I've played KSP for many years but for the most part have been confined to Kerbin, Mun, and Minmus so I don't have a lot of experience with interplanetary transfers but I'm trying to break through that and having some difficulties. I do use a number of add-ons such as MechJeb and the addon version of alex's interplanetary transfer calculator.
I want to start with manned flybys in the same vein as the proposed Apollo flybys and I've built my current vessel to give me about 1800 dV and about 200-300 kN of thrust (I've played around with a couple of different engines). I've watched a number of videos and read some tutorials on interplanetary transfers but they're either not very helpful or I've obviously missed something.
My closest success so far has been a flyby of about 11-20 million km from Duna using about 900-1200 dV however I feel completely clueless on how to get back to Kerbin from a flyby or how to get in for a closer flyby. My mission goal with the current vessel is for a Duna flyby of under a million km and then return in a reasonable time back to Kerbin although I want to do it without having to double my current craft.
Suggestions, pointers, etc would be helpful and as I said before I have read and watched a couple of tutorials to get the basics of interplanetary transfers and I've handled hops back and forth between Kerbal, Mun, and Minmus pretty successful for many years now.
Hello,
I've played KSP for many years but for the most part have been confined to Kerbin, Mun, and Minmus so I don't have a lot of experience with interplanetary transfers but I'm trying to break through that and having some difficulties. I do use a number of add-ons such as MechJeb and the addon version of alex's interplanetary transfer calculator.
I want to start with manned flybys in the same vein as the proposed Apollo flybys and I've built my current vessel to give me about 1800 dV and about 200-300 kN of thrust (I've played around with a couple of different engines). I've watched a number of videos and read some tutorials on interplanetary transfers but they're either not very helpful or I've obviously missed something.
My closest success so far has been a flyby of about 11-20 million km from Duna using about 900-1200 dV however I feel completely clueless on how to get back to Kerbin from a flyby or how to get in for a closer flyby. My mission goal with the current vessel is for a Duna flyby of under a million km and then return in a reasonable time back to Kerbin although I want to do it without having to double my current craft.
Suggestions, pointers, etc would be helpful and as I said before I have read and watched a couple of tutorials to get the basics of interplanetary transfers and I've handled hops back and forth between Kerbal, Mun, and Minmus pretty successful for many years now.
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