Who said Ion engines were boring?

[@pedro16797]

7 years and this has aged so damn well, this video keeps bringing me back to when I started playing KSP and when my love for space started, and now I'm a developer for a space game and part of a CubeSat design team, so much happened in this 7 years... Thanks for the inspiration :)

[@CupcakesLanders]

My pleasure.

[@mightyben4310]

@@CupcakesLandersyes

[@Thee_Sinner]

This was was in my recommended under "Popular Music" next to 5 other 100-900m view music videos lol

[@CupcakesLanders]

Come for the music, stay for the dropships. ;)

[@galacticearth4187]

@@CupcakesLanders I find it is the other way around. (:

[@lordilluminati5836]

damm you and your sticky, awesome funk

[@CupcakesLanders]

+patricio torre It's all about that bass. ;)

[@Jeffrythesheep1]

+Cupcake Landers Macey Dean Much? Not saying you stole the Ideas, but are these inspired by his Mosquito Light Attack Craft? They look similar and I do love me some Macey Dean. Also, you videos are FUCKING AWESOME and you should make more.

[@CupcakesLanders]

I have to confess I've never watched Macy Dean, this is the ship that inspired me directly: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5fHfmh6epaGrNE

[@Jeffrythesheep1]

Cupcake Landers K den, it just looks like a Mosquito Mk.5 i believe.

[@lordilluminati5836]

Jacob Gullick sticky as in it gets stuck in your head...

[@noahb350]

landing and docking two ships at once? You absolute madlad

[@BesttBi]

I love your videos so very much. The adventure... taking off, having a blast, and returning home. Wonderful.

[@CupcakesLanders]

Cheers! :D

[@io6741]

Does it really use XL solar panels as landing skids?

[@CupcakesLanders]

Le Derp Français Perhaps not what the manufacturers had in mind, but yes it does. :)

[@kaza2841]

Il ne le fait pas. Si tu fait attention en regardant, quand il est dans un vaisseau l'autre ne tourne pas et ne change pas la puissance de ses moteurs. Il alterne juste entre les deux quand ce n'est pas a l'image ^^

[@impostrous]

The point is that you don't need 2×0,3 tons of non-neccessary mass

[@TetyLike3]

Cupcake Landers Well they better be cheaper than the structural steel bars!

[@harrier827]

Cupcake Landers how do you only have 20,000 subs?

[@Ezis9]

In the short time that I've been subscribed to you, I've seen your video's cinematic quality improve to a point where I would now argue that, with this video, you have entered your prime: The composition of the shots, for example 3:14 where the Ion engines almost seem to join the stars, and the ironing out of the rough edges, most noticeably fading the video out before hitting the zoom-out limit at the end, all ad up to the perfect video for the style it is made in. It also means that I enjoy your videos now more than ever! ^.^ Keep up the good work! ;)

[@CupcakesLanders]

That's great to hear, thankyou. :D

[@RickyC0626]

This gives a Guardians of the Galaxy vibe with all the funk.

[@Ownxer]

Yeah it does!

[@midnighthusky387]

Yea

[@ripley2075]

Your skill is unreal, docking those two at the same time was very impressive

[@CupcakesLanders]

The Collector I have to admit I had a bit of help from Mechjeb! Thanks to the docking module I only had to pilot the one ship. :P

[@54Immortal]

The combination of music and editing in this is brilliant.

[@AntonioBarba_TheKaneB]

that double docking... :O

[@jeffisthenamemethisthegame7906]

+Antonio Barba Mechjeb :p

[@federicoparres8036]

Impressive camera work sir! Making it look as if both crafts are being controlled is no small feat! And the music is great

[@CupcakesLanders]

+Federico Parres Thanks very much! :D

[@Lightzy1]

This was honestly one of the most beautiful, emotional videos I've seen my entire life

[@CupcakesLanders]

That's lovey to hear, thank you! Here are some other vids you might enjoy: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHfbhZmKhtyJadU kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZ7XmGiBrNtphcU

[@peter-andrepliassov4489]

Disco. God damn it, Lewis.

[@KmF0X]

Wow, just awsome ! The last time i used Ion Engines, it was for a Minumus VTOL Rover ! PS : That's a Kerbal way of landing !

[@bistro4]

I haven't been this emotional about Kerbal Space Program since I landed on the Mun for the very first time.

[@Alonkr]

3:50 - Showoff! :) I love how you work the camera so it seems like you control several ships at the same time. Great work!

[@CupcakesLanders]

Thankyou! I should mention I had a bit of help from Mechjeb on this one.

