Going the Distance.

Rick6549

Rick6549
Well, I guess im really doing it.


I will be cirumnavigating biggest landable planet we have found so far. It is a 25 thousand kilometer trip, and im doing it all in the SRV.

The planet is in the system EOL PROU HR-U D3-2494, body 3. It is a bright icy planet with lots of small mountains, and large craters dotted around it's surface. Being so big, it does have some pull, 3.84g of gravity, so grip wont be a problem, but getting any height and going up hills will be. The maximum slope you can drive up without stopping is 13 degrees, so any tall mountains will need a detour.

Ive made about 200km so far, only 25 thousand more to go.

I will be giving updates any time I make some progress, and will also be taking pictures to document my journey.

It'll be a long trip, it will be hard not to leave at some point, but even though I've only been at it for 200km, it already feels like home.
 
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Caliber_az

Caliber_az
Good luck Rick. With almost 4 G's you wont doing much flyving, wheels on the ground all the way. If you can manage 100 KPH then it will only take you 250 hours of driving. I will be checking here often as I love circumnavigating planets myself but never attempted one with that many G's. you doing north/south or equilateral or some other path?

I am out in the black exploring but if the planet isn't too far away and you on PC I may drop in can tag along for a few hours, Won't be for a week or so though.

Caliber
 

Rick6549

Rick6549
Ezren said:
In other, unrelated news, I'm taking a Beluga to that planet to body-slam an SRV in an act of poetic tragedy.
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Im 22k ly away from the bubble, that should give me some time to prepare ;)
Caliber_az said:
Good luck Rick. With almost 4 G's you wont doing much flyving, wheels on the ground all the way. If you can manage 100 KPH then it will only take you 250 hours of driving. I will be checking here often as I love circumnavigating planets myself but never attempted one with that many G's. you doing north/south or equilateral or some other path?

I am out in the black exploring but if the planet isn't too far away and you on PC I may drop in can tag along for a few hours, Won't be for a week or so though.

Caliber
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Yes, north-south for me ! Its easier that way.
 

HAMM3R

HAMM3R
I met this craz... brave person earlier and we drove together for a bit. It's always fun to floor it on these high G planets.

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