a cockpit...

[@neuronoc.7343]

Retard ifunnier detected!

[@kittyn5222]

Because it's only the pit

[@paranaenselol]

@@kittyn5222 what abou the c-

[@kittyn5222]

@@paranaenselolno cock. Only pit

[@therealjoshiewoshie]

I want snacks

[@alexsiemers7898]

I’d say the hatch obstruction is a worthy punishment for exploiting the heatshield as a wing

[@Stratzenblitz75]

I can't argue with that. I suppose I shouldn't expect the kraken to let me off too easily

[@ralfclearsky4193]

@@Stratzenblitz75 maybe Eve's gravity pushed parts into fairing or something like that

[@iamdaone7873]

Can we appreciate that with the heat shield wings at 8:58, Stratz turns a full circle in Eve's atmosphere without even losing any speed at Mach 1.2!?!

[@the_kraken6549]

@@Stratzenblitz75 No, you shouldn’t.

[@giraudy221]

When I said “I’m just waiting for an in atmosphere orbiter” I was joking That 2 (?) hour accent would have had me pulling my skin off in boredom, props for your patience and determination

[@coffeespy1133]

He did it. He actually did it

[@jlight7346]

What a madlad

[@galacticcraft5779]

Yeah

[@merylschultz9234]

Yes he did

[@felipearenasbarr]

Amunt Valencia!!

[@blazej.p4480]

Yeah, and nice pfp btw

[@Aedumz672]

6:07 actually, thats something that the space shuttle did! since it had to maintain a 45 degree angle of attack, it rolled from the left to the right to control its rate of descent.

[@hphp31416]

It also had heatshield as a wing

[@ShorkyBoi]

@@hphp31416 not as a wing, but on the wing(s)

[@katkat9560]

But those wings weren’t very good at being wings.

[@j.r.7339]

*"The Heat-Shield-Wing functions really well as a Heatshield."* -Stratz, the Genius. 5:47

[@j.r.7339]

@The Unnamed cousin hmmm

[@j.r.7339]

@The Unnamed cousin Imposserbal!

[@sharkbitesback2749]

@Luke skywalker The Starfleet commander *Y* *a* *d* *o* *n* *'* *t* *s* *a* *y*

[@ossiehalvorson7702]

@@sharkbitesback2749 whoosh

[@sharkbitesback2749]

@@ossiehalvorson7702 r/whoosh to you because i was making a joke. >:D

[@moocowpong1]

I love how much real physics goes into getting the most out of the extremely fake physics here.

[@YF-23]

Poor Jeb spend 7.5 years of his life sitting in a tiny can, getting flung around by all the forces his craft was exposed to during the long Journey

[@ENCHANTMEN_]

Eh that's like 2 days in kerbal years

[@abeke5523]

And all that for not being able to plant a flag because the heatshield obstructing his hatch

[@aWildLupi]

To me, these challenges and crazy things fall more in line with speedrunning than normal gameplay. KSP isn't really... speedrun-able, it has no end goal. But all these challenges bring out that same energy of optimization, glitch-hunting, and using different versions of the game for runs that are only possible in that version.

[@Stratzenblitz75]

I think you hit the nail on the head with that. This way of playing KSP is interesting because of the glitches, but I certainly don't want to see every space-plane looking like this.

[@ballom29]

You can speedrun carrer mode, like "all tech" run

[@DanatronOne]

@@Stratzenblitz75 that being said, what do you think the closest thing to 'speed running' KSP would look like? You can define finishing the game as maxing out the tech tree, visiting every body, or whatever you think is more fun.

[@han_de_man3161]

@@DanatronOne Nah, get ALL the science... Including science lab science. If someone ever does that with just normal rockets and no exploits......

[@chanman819]

@@han_de_man3161 Get all the science in a single mission? :D

[@Fryguy101]

Me: Oh, man, my 1.8 ton rocket to Minmus and back is pretty cool! Stratz: Here's a shoebox that will get you to Eve's surface and back, and it also cures cancer.

