Can You Get To Dres Using ONLY RCS Thrusters In Kerbal Space Program?

Why would you even want to try
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[@ReidCaptain]

Rescue videos take a while to put together, but they are pretty satisfying when I can finally bring a Kerbal home. That being said, how else should I strand Kerbals???

[@TannerJ07]

@@ReidCaptain could you launch a kerbal from kerbin orbit and land him on a planet somehow? Basically plan an orbit and landing without fuel after the launch from orbit.

[@MagikalKrabical]

What if we strand a kerbal on kerbin

[@papitas7547]

​@@MagikalKrabicalu might be onto something

[@ez_theta_z9317]

try land somewhere quite far off while only being allowed to burn your engine in kerbin's sphere of influence

[@staleshortcake9442]

launch a kerbal into a low Kerbolar orbit >:)

[@bitblit]

Modred waited over 700 years for someone to arrive only to find out that a glorified command pod running solely on mono-propellant was his ticket back home. Then he waited almost 200 years more for Kerbal Space Center's patented mono-propellant rocket to make it back with him onboard. Many tears were shed when he returned home to his family. Thanks Reid! I look forward to more epic adventures!

[@Mira-bt3zx]

When 900 years old, you reach, look this good, you will not.

[@Cysfer]

So Modred got a 1 day break before sending him on a 3,526 year long journey to save a different stranded kerbal.

[@yoshilikescandy4020]

"after just a little bit of waiting, I was finally able to get an encounter" 19:22: 710 years 19:24: 838 years

[@theroanecountyrailfan9280]

These kerbals waited for like 150 years

[@Goofy_Ahh_VIDs_inc.]

Reid the type of guy to post something at 10pm and it perfectly fits his target audience

[@CommentPositionInformer]

12 AM over here.

[@clintelkins9630]

Released at 8pm my time, watching at 1045

[@krumm7917]

Timezones exist.

[@aeolianthecomposer]

Ever heard of time zones?

[@furriesinouterspaceUnited]

No it doesn't, I had no idea he posted this until this afternoon

[@Phoenix2.5D]

never going on a "short mission" with this guy bruh ALMOST 900 YEARS EMPIRES ROSE AND FELL, Reid Captain

[@rupert_1491]

I had atleast 3 birthdays during this time period and Reid never went to any of them, what a shame

[@yisdoge]

My challenge for ReidCaptain: play any game as intended (impossible)

[@ReidCaptain]

April fools will just be a let's play

[@Luna_tuna.E]

​@@ReidCaptain please

[@jerrylim6722]

@@ReidCaptain make it like 5 hours long too and always talking like the intended mechanic is a glitch you found.

[@MegaLexur]

Reverse Rescue misssion, you launch a rocket from a moon into kerbin and send it back

[@ReidCaptain]

Weird but interesting

[@stepver2273]

Alien abduction

[@ideaxgaming5647]

thank god, you rescued them after only 800 years lol

[@aeolianthecomposer]

Imagine being a stranded Kerbal, seeing THIS thing coming to rescue you

[@ReidCaptain]

Beats walkin

[@ZyzyxHumvees]

As an idea for stranding another Kerbal in space, I suggest sending a giant SUBSCRIBE sign into it and putting it into orbit as a "fuel station" or something of the like at 300k subs. Thank you for continuing to make cool content. I've needed it at my lowest moments. Pls continue what you do!

[@ericb3157]

that reminds me of a really silly old video called "Hype Rocket"!

[@benjaminlamothe2093]

867 kerbin years in the making!

[@therealistmccoy6237]

Reid Captain: the John Wick of sandbox games. Man of pure fucking will.

[@jerrylim6722]

Reid's KSP shenanigans make me believe that his Kerbal Space Command doubles as a Kerbal Drug Rehab Center on the weekends, lmao.

