thevegimobil

Thank you...however the lift was behind the com... Any ideas how to stop a plane on a vertical launch from toppling?

Hi all I realise I have been starting topics alot recently but I need help on some issues... I've built a stable shuttle( glide tests and things have been successfull) but I have been trying to overcome the toppling of it from vertical launch. I've mounted it atop the launch vehicle rather than beside as it stops the inbalance caused by that method. Yet when I turn asks off to rotate for orbit it just flys out of control. I thought it was the lift caused by the wings but its not and the com seems central... And help would be brilliant

To be honest I'm just trying to build a chase plane for when I launch my rockets.... Just want a stable fighter like craft.... I get cog and cot but I'm new to the sph so Co.lift is new to me.... And ideas with that in mind? Vex thanks that helps a bit

Recently delving into building space planes I found that after I take off and pitch up the plane backflips and goes out of control... It always happens..it's symmetrical as far as I know and I just don't understand....it just flips ... Any help in building spaceplanes and sorting this issue out would be great

Ah because duna is eccentric?...

Everyone thank you... I got there on my own eventually.... It turns out that olex's ejection angle to duna is wrong... The protractor had it right all along. Anyway was happy when I finally got an intercept... Everything was fine olex just gave me the wrong angle

Yeh but I'm on the forums on my iPad so it was much quicker and easier..... I'm annoyed cos no matter what I do I cannot reach duna at all..

[ATTACH=CONFIG]33649[/ATTACH] that's at my lift off time it's a little ahead oh 44.36 but that allows for manoeuvres. Thrust is 850 at ejection angle so I will try and burn for longer earlier next try... Anyway there's the photo... EDIT. Ok I wait and do the burn early and I keep burning but my ap doesn't even get close to the orbit... I have a thrust of 850 and it slows exponentially at 16 mill altitude...something is horribly wrong.... I'm using some nova punch packs if that's makes a diff

Absolutely nothing!!! So frustrating... Used imfinate fuel and pro graded and retrograded along dunes orbit and no encounter...not 1 minmus and Mun go in the way but not enough to effect the orbit?.. Went way past the required delta v but nothing absolutely nothing!

Ok I will try. Also the ejection angle, is that the angle at which you burn or the angle at which you should have reached your ejection velocity?

Yeh I have patched my conics to 4. I've got mechjeb but am using the data from ilex and in game protractor plugin for all my angles. To be honest the map looks as it should from what I've seen... I'm sure I'm either burning at the wrong point or my angles are wrong but the phase angle for duna is 44.36 and I wait for it every time and then burn but never get it...

I'm programming and watching the map the entire time... I've tried both ejection angles given to me by my resources but nothing appears... So I then keep going past the orbit till I run out of fuel looking for an intercept Also if there is any maths I'm not bothered about doing it I just don't know the equations

Ok so I've been trying for duna for ages now and I have used the illustrated guide and the protractor plugin. My ship has more than enough delta v and I'm still not getting an encounter... I'm waiting for the ejection angle for which the illustrated guide says 150 and I can't get an encounter. Also the protractor plugin has a different one so I tried that as well 200 but I can't get an encounter please help ASAP!

How do I make it so that a part has no collision mesh/code?

I'm not sure how to use ORDA. My attempts so far have consisted of mechjeb rendezvous and then getting close but not being able to get anywhere near even with rcs. Any tips on methodically using orda and how to rendezvous?

As the thread suggests ive seen many plugins and tried using mechjeb to acheive a close rendezvous but none ever seem to come close... Does anyone have any good pointers as to the best most accurate plugin?

I was thinking my gpu was th problem for some laggy scenes but after reading this threadit makes sense. My gpu is pretty low end but the problem was when I added ladders to my space station for easier evas and there was alot of them. So mybe the engine may need some updating.

Hey love what's going on with kc and were it's going. Quick question. In the vab can you/how do you change your command vehicle? Thanks.