Dan Kerman Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Just a quick hello to my new and fellow Kermanians... Always been a space flight NASA fan since I was a little kid. I still remember watching Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on TV for the first moon landing. Wrote my high school physics paper on NASA moon project. A- Now watch NASA TV on a regular basis... And now Kerbal! I'm going thru the training scenarios.. "To the Mun" right now.. stuck on one of the concepts of orbital insertion but I have some forum reading to do as I'm sure there is a better explanation. Happy Orbiting! Dan Kerman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Howdy @Dan Kerman The tutorials are not the best. If you can't find what you're looking for, just ask! Someone will be along to help in no time. Happy crashing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Welcome! The Science forum usually has links to livestreams of current (real life) launches, too, which is always useful (particularly for non_NASA launches). https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/forum/44-science-spaceflight/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Kerman Posted November 29, 2018 Author Share Posted November 29, 2018 After watching a couple of tutorials.. their not bad really... they get you going in the right direction.. I saw what I was doing wrong. My trans Muna trajectory wasn't bringing me in close enough to get Muna SOI. Once I adjusted for that, I was able to easily get Muna orbital insertion completed. That's todays accomplishment... tomorrow, Muna landing. Or maybe later... today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 The hardest thing is probably orbital rendezvous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 (edited) Welcome, @Dan Kerman! 9 hours ago, tater said: The hardest thing is probably orbital rendezvous. Yep. It took me WEEKS and a lot of grief to figure that out. I had to make a thread to get help: Edited November 30, 2018 by RealKerbal3x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Kerman Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 Only took me four tries to get stick a landing... definitely takes practice. Managed to depart and return to Kerbal on the second try. It's coming along. Tried the orbital rendezvous twice... so far, going to need more practice. I got the orbital inclination transition but adjusting orbital height to meet the other ship... not so much. My wife thinks I'm nerding out but that's my natural state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vexillar Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Welcome @Dan Kerman! Rendezvous and docking were the hardest for me, too, at first. Landing took a bit of trial and error to get the fuel loads right, but like you I was a kid during the Apollo programme, so some of that childhood fascination for spacecraft seems to help in eyeballing a workable design. Oh - and that I grew up with Lunar Lander as one of the few computer games of its time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Kerman Posted December 1, 2018 Author Share Posted December 1, 2018 I saw a version of Luna Lander recently... it was fun to play tho simplistic and 2d. Had to take what you could get with a 80386 on DOS 3.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbinchaser Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 On 11/29/2018 at 11:19 AM, Dan Kerman said: Just a quick hello to my new and fellow Kermanians... Always been a space flight NASA fan since I was a little kid. I still remember watching Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on TV for the first moon landing. Wrote my high school physics paper on NASA moon project. A- Now watch NASA TV on a regular basis... And now Kerbal! I'm going thru the training scenarios.. "To the Mun" right now.. stuck on one of the concepts of orbital insertion but I have some forum reading to do as I'm sure there is a better explanation. Happy Orbiting! Dan Kerman Welcome to the Forums! As Geonvast said, the in-game tutorials aren't the best, so check out the "tutorials" section of the forum in case you have any questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Kerman Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share Posted December 3, 2018 Thanks for the suggestions... working on docking atm. Managed to dock in the training scenario on the 5th try or so. Wanted to rip my eyeballs out! Back at it this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chel Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Oooh, new user. Welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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