[@JebTheGreat]

Sidke kerman stuck in the rocket for 887 years:

[@scottblackburn7192]

Dres with RCS only is pretty impressive BUT I think your approach could've be more efficient, especially your gravity assists. When going to the outer solar system, Duna is a terrible choice for your first gravity assist, as its mass is relatively low and you will be encountering it at near your solar apoapsis. What energy you do get is essentially wasted on raising your periapsis which doesn't help you get out to Dres. Doing so many duna gravity assists to get to Dres is massively overcomplicated and just takes an unnecessarily long time. The preferable option would be to do your first assist off eve. It's cheaper to reach from kerbin, more massive and your encounter will be near your periapsis, allowing all the energy you gain to go towards raising your apoapsis towarda Dres' orbit. Any energy you lose by escaping retrograde to kerbin's orbit is more than made up for. One good eve assist might be enough, but if not you can usually get a kerbin assist from there to get you the rest of the way.

[@ReidCaptain]

So I agree and part of the reason I chose Duna was that I thought the double slingshot with Ike was going to be cooler than it was

[@Ironfacebuster]

next video: making a fusion reactor in kerbal space program using only struts

[@ReidCaptain]

ez

[@Xyereth]

Omg KSP 1, how I missed you

[@pncka]

The kraken giveth, and the kraken taketh away.

[@macrolocate2443]

I don't know why but the floating rocket makes me giggle

[@1personithink]

1 minute, Got here just in time to tell you stop using ridiculous amounts of thrusters! It's lagging my computer without even owning ksp!

[@ReidCaptain]

I need a new computer to keep doing these challenges

[@izzieb]

Take a shot every time he says "you can see".

[@Blurgert]

No, once every time he says "Little".

[@theAviator164]

11:47 THE ONE PIECE, THE ONE PIECE IS REALLLLL

[@Yellowbob1]

Can we get much higher

[@PizzaPowerXYZ]

So high

[@jamesgaskill632]

"After not much time I was able to get to dres" mission chronometer:"293 years

[@semajniomet981]

Reid Captain, I think it would be fun if you did a collab video or two with Matt Lowne for a rescue video.

[@GP22855]

Oh nice. I remember someone built a rocket from only decouplers and there was one with the big rcs thrusters only too.

[@1dK628]

Probably this guy aswell

[@benjackson7690]

Here's a challenge: Rescue a kerbil in a reasonable amount of time (80 years). Basically you gotta build the fastest rocket you can

[@Toby1482]

Some tips for this game: During docking, if possible, turn on SAS on both spacecraft so they hold their orientation. this makes it significantly easier to dock. Also, try to launch at the appropriate launch windows for planets to save fuel and time. Hope this helps :)

[@GabrielAKAFinn]

Classic kerbal rescue mission. Somehow I think there are more rescues THAN missions on youtube.

[@Idkman.........]

watch reidcaptain video: VERY HAPPY video end: depression.

[@ReidCaptain]

But you get the cool song at least

[@papitas7547]

​@@ReidCaptain Real

[@heatherc1893]

save a Kerbal using only the Kerbal jet pack

[@HelmutSpargle-s6i]

I feel like you're the NileRed of KSP

[@nastykerb34]

Bro remembered his password

[@ReidCaptain]

IT'S BEEN A MONTH!

[@Swagmaster07]

Basically really customizable engines in terms of power, but lag and probably cost intensive.

[@gagemimbletum5000]

R.I.P Vsauce. You will be missed

[@Countryballsandstuff999]

Why?

[@ericb3157]

a small point i think it worth mentioning, for the benefit of the viewers: you need to have at least one Ore Storage Tank for the Miner device to work AT ALL! i actually forgot that on a recent mission to Eve's moon. fortunately, i had BARELY enough fuel to get back to Kerbin anyway. i had to use the "pass through the outer atmosphere many times" tactic to actually land!