[@Edinstvo-The-Astral-Wolf]

That was probably the best presentation to a video game I have ever seen. marvelous job.

[@CupcakesLanders]

+Unity Cmdr. Humphrey M. Dimitrov (Green Star the Unity Wolf) Thanks man! :D

[@Edinstvo-The-Astral-Wolf]

Cupcake Landers Hahaha no problem bro. :3 It was extremely well done. Pleasure to meet a fellow youtuber.

[@glaheramatebi]

These are some good quality videos that need more attention

[@GambiarrasDeUmDev]

Very nice video, well made, nice music selection, nice ship designs :) Awesome!

[@CupcakesLanders]

Gabriel Saraiva Thanks man! I did a follow up video featuring a new version of this craft not so long ago, hope you enjoy it too. :)

[@thisnamehasnoreason]

The creativity in these crafts makes me want to start a whole new career and just see what i can build, your crafts are really neat

[@CupcakesLanders]

Cheers!

[@Quantiad]

The best KSP video I've ever seen. Great job!

[@DanialRasha]

Impressive as always, good design, fantastic piloting and resourcefulness

[@CupcakesLanders]

Thank you!

[@racerboyeddie]

This is the best produced videos I have seen on KZbin in a while! Well Done!

[@CupcakesLanders]

Ed Thanks man!

[@cooladada]

dude wtf! I was mindblown be the quality of this video, wtf! #subbed4lyf

[@knutkloster2003]

this is beautiful...

[@CupcakesLanders]

Aaron Packer So are your pecks.

[@Ace-gi8pf]

It's youtubers like this that make life so much better than before.

[@tubeannoy]

This just might be one of the best KSP videos available.

[@jez5855]

wow this is brilliant. i've never really thought that these ion engines were in any way useful, after looking at their specs in game. but this vid just inspired me to make an ion engine powered light ship.

[@CupcakesLanders]

+Jez If you're destination is Minmus, Gilly, Pol or Bop they work a treat. :)

[@DocM221]

I really like the design takeback to the Hopper, great work cupcake!

[@CupcakesLanders]

Glad you remember! :)

[@dave69uk]

That was some tricky docking - two landers at once. Another first I've seen on your channel.... :-)

[@CupcakesLanders]

dave69uk I'm afraid I can't take credit for this one, Mechjeb was flying the lead vessel.

[@LRC2322]

entire KSP community: ION engines are complete trash!!!!!! Cupcake Landers: Hold my struts.

[@gavinhopkins9948]

The music choice was fucking perfect I salute you, you genius​

[@vaos3712]

Lol that landing was a little rough. XD Very cool video! I have to ask though. How many air intakes did you use for the turbo jet? Out of curiosity? :)

[@mazack00]

Dude, you can download the craft yourself and find out. He's been building ships with clipped together parts for ages but they're unmatched in appearance and performance for stock. No need to try and berate the guy for air hogging.

[@mariohernandez1111]

mazack00 Shit, that dude is Vaos. Check out his channel. It's epic!

[@mazack00]

Vaos copies a lot of famous old-school designers. Not to poo-poo his work, but I've been watching him a long time and he has no place to criticize people for something like their air intake count.

[@mariohernandez1111]

mazack00 But he is NOT criticizing the work of Cupcake. They have different points of view. He respects doing air hogging, because in fact, he did air hogging in his first aircrafts.

[@mazack00]

You speak for him?

[@lucas13flu]

This is such high quality, I can't take it!

[@AkouBudo]

I know this video is old but wow great job on the quality of the whole thing. Your ship designs are awesome. I haven't seen anyone come up with anything like the stuff you made. I have watched some of you other videos and was a insta-sub!

[@CupcakesLanders]

Thanks very much! Oh, and welcome aboard!

[@Alaska1925]

Hehe, Squad... I know, people wouldn't even use these engines if they were thousands of times less powerful. Like they should be! I think they made the right decision anyway. They still take lots of electricity to operate, their Isp is the highest in the game and their thrust is still the lowest. Now I just need Squad to make the ant engines able to use monopropellant, and we're set :)

[@svsc89]

just change the propellant in the config file of the engine to mono propellant. and you are set, just copy paste the engine out and rename it befor editing. if you don´t wanna overwrite the vanilla engine :) use notepad or something similar to edit

[@Gruvmpy]

Loving the tunes!

[@CupcakesLanders]

Disco music is so great to edit to! :)

[@lonesurvivor7429]

wow that was amazing keep up the the great work

[@iCal411]

You have inspired me. ONWARDS! TO THE VAB AND VICTORY!

[@teinella4990]

Hi cup, great as always. I actually like the name to since those moth gather around the pale light of ions engines. They seems to burn their wings during landing though x).