[@gioworno]

The best thing i did was an 8 ton ship that launches kerbals at 5 septillion meters per second ;-;

[@squidwardtortellini4982]

To be fair, considering that the pilot is stuffed in a fabric airlock next to a radioisotopic thermoelectric generator for years at a time, it probably CAUSES cancer

[@delinep7286]

@@gioworno wait for it to align with Laythe (long time) and fire, then it’s a glitch-railgun to Laythe

[@IC1101-Capinatator]

@@delinep7286 he actually made that recently, tested it on Jool then decided that wasn’t good enough and is now aiming for _Kerbol._ It’s also got frictionless projectiles so no heat shields needed.

[@theoncomingdork1]

stratzen: "I'm gonna do what's called a pro gamer move"

[@solar_sailor9995]

Rokt skince

[@omnithea]

“Trust me, it’s really boring” 5 seconds later “The descent was also interesting” Hmmmmmm 🤔🤔

[@Stratzenblitz75]

Sometimes, my brain doesn't chain thoughts together well. That was one of those occasions

[@sharkbitesback2749]

@@viper4574 same

[@superflypule4484]

@@Stratzenblitz75 lol

[@alexwang982]

@@Stratzenblitz75 Hey, what graphics mods did you use?

[@jackas5658]

@@alexwang982 he's using scatterer

[@ateslabattery115]

ngl the intro sounded like "First off, I want to give a huge thanks to the rich for sponsoring this episode."

[@hawaiian_noises]

I'm wondering how the hell Brad Whistance is going to one-up this.

[@Stratzenblitz75]

To be fair to brad, this is a pretty big exploit. I don't think its fair to compare this to anything he's done.

[@ryanbush777]

Considering brad launched something I think it was under 1 ton not only into a munar encounter but went freaking interplanetary with it by sending it to duna

[@brianwaltman6077]

Brad's new Grand Tour craft- 1 heat shield, 1 reaction wheel, 1 rtg and a lawn chair for Bill

[@linecraftman3907]

brad is going to use the alt+f12 exploit

[@hchskxnbcj]

But propably with one lonely ant engine for tylo

[@bencebarta6918]

Me seeing Stratz's new video title: *You did not* Me watching the video, approx. every 20 seconds: *NO YOU DID NOT JUST DO THAT*

[@drkreuzer670]

This right here, is where KSP becomes an alien craft building simulator for the experts!

[@grifter3680]

No one: Stratzenblitz: By exploiting loopholes in the laws of reality itself, I've created a UFO!

[@alexsiemers7898]

SWDennis made an actual UFO by exploiting the docking ports’ magnetism for zero-energy thrust

[@1000-THR]

@@alexsiemers7898 and Matt liene made a ssto to go to eve infinite amounts of times with out recovering or refueling ever

[@siriusk1453]

Before: Ion engines, jet engines and gravity assists to Eeloo in the lightest mass possible Now: Heat shield wings, propellers, Ion engines to Eve in one stage in the lightest mass possible This feels like Minecraft armor evolution but in ksp

[@Agent_B0771E]

Imagine someone showed you a thing smaller thana car and said "take this and go to venus and back"

[@ladyellen7993]

Sane Person: "Stratzen, Why don't you just use a normal rocket, and spend less than two hours on your kerbin ascent?" Stratzenblitz: "hehe, heatshields go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr"

[@Icetastesgood]

i thought heat sheilds burned

[@marksmit6718]

Stratzenblitz: This heatshield trick feels kind of like cheating also Stratzenblitz: Here's my new video exploiting the heatshield trick NO, but really, great vid as always! Please keep em coming, we'll keep watching

[@Stratzenblitz75]

Thanks! I fully admit this is well beyond the intended way to play ksp but in my mind its still fun to explore. Just like its fun to see what kraken drives can do.

[@han_de_man3161]

@@Stratzenblitz75 This is way more fun than a kraken drive. With a kraken drive you have infinite delta v, with heat shield wings you have a limited amount, altho you do save a lot. Great video btw.

[@neolexiousneolexian6079]

@@Stratzenblitz75 Do you suppose you could reach interplanetary speeds using a heat shield propeller by holding yourself down in the atmosphere with heat shield spoilers? IIRC, in the video where you introduced this trick, maximum speed in atmosphere was limited by escaping the atmosphere.