[@danielcrump8254]

Just one more fuel tank and we'll escape bro. I swear bro we just need one more fuel tank, just a little more fuel bro. This next fuel tank will be enough bro and then we'll escape. Just a little more fuel bro

[@Slowline-h3w]

I went to the comments to tell you that you should have used the Vernor Engine, right as you decided to use the Vernor Engine...

[@SiberCatLP]

I dunno. I felt this was a "monopropellant only" type of challenge, and not a "don't use real thrusters" challenge. I felt cheated he grabbed the Vernors and swapped tanks instead of the Puff. Still, a wonderfully painful watch as always. Keep it up, Reid

[@platyhelminthes2877]

@@SiberCatLP I agree. Using the Vernor really isn't that much different than using any other LF/O Rocket Engine. I was really interested to see what it would take to make the monoprop work. It was definitely possible.

[@chickenzzila]

funny man is back

[@djw7141]

Reid, STOP USING MODS!!! Very poor behaviour. Everyone knows that Dres isn’t real!

[@Staticsceptre]

This comment confuses me. What do you mean when you say: “Everyone knows that Isn’t real!”

[@realfrozenfantail]

Here’s you getting to dres with just rcs whereas I can’t even get a rocket to the mun and back

[@Cm-22000]

Great, now go faster than lightspeed!

[@awilliams1701]

I'm not even convinced that you can get to orbit with RCS. Once in space it's just a matter of patience.

[@awilliams1701]

technically those are no longer RCS thrusters.

[@Fireheart318]

I wonder if you could make a spaceplane using monopropellant RCS. As I understand it, you could save on mass, engines, & lag by not needing to fight gravity as much!

[@tracytron7162]

Maybe try making an accurate, in form, function and scale, Thunderbird 3? It would certainly be fitting for a rescue mission!

[@nickh7856]

Awesome video!

[@Blurgert]

Yay more ksp

[@SimonsAstronomy]

Epic 😂

[@pncka]

My reaction to this video was a very controlled system.

[@Thermaghost_286]

Next: Get into orbit only using fuel drains

[@robertpisarek8012]

4:41 what a line to say

[@OctagonalSquare]

Makes me feel less bad skimping by with RCS because I messed up my delta v budget

[@SpinosaurusStudios_]

KSP VIDEO LETS GOOOO

[@TannerJ07]

I actually thought you were going to release next week, you definitely surprised me!

[@ReidCaptain]

I might do that too, I have another video on my timeline. Ideally I could post at least every other week but it's not always easy anymore

[@JonesCrimson]

Elevator to upper atmosphere to make launch "easier."

[@explosivebro3126]

Once again completely forgot Dres existed

[@AntellPryyde]

I think it would be interesting to see you do like... a lowest number of parts challenge to rescue the next Kerbal, no Kraken drives allowed obviously.

[@ReidCaptain]

Ooo I have a low part rocket video already but maybe I can do something similar

[@DavidiiXV]

Bro really did the "I'll try spinning, that's a good trick"

[@ReidCaptain]

Works in my personal life too

[@TheCraterGames]

As an RSS mod player with over 1500h, stock KSP looks so easy and empty. I was like... "You need like 9500m/s Delta V for orbit, how are you gonna do this", and then I realised, RSS is not a game, it's a mod 😂 Anywho, great vid to watch

[@CyborusYT]

I'm guessing the ship was still going straight even though it's wonky cause RCS will try to adjust thrust levels to stay oriented

[@rtbeerzi]

Get to the moon with Kerbals only. No parts. Can it be done? Can you make a kerbal ladder to the mun? If you can't do it without parts, then try to do it without ejecting any propellant. First thing that comes to mind is propellers and trebuchets... really big ones.

