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  1. 32 minutes ago, AlpacaMall said:

    if you’re ok with lightly modded solutions

    I was hoping to avoid mods altogether, not just big ones. But thanks, I'll think about it.

     

    33 minutes ago, AlpacaMall said:

    For your Mun tug, don’t use RCS thrusters to hover. Use engines; they have far higher specific impulse, and odds are, if you can land your drone then it already has TWR >1. RCS can be used for horizontal movement.

    Didn't want to use engines, as even the lightest LF tank available to me, with engine, is heavier than RCS system (thrusters + monopropellant tanks). Also, RCS thrusters can be mounted on the sides and don't produce heat, which is crucial when hovering over a building.
    I use a special ship to land things on the Mun, detach them and go back to Kerbin (hence the docking port on the building). Compared to a drone, it's rather large, so I managed to place two engines pointing at about 45 degrees instead of directly down, so the attachments don't get heated. With a drone, I'm afraid, that would not be possible.

  2. I also asked this in a very old thread I found here, thus the name of the thread.

    Is it possible to do actual pinpoint landings, like, land exactly on top of a building (without using any mods)?
    I forgot to attach batteries and an antenna to a Mun base and was trying to dock them on top of it (yep, it has a docking port), but the best I can do is land within 100 m radius of my base. Tried a "drone" on RCS, but it lacked power to fly.
    Fuel isn't really a problem, but how do I actually land on top of a docking port?

    Alternatively, what RCS thrusters can be used to make a capabale of Mun flight drone consisting of: one Probodobodyne OKTO, one HG-5 High Gain Antenna, three
    Z-1k Rechargeable Battery Banks, one or two Stratus-V Roundified Monopropellant Tank(s) and one Clamp-O-Tron Jr.  ?

  3. Writing 8 years later, hoping there are still people here.
    Is it possible to do actual pinpoint landings, like, land exactly on top of a building?
    I forgot to attach batteries and an antenna to a Mun base and was trying to dock them on top of it (yep, it has a docking port), but the best I can do is land within 100 m radius of my base. Tried a "drone" on RCS, but it lacked power to fly.
    Fuel isn't really a problem, but how do I actually land on top of a docking port?

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