landing gear steering and throttle control problem

[Michel Bartolone]

I searched but didn't see anything similar in the forums. I've got a jet powered surface vehicle using the first landing gear set...one steerable front wheel and two fixed rear wheels, and a single jet engine. Some of the time throttle control and steering work, some of the time they don't...no steering, and only full throttle or no throttle. I've had all 4 of the first kerbonauts drive it successfully, and yet other times, using the same vehicle, I've got only full throttle or no throttle, and no steering. Has anyone else seen this? I'm not running any aircraft mods at all. I've only seen this on ksp 1.8+ with the latest Breaking Ground.

[Cavscout74]

Sounds like you don't have full control - which either requires  a pilot or a probe core with power and a comm connection back to KSC.   Only Jeb & Val of the first 4 are pilots.  

Edit:  With partial control, you have 0 or 100% throttle & can only use SAS to hold or set one of the available cardinal directions (pro/retrograde, radial in/out, etc)

Edited October 31, 2019 by Cavscout74

[Michel Bartolone]

How can you not have full control of a vessel on the ground at the KSC?