[@rplacefunny7423]

It’s four in the morning and I’m getting oh my pc vibes

[@1987nightrap]

What a way to wake up

[@DevonSelles]

Honestly don't know much about kerbal so I don't know if this suggestion is too easy or utterly impossible, but maybe try saving one of the stranded Kerbals without another Kerbal going onto the plantet/entering its atmosphere

[@Social-g6t]

2nd time posting about raid remembering his password (love your content)

[@sadpluslonely2775]

Ion mission next? Surely that wouldn't be painful and slow at alllllllll (Dear god I wish you luck in leaving atmo) That or a Rapier mission would be interesting

[@alexb-mc4jo]

11:06 how does the ground look realistic when stock no parallax pls answer

[@rayanamy411]

the video in one word: too close

[@therowdyref]

dude made a v2 rocket near the start

[@therussiancato]

an idea: get to somewhere using only 0.625m fuel tanks and 0.625m engines (i dont remember if they're stock or not but do it if they are)

[@ez_theta_z9317]

great video, though you did make it notably more complicated than necessary by launching from a non-equatorial pad

[@ReidCaptain]

Eh doesn't make too much of a difference, I would've needed the refuel anyway

[@sammuson4877]

Nice

[@quinnnorfolk4664]

Try to rescue another kerbal only using the fuel vents.

[@PixelBandith]

Challenge idea: go to the moon but the ship needs to carry 50 kerbals

[@cerberusslavomiraarus1308]

Next video: Minmus with only decouplers

[@furriesinouterspaceUnited]

This is actually really easy, you just change the fuel type to monopropellant for the rocket engines... Oh wait I'm in juno new origins, haha

[@MultiGamerShorts]

U and RCE collab NEEDED

[@tatecrossette2855]

Can you make it to orbit with BIG TREBUCHET?

[@Zech84]

try rescuing a kerbal with 0 intended propulsion methods. no engines, no aerodynamics, just glitches.

[@thewriter3727]

yeah also try rescuing a kerbal with 0 parts, that'd work

[@Zech84]

@@thewriter3727 even better!

[@CaptainAOrange]

Would it be possible to get into orbit in KSP using something like Project Orion?

[@pokeface119]

Imagine using only the largest thruster in the game lol

[@Pawn-0]

Can you save EVERY kerbal in one flight?

[@dyrbr69]

we got some budget cuts for the kerbals

[@ConsumerOfBEANS]

Reid, Reid kerbal legends

[@ThatRandomNeonGuy]

*reads the title* Me: Oh no-

[@Blurgert]

Why do you have parallax and not scatterer?

[@ReidCaptain]

I installed one and then got lazy, I'll get around to installing everything else soon enough

[@Blurgert]

@@ReidCaptain If you don't already you should use ckan to make modding a LOT easier.

[@parkers3250]

ReidCapitan? More like RCSCapitan AAAAAAAAAAAAAH

[@eidis2869]

How many failed ideas does it take until a successful one?

[@Capital_snack69]

Go to the mun with kerbal launchers

[@kcsniperboy7148]

My thoughts when seeing the title of this video. Oh your poor poor pc is gonna really truggle eith this one

[@Jodenis84]

Bro been checking for new video every night haha

[@kirarakurokawa8747]

damn i subbed to you like 2 yearse ago and was my first recomendation in ayear

[@ReidCaptain]

Hey at least you found me again :)

[@Zalera44]

I wanna see the mission stats. How many in game years did this take?

[@Ethan5I5]

Over 800 years

[@felipebr13pr44]

11:27 - 11:34 ⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛

[@Foxxorangee]

oh my god 1 minute ago wtf i just got on yt and here this is

[@ReidCaptain]

Epic

[@Tvfromtpot131]

Yes because you don’t need any fuel to go nowhere

[@Redstonmaster]

Well played, but you can't convince me dres is not real and the footage was filmed at the mun, wake up sheeple

[@Capiosus]

you sound like you would jump for the chicken or the beef

[@RazorRed1251]

887 years by the end of it

[@4Trenchmover]

Is dres a fun destination for you?

[@ReidCaptain]

No

[@zachhuff8169]

*Gets eaten by planet