alkir-2
-
Posts
5 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Developer Articles
KSP2 Release Notes
Posts posted by alkir-2
-
-
Thanks jimmymcgoochie, I'll try adding RCS to my shuttle. It's fairly small, even with cargo attached to it, so I hope I'll be able to do as you suggested. Maybe even move the base out of a crater, if I successfully dock with it.
-
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. -
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. ? -
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?
Really pinpoint landings
in KSP1 Gameplay Questions and Tutorials
Posted
Thanks everyone! Your advice was really helpful, but I just seem to lack the piloting skills to perform the necessary maneuvers. So, after about 10 failed tries, I decided to simply land a new building and transfer everything from the old one. Which I did, landing not far from the original location.