Seems pretty neat, and I will be trying this out at some point. Are there any minichanners who enjoy launching kerbals into space? Should I see if a minichan server is possible?
squeegee joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 1 hour later, 4 hours after the original post[^][v]#478,713
let's build minichanopolis in space
Catherine !TGirlYJKXM joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 3 hours later, 7 hours after the original post[^][v]#478,734
A shame that this game requires a rocket scientist.
r04r (OP) replied with this 12 years ago, 12 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^][v]#478,736
@previous (Catherine !TGirlYJKXM)
It's not that hard. Install mechjeb and watch what it does.
squeegee !first/o5zA joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 3 hours later, 11 hours after the original post[^][v]#478,788
@previous (r04r)
yeah. also it's not hard to do most things once you learn when to do them.
there's, like, 3 things you can do.
you can burn in the direction you're already headed,
you can burn in the opposite direction you're headed,
and you can burn perpendicularly to the direction you're headed.
that's it.
when you do one of those things you alter your course by making your orbit either more egg shaped, or more circular.
launching into orbit is also easy, you build a simple 2 state rocket out of 7 parts and launch it.
at 10km roll to a 45 degree incline bearing 90 degrees (east).
cut engines when your apoapsis rises to above 70km on your minimap.
after coasting to the apoapsis burn prograde (in the direction you're already headed) to circularize your orbit around the planet.
that's it.
it's not hard
Lore joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 35 minutes later, 12 hours after the original post[^][v]#478,797
@478,734 (Catherine !TGirlYJKXM)
yeah it's a silly game that throws a lot of data at you is all
r04r (OP) replied with this 12 years ago, 1 hour later, 14 hours after the original post[^][v]#478,810
@478,788 (squeegee !first/o5zA)
And now describe an orbital rendevouz :P
squeegee replied with this 12 years ago, 2 hours later, 16 hours after the original post[^][v]#478,819
@previous (r04r)
those are killer. but i bet the tweaks they made to the stabilizer system make it a bit easier on final approach. but still it's hard to not just circle your target.
mech jeb really is a great mod, it makes rendevouz less impossible. figuring the launch window is hard in and of itself, actually.
r04r (OP) replied with this 12 years ago, 1 hour later, 17 hours after the original post[^][v]#478,831
@previous (squeegee)
The main issue I've been having with the rendevous is matching up the location of the intercept. Such a cunt.
Anyway lately I've been playing with the translatron in mechjeb, and it's great. It can hold your spacecraft at a specified altitude, and optionally kill any horizontal momentum. I've been using it together with the Kerbal Attachment System mod that adds winches for a towship, collecting any and all debris that I littered throughout the solar system and bring it back to kerbin.
It also lets you build using the smaller parts from EVA, letting you attach them to each other etc. Made a start on a nice little mun base that is actually attached to the surface of the mun (to little effect, though i suppose it makes it less likely to topple over once i start building up)
Anonymous B replied with this 12 years ago, 12 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#478,961
@previous (r04r)
Do you recommend playing without mods first?
r04r (OP) replied with this 12 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#478,963