[@gioworno]

@@Stratzenblitz75 i built a 5.10^24 m/s drive :D (5 septillion meters per second lol)

[@puskajussi37]

also Stratzenblitz: Concerned wether using older version of KSP is fair game

[@JOSHTIME1]

I couldn’t stop laughing when I saw the weird looking cylinder levitate upwards for no reason at all to someone who doesn’t know what’s inside

[@snosibsnob3930]

Kerbal Space Program: You must spend immense time to plan out trajectories, Eve is the hardest planet to ascend from and will require a massive craft to have an SST- Magic Wings: *NO*

[@lloyd9435]

*NO, HEAT SHIELD EXPLOIT GO BRRRRR*

[@Tabby362]

i absolutely love the evolution of eve ssto in ksp lol.

[@kaltenstein7718]

Time for NASA to give you a call, maybe you can find some nice exploits in RL Physics

[@Stratzenblitz75]

That would be a dream job for me. Maybe one day!

[@hugovankeulen5115]

6:48 "another happy landing" A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one

[@alexpym8216]

This is the closest thing to hacking without actually hacking

[@kenanthalens2001]

Im don’t mind if you use older versions, as long as you mention it you did.

[@lewismassie]

I'd be up to watch a 30+ minute video on KSP physics exploits. You've consistently demonstrated a very in-depth understanding and would love to gain some of it for myself

[@grant5463]

I honestly didn't know what the first unrefueled eve ssto would look like... but I didn't expect this wonky circle thing...

[@mattchandler2387]

The madlad really did it Stratz before: here's a craft that can get off Eve in one go but it's actually two crafts haha still pretty impressive though? Stratz now: Here is a craft that can get to Eve and back unrefueled. It is lighter than a rhino (animal) and is almost 6x lighter than a rhino (engine). It takes seven hours to get to Kerbin orbit. It also takes around seven hours to leave Kerbin orbit. It can theoretically come in from Eve orbit and complete the Monte Carlo long river challenge. Enjoy.

[@ooflespoofle3691]

The man can't be stopped.

[@secretman2207]

Why waste millions of dollars on expensive and thicc rockets when you can do this?

[@Stratzenblitz75]

I think I'm honestly onto something. Just waiting for SpaceX to give me the call

[@Brass_Monkey]

Wait until someone finds out that a random part like the 3x2 non retractable solar panel produces thrust or something like that

[@freevbucks8019]

So you're implying that it can be used as a kraken drive? I think that the XL solar panel could work

[@gregoryaraganto9378]

As a amateur speed runner i can appreciate this. You should do something ridiculous with comets. I just made a comet station with a 2 mega ton comet around kerbin on hard career, took like a week of burn time with my computer just turned on and a bunch of gravity assists to minimize using the mass of the comet. It was on a -45º degree inclination and took like 14k Dv to just get there, with the limited time and all. It was fun, i should have recorded it. I keep wondering how big of a comet is possible to land on kerbin...

[@j.r.7339]

7:23 _"cramped"_ only slightly defintely very comfortable.

[@kdesikdosi5900]

the "rocket" looks like you just threw some random components together in a ball

[@kingkiller1451]

9:46 I agree completely with what you say here.

[@Adam_32]

Stratzenblitz has absolutely crushed everything. A 1.56 ton ssto is absolutely crazy. His recent content with him speaking more and showing the maths has just been amazing, and now THIS! Give the man his due! Great job man

[@trattoretrattore8228]

I had just sent out my own eve mission, and it weighed a little over yours. * 1000. Great job. You discovered, and mastered a revolutionary technology and managed to break idk how many records. I also like how you steer, using the roll to decide where to go, I think it looks hilarious. Gg

[@joshuasims5421]

At this point, it's less a spaceplane and more of a UFO. I think it's fair to use the exploits and old version, since you're making it clear that you've done so. And I don't think this trick trivializes the game, since these craft are still difficult to design and use.

