Mango2015

LOL, I'm just about to aerobrake into Duna right now, and realized that I couldn't retract them, my fingers are crossed too!!!!

Ty for the welcome, and the response. I will indeed use the LV-N (since I'm still in the "build" phase) to propel myself to Duna!

Been a big fan of this game for several years. I have only played the "career" path, and never seem to get very far. Then a new update is introduced, and I start to play again. I'm simply loving the 1.0.4 version. To be honest I was getting a little ticked at first with how much more difficult getting a craft into orbit was, but after reading a few posts, watching a YouTube vid, I quickly realized that VS. 1.0 introduced/implemented the new aerodynamics/drag/thermo physics,(which is cool as heck!). However, I'm simply wondering why the LV-N has become so, well, useless as far as I can tell? I'm at the point in my "career" that my next step is to get to Duna, but the LV-N is no longer the go-to engine for inter-planetary jumps, what is going to be the best engine to get me there?

Doing Career Mode, version 1.0.4, Normal difficulty. My next step in my career is to get to the Mun, I have upgrade the Launch pad to, well, I guess you would call it Tier 2. I built a ship appr. 34t, and I do not have the Launch Stability Enhancers(not enough science). I can't launch my ship, I assume the nozzles of my craft are getting stuck in the launch pad grate? I can start the SSR's (BACC Thumpers) and nothing happens, then I hit the "stage" button, and wahlah! I launch, but the horrible spin is not very conducive to a successful trip to space. Help!