I've been looking for some moar scienceâ„¢ and ways to mess around in KSP so I thought: Why not <strike>Zoidberg</strike> ion engines. The idea was to build some small probes, send them everywhere, collect science and maybe return to Kerbin. I built the probes, launched them into space, decoupled those awful, fuel consuming, fire blazing, exploding rocket engines, started my ion engines and, with a smile as wide as Jebediah's, throttled up just to... get disappointed. I know ion engines aren't powerful but achieving the speed to get to Mun from high Kerbin orbit would take over 30 min. burn which is extremely boring considering you can't switch vessels when they're throttled up. And this is just going to Mun, I hadn't the courage to check how long would it take to reach Duna. So instead of asking for help with stock ion engines I want to ask you: what are you using them for? I can think of two things: 1. Fine tuning your orbital period to achieve stationary orbit. 2. For any other maneuvers with small and light craft requiring precision and small changes in velocity. However, you can do exactly the same with RCS, which gives you more control and doesn't need large amounts of electricity to function.
