So, in flight now actually means in FLIGHT. But what does that mean?

[Muskrat]

So I started my first 1.0.5 game yesterday, and noticed I wasn't able to complete "in flight" contracts with a rocket any more. That's interesting, but also problematic..since I have some "in flight" contracts for high altitudes I thought would be no problem to complete, and I can't reach with standard planes, on low tech.

Does anyone know what the requirements to be considered "in fight" now are? It seems it's more than just "are you moving through an atmosphere, not on the ground".

Basically, in game terms, at what point does a rocket with fins/wings stop being a rocket, and start being a "rocket plane" that "flys", instead of "falls"?

I guess the real question is: how much wing (lift) do I need to be considered in flight? Or are there other parameters?

Answer: seems like it was a one time phenomenom, or a mod was doing something funky. New contracts I take don't exhibit this behavior.

Edited November 13, 2015 by Muskrat

[Alshain]

It hasn't changed. In flight is still not on the ground just like always.

[Muskrat]

It hasn't changed. In flight is still not on the ground just like always.

Then why was my rocket not able to complete an "in flight" contract when all conditions besides "flying" were met. But the plane I built was?

[ineon]

What always gets me is misreading the specs for testing in flight particularly with regards to the altitude, e.g.

Test component x... something something ... Kerbin ... something ... 60,000m

I get up to above 60,000m and test the component (or do the experiment or whatever) and don't fulfil the contract then read it again and realise that it says under 60,000m. Did you double check that you fulfil all the other specs?

[Stoney3K]

'in flight' means 'inside the atmosphere'. Above the atmosphere it becomes sub-orbital.

Any contract that specifies 'in flight' on an airless body (like Mun) is a bug.

[Claw]

Yeah, a screenshot of the situation and contract, or the save itself might help. If it is a bug, then it also helps to have the save so I can feed that info back into the tracker.

Cheers,

-Claw

[Muskrat]

I did have some mods that may not have been compatible with 1.0.5, which I removed. Not sure if they would impact this however (KER, KJR, Science Alert, ForScience!, Stage Recovery). I think I got rid of everything but KER and ForScience!, but can't remember if that was before or after I completed the contracts.

I'll double check this when I get home, and post a screen shot.

[DMagic]

The only time being in the atmosphere doesn't count as "in-flight" is when you are on an escape trajectory, aerobraking for instance, otherwise anything in the atmosphere is considered "in-flight".