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Dill

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  1. Thanks everyone. I guess I'll just have to work on my ship or use a different burn technique.
  2. You know what, I think this may be the case, but I am confused as to why this has never happened before, because I have always followed the "half-and-half" method when performing burns. Edit: So yes, that was the case. When I reach Kerbin orbit, I am left with half an orange tank (w/Mainsail) followed by two nuclear engines on a smaller tank. The original interplanetary burn is calculated to be one minute long by the maneuver node system, but Mechjeb was burning five minutes before the node. I think Mechjeb factored in the extra burn time required for using the nukes (after the Mainsail stage has been dumped); thus, burning too early. Isn't this somewhat of a flaw on Mechjeb's part?
  3. I've been playing KSP for a few months, so I am not a total noob. Today I have been trying to perform manned missions to Moho and Jool (Tylo specifically), but every time I have tried to perform my transfer out of a Kerbin orbit, I find myself plummeting into Kerbin every time. By the way, I have been to Jool about a dozen times (and Moho twice), so It's not like I have no idea what I am doing, but obviously something is going wrong this time. For further information, I have tried performing the transfers with Mechjeb with no success and I have tried performing them manually, according to phase angles given by the ksp.olex.biz calculator, with the same results (crash and burn). I'm not sure what I am doing wrong because, like I have mentioned, I have performed this same burn a dozen times with no problems. There is probably a simple explanation for this, but I have given up at this point.
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