mbrittb00

Ok I've got a slightly different question but on the same subject. I've got a different probe headed to Eve, and I can't seem to figure out which way to burn to get my Periapsis down to the point where I can try aerobreaking. How do you know which way to burn?

Career mode.

Sorry, yes, periapsis, got those backwards. Understood. Aerobreaking obvously won't rais the apoapsis. I can play the trial and error game. I've just seen comments from people that the calculator that I linked to has been very successful, and I was more trying to figure out if I was doing something wrong with the results it was giving me. Also, I don't think the MechJeb I have has a landing mode as suggested by MicroMars. I may need to update.

I've just recently started to fly probes interplanetary and was wanting to try aero-breaking or more to the point aero-capture to capture the probe into an orbit around my target planet. I had found the following calculator on the web, but unfortunately haven't been able to get a successful aero-capture. While I am flying through the atmosphere my Periapsis starts falling, and in the end my Apoapsis ends up in the planet rather than at my desired altitude. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong. I've been trying this on an entry to Duna. My problem may be my relative inclination. It is rather high as I had forgotten to adjust it mid-course. http://alterbaron.github.io/ksp_aerocalc/?inputDir=prograde Any suggestions / info on how to use this calculator would be greatly appreciated. Thanks,