BobsYourUncle

Thanks everyone! As it turns out, bewing was correct. Time warping, no matter how slow, seemed to ensure no spin will occur. I kept warping for small intervals expecting it to turn just a bit. I swear that I warped around Minmus and it still turned. But it wouldn't on this HKO. What worked best was to let it move through PE or AP on its own for a while with no warping or anything, which is what I expected to happen to begin with. I just wasn't being patient enough. Too bad, I actually wanted to try a rescue "bump." So one more question... Why does KSP allow the electrical power to drain when I'm warping when nothing is using power? I'm supposing SAS wasn't turned off, but warping usually turns it off or at least doesn't affect it.

Hey guys, first post and I need your help. I'm a relative newb and not sure what to do in this situation. I sent a probe to scanSAT Minmus (ScanSAT mod of course). Did the scan and moved back to a high Kerbin orbit. Have a Z-200 battery pack and 4 solar panels. Rather than adjust at AP and shoot into Kerbin reentry quickly, I decided to head to PE and burn retro to gradually bring the orbit and my speed down (I had extra Delta V). So I warp down to PE and I guess I had SAS on, and the probe was turned away from the sun, and zapped my juice. I realized I should have placed the solar panels better as they are all tilted towards to top of the probe which is pointed away. But to fix this, I warped around for a while, hoping the probe will turn enough to fix the issue, but it just doesn't seem to turn toward the sun at this orbit. So what do I do? Keep warping and hope a Mun encounter affects it and turns it? Or if it sits up there long enough, will Kerbin's orbit move to a spot where the probe will face the sun? It's not critical to get it back down so I could wait. What might be cool is to try a rescue mission just to practice. Not sure if there is a mod to EVA and place a battery or a solar panel perhaps? Thanks in advance!