mkt8989

You'll want to use the maneuvering node to change your orbital inclination using the pink up/down directional handles. What you'll find is that when you do this the ending orbit you get will start to tilt but it will also get much bigger. You'll then have to correct for this. Honestly it requires a massive amount of fuel to make this change and if you're interested in doing it because you're in a polar orbit around, say, the Mun, you will likely find you'll run out of fuel before getting back to the equatorial orbit you want.

I think I may have figured it out...it was a manned vessel and didn't have a signal processor. I guess that prevents transmission? I was fine with an unmanned sat with an unmanned core.

Question for you guys: I'm using the latest version of RT2 in Career mode and even when I have a confirmed signal line via antenna to MC, I get an error saying there are no communication devices on the ship despite having a Communotron 16. I tried searching for this issue but came up empty. Anybody know what I could be doing wrong?

I'd have to agree with the sentiment though, the power usage of the antennae seems extremely unrealistic. The game's not exactly about realism, but the fact that a reasonable number of batteries can't support a few dishes without going dead overnight is a bit annoying.

I'm not sure if this was mentioned (I tried searching for it and didn't get anything) but the three inline hinges all have the same mass. That seems like it has to be an oversight to me.