KSP: Testing and Flying 29 Different Starship Prototypes! (I lost my mind)

I went through a LOT of test vehicles when developing my Starship recreation for a previous video, here is the painful prototyping process.
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• KSP: Recreating the Sp...
Music Attribution:
Winter The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi, by John Harrison CC BY-SA cc license 3.0

[@MattLowne]

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What an amazing comment. Bravo the human race has peaked

[@kaanozturkler6277]

Yes

[@sottyify]

How did u make the engines look like that? The thrust out the back? Which mod?

[@rozlanypyn2049]

@@sottyify waterfall

[@tr4cerrounds]

Rapid unscheduled disassembly: the video

[@HeidenLam]

Or “How Not to Land an Orbital Starship”

[@WhitzWolf92]

Catastrophic Rapid Unplanned/Unscheduled Disassembly (not my joke, someone said it on the KSP subreddit a few years ago)

[@sethjansson5652]

@@HeidenLam I'm anticipating that video from SpaceX...

[@barnabaskral]

Matt Lowne is playing real life in ksp, Elon Musk is playing ksp in real life

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I was hundredth like.

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Im the z137 the like

[@74wf]

Matt musk Elon Lowne

[@svenskahugo3199]

chicken and the egg

[@dustinswatsons9150]

Looks like SpaceX implemented such a nice SAS algorithm

[@LostSonOfPluto]

Matt is a consistent source of "oh boy 3am" moments for me. And I wouldn't have it any other way

[@augustinplagne7543]

This is as funny as " How not to land an orbital rocket booster" . Elon should do a starship version

[@frogsecretaryofswamp452]

After the first crewed starship land

[@Mac33299]

How not to land an interplanetary class spaceship

[@KnightoftheSorryFace]

'100m off the surface' Matt doesn't know the difference between sea-level and ground level confirmed?

[@therookiegamer2727]

timestamp?

[@KnightoftheSorryFace]

@@therookiegamer2727 6:14

[@fribigy47]

Yes

[@Arthur-jx8bm]

"Nonetheless I was satisfied with the result of the SN6 and 7 and obviously all other previous star ships that came before them"... Didn't we just watch all those SN's die miserably apart from SN6 and 7 who also crashed spectacularly?

[@MattLowne]

😎

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:)

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69th like 🪱🪱🪱🪱

[@fribigy47]

Yes

[@goldgamercommenting2990]

@@MattLowne 0:01 you made me died laughing

[@antonloof752]

Whenever i do vertical propulsion landings i set SAS to radial out and then you can make fine adjustments using wasd to cancel out any horisontal velocity

[@manmen9600]

Matt, have you looked at FMRS? it encompasses your method of quicksaving and loading for landing boosters, but allows you to recover the boosters too, by adding the seperated booster back to the main save after landing.

[@ironagent45]

He pretty much always mentions it whenever he does a video like that. He says that he wants to keep the missions stock

[@synthicalmix]

Theorie: Matt's arm got hurt some time ago because he was in a starship explosion...

[@burnee_dragon]

**theory*

[@jasu5650]

mm gramor polis

[@scubaduckk]

yes grammor we love to use grammur

[@Flyguy4500]

@@scubaduckk yes gramer

[@pythontg3474]

@@scubaduckk we are gramers

[@nervun8097]

So that's what you and the bois where doing on VC

[@hey_how_are_ya]

12:29 We can never forget that patreon“M”

[@LSF17]

A Matt Lowne video will NEVER get old!

[@aaronstevens7021]

Use radial out when close to the ground and at low speeds to keep the vehicle upright!

[@gdutfulkbhh7537]

Don’t tell Matt: tell poor old Elon.

[@supercubflyer8962]

That looks fun

[@UnclePie-]

29? Musk is still on rookie numbers then 😁

[@UnclePie-]

@Aiden McCrillis I've lost count of how many SNs I've tried to fly...

[@RailsofForney]

Dude…wow. *DISGUSTED*

[@Wurtoz9643]

Guys we got there eventually.

[@ChevronQ]

This was awesome 😌 More like this please! I love behind the scenes stuff so much 😌

[@n1elkyfan]

I really enjoyed this. Getting to see the behind the scenes and testing of the rocket gave me a nice planet coaster vibe. Still miss watching those.

[@LimeJuice0308]

Commentator: “you don’t pressure Matt” Also commentator: “you better do this Matt!”

[@TrayTerra]

Every bit of this, from the music to the tests and commentary 👏 love it.

[@pixelfencer]

5:04 “SN:17 hit the ground to hard”

[@bertnilsson6441]

This was one of the better videos you have made imo, if you ever create a rocket like this again i’d love to see the same type of video again.

