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in order to be able to answer your first question: "how to get the damn things to lign up correctly" we would need some sort of picture showing what you've got... I realise you don't currently have the possibility of showing one but i think updating this post once you are able to shouldn't be a problem. to answer your second question reguarding fuel flow, the transfer stage of all my interplanetary bound modules has very little fuel, in fact it can only take 4 tons from low kerbin orbit to duna 100km orbit so i employ an extra orange tank for anything heavier... fuel does automatically crossfeed from it to the transfer stage and it drains from the extra tank first

in my experience i have found that a safe way to go is to ensure you have 0.07 intake air for every turbo jet you have... if it drops to 0.06 the engine will flame out... if you have multiple engines say 2 or 3.. if you drop below 0.14 or 0.21 respectively one random engine will flame out... you're in trouble with two since that will put you in a flat spin... with three you might be lucky enough that the middle one will flame out... but yeah correct me if i'm wrong here i will recant this statement but it's 0.07 intake air per turbojet

This has my vote

Let's call it the "Day of Apophis" that Near Earth Object that came within the orbit of the moon i think it was... and have the easter egg be something on that island in the middle of the coastal crater on kerbin. Also, I call sticky on this thread... this has to be done!

So I was having some fun with spaceplanes a few days ago while the forums were down and I thought that since a lot of people have recently gotten into the game they may not be having as much fun as me... what with planes having such a steeper learning curve than rockets in this game. Here's a comprehensive look at what you need to know for your plane to: a)stay up in the air b)be controllabe b)go fast c)land (on the runway) Enjoy! - and let me know your thoughts either in this thread or the comments on Youtube

Since a lot of the content on the forums was wiped I wanted to make sure some of the stuff I added on here was still available for people to see. Here's a video which includes my method of randez-vous and docking with space stations, it's also a part of my let's play series so there is a bit of footage that may not interest you, the important part is in the beggining though: http://youtu.be/canqT9KK0T4 Thanks for watching and feel free to leave a comment here on the forums or on youtube if you feel like there's something needs saying.