[Experiment Storage Unit use]

that's what I did: my main ship was guided by RC-001S module. The probe was guided by OCTO2.

excuse me, but I still cant get it, please be patient.

my target is just to store data into something the most lightweight possible and send it back to MPL to get an outstanding amount of science points.
To land on kerbin for recover the science data is unnecessary as the small amount of science points compared to those provided by MPL.

I've already did it, 2 times, Ike and Gilly, using the ESU, so after I realized that even Probodobodyne units can collect experiments,
I'm wondering if I can build the probe without the ESU.

the probodobodyne OCTO2 mass is 0.04t and can collect data while
the ESU mass is 0.05t, its volume is bigger and doesn't have controls.

So why I've attached an ESU to my OCTO2 mini probe? I mean if the OCTO2 can collect data, why have I to add another stuff to do the same work?

 

[Experiment Storage Unit use]

Hi,

I did a couple of journeys, one on Ike and the other on Gilly, I did several experiments there, aftertwards I detached a little probe, with an ESU containing all the data, from the main ship and sent it back to a MPL orbiting Kerbin; apart the convenience to have a button that collect all the experiments with 2 clicks, what's the advantage to have an Experiment Storage Unit instead of to use the command module storage capability?

[my first relay sat doesn't work]

ah! i rememeber. yea I knew that setting about controls, but want the game to be the most realistic as possible, so I keep it on.

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You will not consume more electricity (unless I'm very wrong about this. It's worth testing). You'll just get less science returns.

you say this cause there's a formula to calculate the ratio between power signal and science points? or maybe over a determinate percentage level all the science points are sent? for example I have to send 100 science from duna at 1%. how many points Ill get instead of for example with a 25% or 50% link?

thx all

[my first relay sat doesn't work]

really? how? my probes have no control at all when lack of signal.
anyway let me know if I've understood well.
I use the above mentioned 2x DTS-M1 + 1x RA-2 to communicate at 1% with kerbin and the duna orbit vessel,then I decouple a lander, must this lander have a short range direct antenna(comm 16) or another relay(RA-2) in order to send science communicating with KSC using the orbiter bridge?

ah! forgot to ask... are poor quality signals, for example under 20%, less efficients than signals at 60%?
I mean in case of science transmissions, I'll consume more electrical energy at 20% than at 60% signal strong?

I'm just wondering if there are some contraindications to have an orbiting vessel around duna at 1% connection only.

Last thing:(doesnt matter with ksp) How do I remove blank interlines in my messages?

 

[my first relay sat doesn't work]

Hi,

I'd like to put a satellite in a duna orbit.

So I decided to first send a relay satellite in a solar orbit at 11Gm to use it as a repeater, this sat has 3 RA-2 and 1 Comm16(not really necessary), it's always in communication with Kerbin.
When I launched the Duna Sat with 2 DTS-M1, I realized that it doesn't communicate with the relay sat and lost the link,
so I tried adding a RA-2 antenna to the Duna Sat, and now I can communicate directly with kerbin,
but when sometimes the link goes off by eclipses, alignments, I don't know, it still never links with the relay sat.. why?

Do Relay antennas work as repeaters when the kerbin-vessel link is down? What am I missing?