[@zacharykoplin6543]

When you are coming in to land, click Radial Out instead of Stability Assist. It’ll keep it upright and you’ll still be able to control it

[@ZeeroGamingTV]

had to laugh so hard when i saw the title thank you! Also i love four seasons, perfect background music.

[@KnightoftheSorryFace]

Gotta love being an hour late cause your body decided that it wanted 9 hours of sleep and you're still tired when you wake up

[@TheTokuin]

pro-tip, switch stability assist/retrograde for radial out when you are below 100 m/s. That way, if you kill your velocity too early, you won't translate as much and it will be easier to recover. You can also kill translation with rcs in docking mode while pointed radial out.

[@tomvandijk9706]

Lowne aerospace is doing well under the control of this Mattlad

[@nootonian4149]

Yay a nice video to watch while eating dinner

[@Glub009]

I tried making a starship recreation, but yours look so much insanely better.

[@mrchew5326]

I loved the change of format for this video. I thought it was really well done

[@SydamorHD]

So you finally reached the milestone of 420k subs, congrats! ^^

[@Shortcircuit220]

It was a fun video. Would watch again

[@Viraaj1KSP_]

I came back to this video to see that your SN25 made a 99% Orbital Flight Test só maybe Starship 25 and Booster 9 will work as well!

[@matyastorok8624]

Well, it was a ton of fun to watch it live.

[@TaurusSpace]

oh this is gonna be fun to watch :D

[@markos.5539]

This is waay more fun than i thought 😅

[@michaelafton4253]

Matt, I LOVE your videos. There is something I was wondering. Can you maybe try building a death star? (Not to scale of course, that's ludicrous.) I'm not demanding that, not at all. I was just wondering. And o truly do love your videos!

[@sabersight908]

i love that the Prototype faze is its own video xD that explains a lot

[@paulwalsh2344]

Typical awesome Matt LowneX video !

[@derfvcderfvc7317]

The physics in KSP is so good. Those prototypes flew, fell, crashed, and landed almost identical to the real life Starship prototypes.

[@estrogenizedbird9161]

I love hearing you rag on space x

[@robertvogt2855]

Please keep speed running the space race. It is my favorite series!

[@folcr3104]

Love the 9th symphony at the beginning

[@thatoneorion4khd]

Make a giant space station with only sstos,space shuttles and starships

[@gonuhi]

Ayyyyy I join matt discord server I got a notification 1 second before youtube join matts discord server😁😁

[@harshitsrivastava3042]

Ah yes, the best youtuber is ready to lose his mind

[@pv40privatevtol12]

9:43 explosion 💥 again

[@johnburr9463]

Radial out as you approach the ground is a much safer way to land pointing straight up. Even helps when you accidentally start going up again.

[@randomrobloxuploads3153]

Log: SN01 - SN05: Immediate explosion SN06 - SN07: Launch was successful but touched down a little bit hard when landing SN08: Refused to get off the launch pad SN09 - SN11: Launch was successful but inappropriate vertical landing SN12: Successful vertical takeoff and landing SN13: Inappropriate vertical landing SN14: Touched down a little bit hard when landing SN15: Did a flip SN16 - SN17: Touched down a little bit too hard SN18: Incorrect approach, tilted and exploded SN19: Lost velocity and landed a bit too hard SN20 - SN21: Inappropriate vertical landing SN22: Successful vertical takeoff and landing with suspense provided by the audience SN23 - SN24: Touched down a little bit hard (this time with crew) SN25 (Mounted on Superheavy): Lost velocity multiple times and crew had to eject SN26: Touched down a little bit too hard and had crashed onto the headquarters SN27: Touched down a little bit too hard SN28: Looked fine at first but then toppled because of the bouncy landing legs' recoil SN29: First successful hopped attempt with crew please take note I don't play KSP and I'm just casually commenting on this video :)

[@alonsodsoto4466]

10:50 Osama: I have an idea!

[@regentwaynekerr]

I'm convinced one day that Matt will make a space station the size of the mun

[@Avewyowo]

"The brave victe-I mean brave pilots are on board" Sus

[@wikjo3985]

i was there! on discord when you streamed this.

[@bautistamercader4737]

Make a video creating a giant doace station with starship with skylab size modules, given that they have a perfect weight for the starship and it's volum fits perfectly

[@lynxspatial]

I love the vivaldi winter!

[@406]

The brave victe-I mean brave pilots are on board" - Good save.

