Canaan

Thanks a lot, everyone! Ever have I just only been a tinkerer with the game, though, never able to devote any real time to it. It was just late last year that I was able to finally land on the Mun (without cheating! )! My main interest in the game has always been building ultra-advanced aircraft, especially of the VTOL variety. I've gotten my skills up to the point in this endeavor to where I have been able to build this really scarily efficient and fast swept-wing design that has range enough to fly about a full quarter around the globe. I've been able to land on several very distant islands and all sorts of cool stuff. My flight skills with the craft are that I am able to land right back in front of the hangar with its nose just inches from the door when I come to a stop. My goal with this guy is to setup some kind of chain network around the globe, so I can land, refuel and explore onward and further. To that end, I am playing the game in 'Sandbox' mode on 'Normal' difficulty. I'll give the advanced grabbing claw a go for refueling attempts. As I remember though, I couldn't get it to work from a rover mount (I got this big idea to go clean up debris once ). Maybe with all of the updates that have come down the pipe between now and back then, maybe it'll work now. Also, I've never used any mods. Tried a couple but wasn't able to get them to install correctly, or something, because none of them ever seemed to work. So I have just always played the game in 'out-of-the-box' mode. I find it satisfying enough to play it that way, but I would like to explore some of the mods. Autopilot for instance, would be especially nice! At least for altitude control, anyway! Thanks for all your answers, guys! This seems like a great community!

Alright, I'm trying to mount a world exploration on the Kerbals' home world. I have decided I want to do it solely with aircraft. What I want to ask then, is there some way to refuel aircraft after you've landed them? Anybody who's played the game for very long, will know trying to get docking ports to match and lock while you're landed on Kerbin can be a real chore. Is there an easier way? Also, I've tried all sorts of different things to refuel my jet at the space center. I've parked close to the big tank behind the hangar, tried pulling up to the hangar doors, and clicked all over the place when I did. I even got out of the aircraft with my Kerbins and tried exploring around with them, to see if I could get something to activate. Is there no way to refuel your jets at the space center? Because, like, otherwise, the only way I know is to revert back to the hangar, but that resets your progress since your last save. Anybody know how to make this work? Any help will surely be appreciated!