[@CupcakesLanders]

They um... Do, yes... :P

[@Darklaser72]

Awesome video, man! Honestly the music made it so much more entertaining!!! ;D

[@CupcakesLanders]

It's a great track isn't it? I should be using non copyright stuff but it just doesn't sound as good.

[@Darklaser72]

Cupcake Landers Right?!

[@nickkapiskis8872]

Holy smokes, this is some high quality stuff!

[@JosephK42]

Love the video, the craft and of course, the song!

[@CupcakesLanders]

It's a great track, I'm not sure if it was a hit for her or not.

[@lsswappedcessna]

This video was an instant classic

[@Kolebeer]

My favourite short film of 2014.

[@matthewsvat7901]

That was so fun to watch. Even with your damn Ion engines.

[@combativeThinker]

The design of that turbojet tug reminded me a lot of Eggman's machines in Sonic Adventure, particularly E-101 Beta.

[@gierdziui9003]

This music + nostalgia IM NOT CRYING YOURE CRYING!

[@Thelegenderyhero]

Wow the landers are very impressive. But the SSTO carrying them is even better 6 ton payload aint bad for something of it size also have you considered a mod by the name of Burn Together? You can use it to well, burn two crafts at the same time.

[@CupcakesLanders]

Burn together does look quite cool, I'll have to give it a go. Glad you like the SSTO. It can lift quite a bit because it's basically just jet fuel, an engine and a probe core. It relies on the landers to get it into orbit (or not) and to turn using their reaction wheels. :)

[@fredricktm8221]

Hello! That is a very cool design, and it is awesome the way it looks. Sleek, and efficient. I am launching my first Ion mission now, but I'm having difficulties getting it up. I'm using my SSTO that I recently have built, and it is a real pain. Also, I only just now discovered it can orbit.

[@CupcakesLanders]

Roblox Gaming Hope you enjoy it, I've been meaning to do another video of it for a while now. :)

[@fredricktm8221]

Cupcake Landers Also, my name doesnt mean i just play Roblox ;3 I hope you make another video. You're really cool.

[@CupcakesLanders]

Roblox Gaming Thanks man! I've gotta have a bit of a break from KSP but I'll have some videos to release by the time version 1.0 hits. ;)

[@fredricktm8221]

Cupcake Landers Take your time. I can wait. ;3 Can't wait for the next update! Especially fixing some of the Krackens.

[@nickgirard9018]

Roblox Gaming When we play KSP we try to avoid saying we have problems getting things to orbit, but "I'm having difficulty getting it up." is an "Oh really? interjection waiting to happen.

[@imk2vin]

These videos makes salt water dwell in my eyes. So beautiful.

[@CupcakesLanders]

As long as they're happy tears.

[@imk2vin]

Only the happiest. Only the happiest sir.

[@lonesurvivor7429]

same

[@FASELstudios]

Hey cups! video is not availible in germany. but its great like always.

[@RyanLynch1]

I like the music. and it's not darude sandstorm.

[@P43L1j0]

Omg! I stop to see the video and starts to dance like crazy at my room... lol

[@mekanik187]

hey man i did this thing with RPM and hull cam mods where i had 3 monitors and 3 cams so i could get a front and side view from inside the capsule... anyway i had them lined up where it actually looked like front windows... good job man

[@CupcakesLanders]

You'll have to excuse my ignorance but what's RPM? :P

[@mekanik187]

raster prop moniotr. it makes your screens in the capsule work

[@CupcakesLanders]

Ah right, thankyou. :)

[@SporeZoo]

Mesmerising

[@bluedragon807]

very cool mission, and that music was awesome :)

[@SameBasicRiff]

I seriously like the cut of your jib, sir!

[@CupcakesLanders]

How splendid!

[@WhaleGamesChannel]

The new Ion engines were always great, I've built many spaceplanes with them. The fuel is also very lightweight, which is great

[@CupcakesLanders]

They are good, I'm gonna start using them a lot more often now.

[@jouzallie]

most inspiring ksp video i have ever seen

[@CupcakesLanders]

Cheers!

[@chevycamaro-rp6tr]

why hasnt youtube recommended me to you! i love this stuff

[@swagswagify]

Great Video

[@Killer9010]

Fun kerble video!

[@kllthgvrmntr]

Dude, that's awwesome!

[@CupcakesLanders]

+Ruslan Axentiev You guys look scary!

[@kkme7]

Really nice design and video! But I somehow have the idea that these were not built with landing on kerbin in mind XD

[@CupcakesLanders]

They can land on Kerbin, just not in one piece. :P

[@rexscates]

INCREDIBLE!!!!

