nascarlaser1

I did this without maneuver nodes . I have not the slightest of an idea on how to use them .

Good news! I landed on the mun the Kerbal way! (and lived ). Bad news, I now need a rescue ship to get my pilot back (another post, another day ). At 5,000m above the Mun's surface my lander ran out of fuel, so I did the logical thing, I jumped out and used my jetpack to land instead. The lander vaporized on impact with the ground, but my Kerbal took his first steps on the mun! yay!!! Thanks for your help guys!!

cool ships! How do you make propellers that, well, work? The only stock propeller tutorials are from versions long ago and they only last 5 seconds before the hinges rip themselves to shreds.

ok thxs guys! I will try again this weekend and get back to you on my success, or failure :P.

Hi guys! Good news, I finally managed to hit the Mun! Bad news, I hit at about 400 m/s because I read the map view wrong. Can someone explain how to use the map view to get to the mun to me please? When I was looking at the map view, it said "Mun encounter" and then "Mun escape" so I thought I was doing a flyby. As I was approaching "Mun encounter" I left map view, but by then I was way too close to the ground to slow down enough, causing my lander to explode on impact with the ground. I've tried again and again, and each time has led me to misunderstand the map view and smash straight into the mun. Thanks in advance!

ok thanks!

Hi guys! I recently tried building my first VTOL drop ship, and I have a question. Does it count has a VTOL if it uses parachutes to land? or should I just call it a VTO from now on? thanks in advance!

Thanks. After a few more tries of just pure luck I will probably start another thread asking someone to explain it in better detail for me. Hopefully my pure luck will work, and I'll be able to land finally on my own. If not, there's always the community! Also, hasn't this thread gotten a tad off topic :P....

When I was seeing this the mun was still on the other side of the Kerbin. That's why I was time warping. When I cam out of time warp it was too late :(.

The map said "mun encounter", and then "mun escape" so I assumed I was doing a fly by. I time warped while in map mode, a few seconds before mun encounter I switch back, and I see the ground rushing at me at a good 400 m/s.... rip my pilot.

Thanks for all your help guys... My computer died not long after I got half of a ring around the planet.. :(.. there goes that project. As for practicing in a munar orbit, my last 2 attempts at getting anywhere close to them mun resulted with me either shooting past it into the sun's orbit, or with me failing to understand what "mun encounter" meant in map view and promptly smashing into the surface at escape velocity.... I think I'll stick with looking for the Kerbin north pole flying saucer easter egg for now... thanks anyway!

I plan on having my dyson sphere at an AP of 300,000 and PE of 100,00 (not very good at making them even) if it helps. I mostly am going to make it out of fuel tanks and other flat objects, and add some crew modules and docking ports :). I will also have 1 hole in it so I can send ships out of the planet like normal.

ok thank you very much!

I understand the concept of docking, but my last attempt resulted in the unintentional deorbit of my target ship.... Anyway thanks for the info! This will help me with my ultimate plan to build a giant sphere around the earth, like a giant shell. Quick question I forgot to put above. What is target mode and how do I get into it? Also, how do I figure out what my relative velocity is? I can only see my orbital speed.

Hi guys! I was wondering if anyone has a link to another forum post with tips and tricks for docking small, medium and large items together in Kerbin orbit. If you have tips of your own I would really like to learn. Thanks!

ok thxs. Must of hit it while trying to hit f3 during the testing phase of one of my earlier prototypes. I managed to finish plan B and I survived... (plan B was to throw my Kerbal at the atmosphere with a seat, heat shield, and a parachute.) It worked! thxs for all your guys' help.

I think I found a bug in my game. No matter where I look on any ship I have around/on Kerbin or the sun, I can't find any distance markers all of a sudden. There is no little yellow thingy telling me how far out it is. Is this a glitch or a hotkey I hit by mistake? I think that might be part of my problem with missing the ship since I was using map view to do the entire mission. In the video it shows the tiny little distance markers where the second shuttle is.

Good news and bad news. Good news. I have a new manned satellite around Kerbin! Bad news, I need to work on my orbital readvenous. I missed the disabled ship by a few kms, and then the rescue ship ran out of gas... I am not going to rescue the rescue ship (what's the point?), but now I need another solution for my original mission.... sob :(. Plan A is officially over with.

Thxs guys! Later I will try out my plan A and tell you how it went. For most of my Kerbin orbital missions I use a heavily modified stock munsplorer shuttle. For the rescue shuttle I also removed some of the fuel and engines to make absolute sure that it is light enough, since the original craft made it up there with even less fuel that the rescue craft currently has.

The stranded ship is made out of a mk1 command pod and a science Jr. It has 2 radial parachutes but no heat shield. The shuttle was trying to land at one of 2 poles when I realized I'd messed up the staging, causing most the ship to rip itself apart above the north pole. I had a radial attached engine from the booster that clipped the 10m heat shield, promptly ripping it off the rest of the shuttle. This has caused it to be unsafe for reentry. As stated above my plan A is to use the same booster set up (fixed the staging ) and replace the science Jr. with a mk1 crew cabin. Then just launch this thing, rendezvous, EVA to rescue ship (my last docking attempt resulted in the accidental deorbit of my shuttle after being hit too hard...), and finally just deorbit my rescue ship on one of the poles like the original mission was. Does anyone have any ideas on how to tweak this idea and/or anyone know of a plan B in case I end up with 2 stranded Kerbals instead of 1? EVA pushing takes way too long for me btw. I've got about the same amount of patients that Bop has gravity. Thanks for the responses so far. p.s. I think I put this post in the right forum section, but if not can someone move it to the right one? I haven't figured out how to do it yet on my own.

Hello KSP! A few days ago I called on the community to help with an issue with my drone, and now I need your help again. I recently tried going to the north pole.... and I managed to get my ship stuck in a polar orbit without any engines at all, and no RCS fuel left after trying to use it to deorbit myself. I have a plan A rescue shuttle built and ready to go, but I tend to have a habit of my plan As' ending in failure. Anyone have a suggestion of plan B? My stranded ship is no longer in any condition to deorbit, due to a small accident with the engines causing my heat shield to explode. I cannot revert, (already went back to space center) and I really am fond of my pilot so I do not want him to die/be stranded. Can someone give me suggestions of a plan B? My plan A is to just send up a small shuttle with a mk1 crew cabin and enough fuel to deorbit, EVA my stranded pilot into said shuttle, and then land it using parachutes and the heat shield. I have a feeling this too with end up stranded and in pieces, so that's why I need a plan B, Thanks in advance guys!

No need for screen shot :). Following your guys advice about Com and Col I managed to fix it. Thank you

Does anyone know how to insert a screenshot? I took 3 screenshots of my shuttle using snipping tool but on the forums there is no way to select them to insert them.

lol thxs for your help :). Will post a screenshot sooner or later and will try your suggestion to make it work more :).

Thank you very much. I never realized that. I thought the arrow was just there for décor. Thxs again for all your quick replies. I will try to post a screenshot soon of my drone to make all your lives easier.