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Awesome news, JPLRepo. I am unusually excited about this mod for some odd reason. Been jonesing for it to work. Thanks for giving it some attention!

Ah. Well that is a problem. No worries. I'll expand my horizons and load this up on a later version!

Thanks for that! Super appreciated!

Thanks @pmborg. So, to be clear, this would NOT be something I could expect to work in 1.8.1?

At the risk of sounding dumb, I see @pmborg has been hard at work with RO scripts and settings for this great add-on, however it appears RO is only updated to KSP 1.8.1, while it appears at face value that the scripts and mods PMBorg have constructed are for 1.9.1 and 1.10.1. Am I to assume that this is not available for RO under 1.8.1 or am I misunderstanding something? I'm just getting back into KSP (last time I was around I was running RO on 1.1.2, if you cool kids remember that ancient history) and have a solid 1.8.1 RO setup humming along. Is there some SOOPER SEEKRIT thing I am not in the know about RO and later versions?

Hey, this is a great idea! I've got a couple of craft that are "broken" and I can't figure out why. Thanks for this!

@Reddy You replied to my posting in Github on several subjects, and it was extremely helpful, thank you! For purposes of context on this forum, the question was related to early missions like on Able-Thor where the third stage was an unguided, spin stabilized solid rocket kick. Anyway, in many cases these launches involved a coast period anyway which PEGAS isn't set up for. Very much looking forward to your continued improvements! Thanks, again!

Excellent. Thanks for that. I think I can see how this all fits together now. Hopefully I can give it a shot tonight when I get home. Since I've got your ear I have two unrelated questions. First, I am curious if there is a way to impart a spin on a stage prior to stage/ignition. I am launching a Thor-Delta with a Telstar type satellite. The third solid fueled stage is spin stabilized but I don't see a way to command the program to "spin up" the second stage prior to release. Second is a roll program. Given that the spacecraft is pointing directly up, I believe the best solution for a roll while heading vertical would be a directional roll without regard to heading, so say roll left 24 degrees and stabilize, followed by a specific roll lock of "0" (or whatever is appropriate) once pitchover is initiated and a horizon is established. Both of these questions aren't so much "how do I do it", but more "how or can I do it within the confines of the PEGAS routine?" Also, I'm gonna need to know where to send your bottle of 14 year old scotch when you're done educating me!

I think I missed something here. How can I see the value of "vlan" or practically apply it to my solution? Running that program that you gave to me doesn't display a solution, it just simply runs and ends. I assume the value went somewhere, just not into my brain. Is this something intended to drop into my mission.ks script in lieu of an actual LAN entry? EDIT: Also, when applying your equation to solve for value xi, how then do I apply that solution to the program cited? Simply replacing xi with an integer value breaks the program. My assumption is that the program takes the solution for xi and outputs the LAN for an instantaneous launch, thus I would need to add some "slop" to it considering rate of rotation for a launch time using the equation you put in your edit? Thanks for your patience with this Pand5461. I am learning a lot with this!

Is there any way to have PEGAS launch to an inclination regardless of LAN? EDIT the edit: Derp. Imadork. Would help if I solved for degrees and not rads.

I hate to barge in on all this heady math speak, but I've got a bit of a question. Well, two actually, which are somewhat related. Okay. So First is, I know that I have to have inclination and LAN specified to make things work. Great. I know what inclination is, that's easy. I have a general understanding of the concept of LAN once in orbit, but that as a function of when to launch I'm a bit confused about. In short, sitting stationary on the ground, I have no idea where I am in relation to a given LAN. So if I want to launch from the Cape at say 0500Z, how do I translate that into a LAN that will launch into that orbit? Or, how do I tell PEGAS to launch into an inclination upon activation of the script? In other words, "I don't care what my LAN is going to be, let's light this candle."

EDIT: Post deleted because I'm an idiot. Nothing to see here. Move along.

Gribbleshnibit8, I'm assuming you haven't released this? I've been smashing my head against the wall trying to get this to work but whatever versions are up there are dead in the water with the latest version of CKAN. I wouldn't ask but the next reply to this suggests that he had it and was testing it, so I'm confused.

Okay. I'm going to assume I've installed both and just wipe them all and start over. This is indeed in RSS/RO.

So I'm having a bit of an issue with the sub-assemblies. Many of the node attachment points are borked, thus I get this: Is this a common problem/easy fix? I will drop in logs and such if need be but I wanted to get this out quick. Thanks!