Um, Ike? Could you scooch over a bit?

[Dizzle]

So I'm orbiting Duna at around 180km, and I'm ready to return to Kerbin. The problem is, every time I try to burn (luckily I have a quicksave), I end up with an Ike encounter and I can't see where it's going. By the time I can see the trajectory again, it's almost as low as Eve. Is there a way for it to display past the Ike encounter? Even worse, I'm worried that at a speed capable of returning to Kerbin I'd end up impacting with Ike.

Edited November 21, 2013 by Dizzle

[Enigma179]

You can change the conics so you can predict past the Ike encounter. Alternatively wait a couple of orbits then burn, so Ike is behind you as you leave. Alternatively do the math and figure out how to save a bit of fuel with a gravity assist through Ike.

[Scotius]

Just wait a day or two Or, if you have spare fuel go for Ike slingshot - and correct your trajectory after leaving Ike's SoI. This far away from the Kerbol it should be dV cheap.

[SuperBigD60]

I've not seen it done with Ike and Duna, but didn't Scott Manley do a vid on how a Munar assist takes more fuel to get to interplanetary space?

[Dizzle]

You can change the conics so you can predict past the Ike encounter.

This would be the place to start. How do I do this? Thanks for the reply.

[arq]

In the config file in your KSP directory, there is something like a "conic draw limit" that determines how many encounters it is allowed to draw. Increase this number.

[Specialist290]

If you're going to change your conic draw limit, what you'll want to do is find the line in your settings.cfg file in the main game directory that has something like "CONIC_PATCH_LIMIT = 3" (at least, I believe 3 is the default) and change the number to something higher. That will affect the number of Sphere of Influence transitions the game draws the orbit through.

As for collision woes: As long as it displays a periapsis indicator in the Ike SoI phase of the orbit trajectory, you should be safe

[Dizzle]

Ah, thanks guys, this helps a lot. Calling this one answered.

[Turvok]

Alternatively you can change your orbit to lower or higher (circulize it I think) and that will change your orbit period so u are less likely for the ike encounter. If u happen to get an encounter still then just wait 1 orbit and try again. Jus an alternative way of doing it.