[@atheneitecorvid1546]

I'm a bit late to the party but the Saturn V rocket travelled at least 384,400 km miles using 6.2 kilotons, while your rocket would be able to travel at least 3,668,900 km using 1.56 tons. That means Saturn V had a weight to distance ratio of 0.062 kilometers per pound while this SSTO had a weight to distance ratio of 1175.929 kilometers per pound, making it 18966.596 times more weight efficient than the Saturn V rocket (numbers are rounded to the nearest thousandth) (not taking into account gravity assists, orbital distance, and engine exploitations) good job man

[@iamdaone7873]

This video is the very definition of dedication! Absolutely amazing KSP first!

[@wChris_]

8:20 The oscillations you have noticed are actually phugoid oscillations. that is due to having no flight control surfaces, so your plane will dip and start accelerating, but this will increase lift and thus makes you pitch back up, but then you will lose speed until you pitch back down and the cycle repeats. you can even see the speed go up and down in the video. (yes i actually knew the phenomenon and had to look it up)

[@Stratzenblitz75]

Very interesting. I did not know that. Thanks for sharing!

[@amconners]

that mission time showed how slow the lower-efficiency ion burns were more than the footage of the burns themselves did

[@APFS-DS]

Huh, that weighs as much as my family car.

[@vladimirlenin4080]

Imagine if your family car could go interplanetary

[@ryanzhao4744]

well, time to make my car fly

[@AmryL]

I am perfectly fine with you using whatever version you find most convenient, especially in this physics defying case. And you did take the due diligence to point out the which and why. But imo there is extra credit to be had for going with the most recent (stable-with-your-choice-of-mods) version, or at least to not exploit version differences.

[@dustintaber]

I think it's mental and I applaud your patience

[@jaypaint4855]

Thanks for choosing the ridge as as this video’s sponsor. Their products were perfect for me!

[@alexadamsky]

This is incredible. What an accomplishment, congratulations!

[@kerbodynamicx472]

Going there and back used to take a 30-staged rocket twice as tall as the VAB...this device is even more compact than a lot of kraken drive devices

[@laszlosauve1877]

Is it possible to fly-by all the bodies in the kerbol system whit only 1000 m/s of delta-V from LKO?

[@Stratzenblitz75]

Yes, by chaining together gravity assists you can do this!

[@michaelprice3031]

@@Stratzenblitz75 sounds like a challenge!

[@alt8791]

@@Stratzenblitz75 Brad Whistance is taking notes

[@laszlosauve1877]

@@Stratzenblitz75 it will be a real challenge for eelo, moho or bop!

[@SameBasicRiff]

Jesus dude everything you do is literally AWE inspiring.

[@MrBubbleJet]

Stratzenblitz: There is a new and innovative way to get into orbit Elon Musk: Interessting. I forward this video to my research and development department.

[@DeadBaron]

using heat shields like this looks like some 40th century advanced alien tech....

[@velociking20industries42]

This is so cheesy, I love it! Doing stuff like this feels kinda like letting athletes do any drug they want and then compete in the olympics, just to see the upper limit of human potential

[@logantodd5943]

This is absolutely crazy! Another fantastic video!

[@74wf]

Now i know how the classic UFO works

[@Dispariabooks]

I've always wondered how exactly the Rabbids time travel washing machine worked. Turns out the answer is part clipping. Lots of part clipping.

[@IggyGeCaton]

dude you always make my day whatever happens thank you

[@j.r.7339]

11:15 Why no Bridge Challenge before landing?

[@Stratzenblitz75]

Damn, I need to step up my game. Y'all are getting tired of my plain vab landings!

[@j.r.7339]

@@Stratzenblitz75 true. Especially since I can do this easily without even Quicksaving.

[@arko3709]

Earth people: We made aircraft that utilize the flow over a cambered surface to produce lift Aliens: We just watched Stratzenblitz and now we have flying saucers

[@theleanmonster3735]

This dude did a burn that took 2 hours meanwhile I’m over here getting driven to the brink of insanity by 5 minute burns

[@Intrepid17011]

Thanks for piutting the Music always in your Description. Some People use amazing music and dont put them there. You're the only who does it everytime. And your Music taste ist awesome. Your Video, well, its kinda weird and fantastic, imagine something like that would exist IRL :D

[@Stratzenblitz75]

Thank you! I'm very grateful that there are musicians who allow their music to be used in KZbin videos. It would be highly dishonorable for me not to credit them.