[@WoollyMittens]

Magnificent!

[@CJ261986]

Nice work bud,I think I'm gonna start playing KSP again! :)

[@kingflynxi9420]

So upbeat! :D

[@karamerspacetv9110]

I love this story.

[@trevorsproston9452]

groovy man, Love it.

[@CupcakesLanders]

Cheers!

[@SupereagleChannel]

The last minute should be the intro to a KSP drama/sci-fi show.

[@jasonsaj.3]

How do you do those camera angles? In KSP

[@yuenglingking]

what texture packs or part packs are in this vid? are they .4 playable?

[@volkkeslate]

+yuenglingking It's all stock KSP

[@50Banana]

+yuenglingking EVE mod. It's up to current.

[@hebrux]

How did you control 2 ships?

[@RoboKestrel]

Really impressive. How does it hold up in 1.0+ or with FAR installed? Any challenges getting them out of the atmosphere?

[@CupcakesLanders]

RoboKestrel I've built a new version for 1.0, no jet launcher included though. :P

[@TurkishRepublicanX]

AWESOME!

[@CupcakesLanders]

***** Thanks very much!

[@firstnamelastname9615]

Thank you for this video

[@koshu4]

Which mod is providing that Intake Air gauge?

[@CupcakesLanders]

It used to be stock, this is an old version of KSP.

[@nataliagarcia5668]

nice video production!

[@nobob8564]

Wouldn't the aero forces tear those solar panels apart at 40km at that speed? Did you turn off aero forces to do this vid?

[@CupcakesLanders]

This was shot before heating damage was implemented.

[@kujaql.4337]

Awesome

[@diamondhawk7427]

A very Kerbal landing... EDIT: 5:00

[@Peggertofficial]

man I love your music taste hahaha

[@GreyKnightsVenerable]

I was watching this, and I thought, “wait, am I subscribed to this person?” And I checked, resulting in a negative on that, so I quickly subbed, I guess I was too busy watching your vids to remember to sub 😋

[@CupcakesLanders]

Welcome aboard! :D

[@legitscoper3259]

How to open all panels at once? (Wich key ?)

[@CupcakesLanders]

Sorry dude, this craft was taken out of service some time ago.

[@legitscoper3259]

Cupcake Landers I meant the solar panels... how to open them all In the same time, how did you do that ? By the way *you are great!*

[@CupcakesLanders]

You can use action groups to deploy all the panels at once.

[@legitscoper3259]

Cupcake Landers Oh, really ? Didn't know that... thanks... Why you don't make a video in with you show tipps and tricks in the game for an better and easier gaming experience. (No mods of course)

[@CupcakesLanders]

I’m sure there are some out there already, try ksp action group tutorial.

[@sy-uu3hz]

that docking was some interstellar type shit. 👏👏👏👏👏

[@keithwoodrow3520]

at 2:50 i thought the Kerbal was going to kill that other Kerbal

[@CupcakesLanders]

Keith Woodrow Do Kerbals suffer from road rage?

[@paxrew]

much Guardians of the Galaxy vibe, I LOVE IT!

[@darthvader0219]

How do you control 2 craft at once?

[@CupcakesLanders]

Force powers. Failing that one of the crafts was flying Mechjeb.

[@forkylol1x189]

The song made this more epic

[@mlc1503]

like for the music selection, cool video :)

[@ThorusCZ]

Wow how did you re-enter without burning down?

[@CupcakesLanders]

This was before they added reentry heat to the game.

[@ThorusCZ]

@@CupcakesLanders Oh, thanks. I did not know it was added in an update.

[@MrInfernoblade10]

Funkin awesome!

[@TetyLike3]

The Moth dropships actually look like a Firespray-31 from Star Wars XD

[@hedgehogevader530]

Somehow an old-school music could fit in a space exploration footage...

[@MackieLevyn]

Thats nuts

[@AngryCassowary]

look at those old models... I forgot how different KSP looked before they redid all of the models (almost)

[@CupcakesLanders]

I kind of miss the old versions in some ways but overall the newest ones are far superior.

[@StormSilvawalker]

2 thermal generators in the game will run one ion engine try to get an ssto to land on eyloo with a few ion engines and regular ones for extra thrust

[@CupcakesLanders]

Nooby Games I think once 1.0 rolls around I'm going to create a new version of the Moth that trades in the heavy Mk2/1 adaptor for more useful things like RTGs and xenon. ;)

[@StormSilvawalker]

cool make it available for download if you do that you are like the Lamborghini of ksp