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  1. On 8/6/2020 at 1:54 AM, KSPOrbiter said:

    I have to say that helped a lot! Still struggling to rendezvous with Mechjeb as the blue marker moves all over the place! However the 15 degree control helped A LOT!

    Stop using the mechjeb docking function. Iits good to use to get close, a kilometer or two.  Then, with the station you are docking with in a desired attitude, start using the built in prograde/radial/normal capabilities with MANUAL docking thrust.

    for the ISS  and MIR stations I have in orbit, I just let mechjeb get me close and then I switch to forward control and radial  facing + using smart as so I can also set a roll angle. Everything is squared up for you and docking is a breeze.  Remember to maintain control from cockpit and not the docking port.

  2. Jeb stops by for some freeze-dried Pelmeni...

    Try as I did, I was just never able to get the MIR components into orbit with Kopernicus/JNSQ so hyper edit to the rescue.  I did take the docking module up and put on the finishing touches legit using the arm.  I am still suffering the after effects of motion sickness that the oscillations induced... but I did it.  The module rode up to orbit with me, I FINALLY figured out how to latch something with the arm and installed it on the shuttles APAS system and then maneuvered the whole shebang and docked with MIR.

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  3. A request... if anyone does have this mod working and can provide some insights. The interface I see with KIS/KAS is nothing like the one in the video, I can't assemble.

    For reference... KSP 1.8.1 (Versioning has me a little confused because I see indications that it may work in 1.8.1 as well as 1.10 being required)

    ASET_PRC-1.8.0-0.0.1.zip

    
      "KSP_VERSION_MIN":
      {
        "MAJOR":1,
        "MINOR":7,
        "PATCH":1
      }

     

     

    Knowing that somebody will tell me that I should try it in 1.10, I downloaded the most current version and popped it in with all the latest KIS, KAS and MM into a clean version of 1.10, no other mods.

    Meet Darth Jeb, sith lord.

    This is how the frame looks when "carried".

     

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  4. Hi @kerbal01,

    That's an old trick from shuttle past that I have applied to Benjee's masterpiece with success.  My issue with MechJeb and shuttles in particular (Not just SOCK but anything with eccentric thrust) is that they do not maintain course on the blue maneuver node.  Take a "soup can" to orbit that is entirely symmetrical and there are no issues. Take a shuttle and as you near the end of a burn the craft is pitching up (relative to the shuttles own frame of reference) HARD.  This behavior is only seen in shuttles/eccentric thrust craft in my experience.  It's all about the maneuver node.  Just do manual burns with the craft locked on prograde, retrograde or normal and there is no "chasing", it just holds solid as a rock.  So, it is all about the maneuver node.

    I loaded in Throttle Controlled avionics and it was interesting to see how that author coded things.  It is very precise on maneuver nodes at the expense of the thrust being modulated ALOT.

  5. @benjee10, Thank you for the clarification.  Now can you send some luck my way? I've even tried setting up some default arm positions in the VAB to stab the port about as perfectly as it can be stabbed and still no luck.  I'm sure I'll have an "AHA!" moment here soon enough.

    Any chance you might be on good terms with sarbian?  He's got a plug in from days of old that would auto trim gimbals.  I remember back when the KSO shuttle was a thing and it had really nice orbital maneuvering characteristics.  I believe it was from a plugin by dtobi who handed it off to him.

    And just out of curiosity... control from the docking port is not possible.  This makes the docking port alignment indicator not workable.  I have gotten very good at manual docking by eyball (I owe you great thanks for that).  Any chance that could be worked in so that we can use the port as a control point or just not going to happen?

    Most of all...

    I know all of this is modding stuff is sooo easy for those of us who just sit and "consume".  Many thanks to you and all the modders who have the skill and will to make KSP such a great experience.

     

     

  6. Good morning and Happy 4th of July!

    Using the shuttle in 1.8.1.  Flames for the engines appear about 50 to 60 feet (in real shuttle terms) forward of their intended positions.  They are glowing away in my cargo bay.  Known issue?  Something I screwed up?  Absolute mystery?

     

    Also, with this particular shuttle, MechJeb stats ascent on what looks to be about a 45° orbital inclination.  Also known issue?

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