[@mattevans4377]

It doesn't make the game trivial. It makes it tedious.

[@user-fn1ot9es3b]

I think it is fair game to use earlier versions! It's fascinating to see how the game has changed between updates, since these differences can be too subtle to notice in bigger rockets

[@tateranus4365]

I think game devs should be obligated to give access to ANY version of their game even public betas

[@peter-klausnikolaus4823]

I am impressed. I am worried for you. I am jealous. You're just insane. Good job xD

[@gooseguy58]

Can’t wait until NASA builds this

[@the_kraken6549]

I think using old versions of any kind is fine, as long as it’s made clear (and if it’s a really really old version preferably at the start), but every old version was once the cutting edge and using them is still interesting.

[@nac-1]

Imagine what he could do in real life with 50 million dollars and a crew of engineers and mechanics.

[@nelsonglover3963]

Unfortunately the real life aero model isn't quite as easy to exploit

[@nac-1]

@@nelsonglover3963 Oh, you don't know? We live in a simulation created by lizard people like Mark Zuckerberg. I'm sure there's some glitches.

[@Haxihoovis]

It's best not to think about it

[@arkitect5692]

Ridge Wallet has higher isp and lower mass than Classic wallet

[@sixstringedthing]

Something technology sufficiently advanced something something magic.

[@SumGuyLovesVideos]

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." - Arthur C. Clarke

[@finnyjam8252]

This deserves more views. It's basically the highest achievement possible in all of KSP

[@moartems5076]

This is what will get us working aerogravity assists!

[@uv-al]

I would like to see stratzenblitz do a low cost challenge, only limited by the total cost of the craft.

[@eekee6034]

Stratz was _so close_ to discovering the fairing + engine plate hack here. :)

[@searchiemusic]

your commentated videos absolutely own

[@DemoR]

I'm waiting for the day where the margins necessitate a Gilly grav assist

[@sparrowthenerd]

Me, at the end of the video: He isn't actually going to land on the helipad 10 seconds later: WHAT

[@sfsclips6226]

Look in the top right corner and see the “Smart A.S.S.”

[@spaceguy9025]

Awesome! Very well done :D

[@DJTrainBrain]

11:42 That cut from sunrise to sponsor, though...

[@kevinliu8783]

That's a turely Insane Design!

[@mennovanlavieren3885]

This is totally fine and fun as long as it is clear that bug-mode is enabled. Also quirks around quick safe and reloading should fall in this category. Except when save/reload is used to counter bugs. Like when a base planted on a surface keeps wobbling and gliding. But still this feels like less of an achievement than for example the Jets to Orbit video, or the Duna on Electric Power one. Somehow if you know the physics are somewhat realistic it speaks more to the imagination.

[@Stratzenblitz75]

Yes, I agree that this is less of an achievement than those past videos. Having some basis in reality does it make it much cooler. I'm really just having fun with this tech for now. Its not going to be a staple on this channel thankfully.

[@arendellecitizen208]

"The trick to stop isolation ... starts talk in Physics" Oh, I know this one! It's called Magic!

[@arendellecitizen208]

I'm a university student, can you tell?

[@FearlessLeader2001]

Nobody gonna mention how it took nearly 8 years to complete this mission?

[@tranchedecake3897]

An alternative title for this video is: "How to go from the runway to the VAB in 7 years passing by Eve" lol

[@caps_lock]

This is insane. GG

[@elopeous3285]

brad winstance became real quiet since this vid dropped

[@collin2097]

this is how the UFOs go

[@reelmsy3831]

You've summoned the Kraken. Well done.

[@kenjitella775]

this is the pinnacle of human engineering

[@chanman819]

0:50 "She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid" 🤣

[@KSPUnitedYT]

Two hours to orbit jesus christ

[@ianniculescu1625]

i think you deserve your KSP nobel prize

[@trigger7ff6]

this is literally the design of a spaceship from like, h.g wells or something