[@terrencegoens1582]

I use my rudder pedals for my flight Sims to control my rear flaps and use the pitch commands to control the nose cone fins. I've been bale to glide it and begin to fly hopefully will start my own ksp channel soon 😂

[@rastaboy_gamesnstuff7778]

Sub 1 min arrival! Wooot hello from the stubborn USA

[@zulu1]

5:50 me who was in the discord vc during testing: "did it though?"

[@linkink8423]

the way he said -our crew survived '' -but sn10's crew didn't'' -you couldn't argue that they didn't had a crew"'

[@bigdogben]

Why is this my favorite video.

[@DeltaSucks]

This is a visual representation of me trying to do homework when my dad is screaming what's 4x7

[@annamariegretzmier3316]

Ngl I enjoyed this video more than the actual video lol

[@franciscomaio4612]

Did you noticed he said the Jorge Lukas' meme frase : its like poetry it rimes?

[@rbxless]

The brave victims- I mean, brave p-pilots!

[@aurelio3532]

ajahah so many booms! have you ever considered using the joints mod that makes them stronger?

[@zachjackson4129]

i just realized that matt has 420k subs, noice

[@fractalelf7760]

You should have an Elon Kerman test pilot :)

[@masterquacc]

Now you just gotta do this in ksp2

[@castalt7969]

7:54 very agressive flip

[@baddspacesquad]

383 also matt you need to do pre flight tests like static fire cryo proof test ambient pressure tests you also need alot more prototypes and i mean alot more you also need test tanks a tank farm construction site making parts and rings and engines separately like at another location and then bring them like with a car or truck and then stack the parts if you can in game hopefully and have aborts and more but nonetheless you did good

[@superfelix5068]

You should try using radial out. It really helps with the landings.

[@tund7035]

Everyone gangsta until Matt does 29 starships

[@lorisperfetto6021]

It's starship time i guess

[@fearguscasbolt2157]

The choice of music 👌

[@rejeanhorn6304]

Matt you should install RSS RO RP1. It would be great to see you just relearn the game again.

[@fengli3539]

I’m thinking about adding more landing gears to the ship which I think might give it a greater chance lol (imagine what people would’ve said if they saw the whole spaceship coming down to blow them up 10:48 lol) there must be a dozen craters left after the spaceship crashing and a few deaths not counting the astronauts because there might be a few people in the building while pieces of metal hit them in the face from the rocket i’m not telling you what happens if you add too much landing gears

[@fengli3539]

If you add too much land gears you’ll fly back into space by bouncing and fall back to earth not on the landing gear then explode

[@unwoundsteak17]

"hopefully the real SN16 will do better than my SN16 equivalent" well at least the real one is in one piece

[@StarlordMatteo120]

I love how he said around the world tens of people watching him 7:37

[@aurelio3532]

you should try using the radial up for descent after you havve killed all of the horizontal velocity

[@chrisw2301]

I was in the discord call near the end explaining the disasters of the 5 wheeled rover due to lack of symetry

[@thomasdontail8472]

Hello Matt, I'm a French who see a lot of your video, can you explain what you use for the downpart of the shellstarship? If you have mods or a case in the option of ksp to turn on? Thank you for the answer

[@pv40privatevtol12]

6:27 starship explosion 💥

[@zindleethan2061]

Idea for next video is doing the Artimis mission including the lgss and the sls even tho they aren't real yet

[@braylonwilliams2300]

SLS is real already

[@Jaystarzgaming]

The death pogo stick. As soon as the landing gear compresses good bye rocket.

[@Tristan_Gaming_official]

Sn 12 got perfect landing

[@akhtarisatria]

one of the reasons why radial out button is important when landing something vertically

[@cat-nl4sv]

funny how this got recommended to me TODAY.

[@likaofut9530]

sn1 : boom!, after that I have high hopes

[@ThePhantomRocket]

ayy mat if you click the water symbol it changes to your height above terrain instead of sea level

[@Freeflyer91]

When you're at very low speed in the hover, use radial out instead of just stability or retrograde. Saves a lot of RUD ;)

[@smithyMcjoe]

Hahaha, and SpaceX think they've got rapid assembly lines, that was pretty funny. The peanut gallery got a little irritating though, I hope it's just a one off.

[@maxhvlabs5555]

awesome!! i can ask which mod have you installed ? thank you!

[@CreatorBrix]

The superheavy crash’s look so realistic

[@butchmreyes2525]

Good for you 😁

[@Potatas]

After watching this video, I will join Matt's discord.

[@qyrene5196]

do more of this

[@FisTheDucc]

U should press the Radial Button while Landing:D Then the Craft doesnt flip over

[@HowlParanormal]

Sits here- Heat Shield Tiles Wrong Side. whole time XD

[@olsted67]

Indeed. Matt has surly lost his mind.