Mk1 Landing Can Broken?

[Miro Beero]

Is this broken, the landing can
wiki link: [url]http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Mk1_Lander_Can[/url]

does not allow a pilot to command a ship.

I didn't realise this till I flew a ship with a lander all the way to the moon and released it to go land.
The only option I have is to turn on and off the engines. SAS and everything else is disabled.

I have not tested MK2 Landing Can.

I would think a Landing Can - should be able to be landed if it has a pilot.

[Red Shirt]

I use it often. It has no SAS. Make sure you have RCS thrusters and electric - batteries, solar, etc.

[Kerbart]

A picture of your ship would help. Perhaps you have a stayputnik on top? If you started to build your vessel with that, the VAB will not put a pilot in it. And the Stayputnik doesn't have SAS.

[Red Iron Crown]

[quote name='Miro Beero']I didn't realise this till I flew a ship with a lander all the way to the moon and released it to go land.
The only option I have is to turn on and off the engines. SAS and everything else is disabled.[/QUOTE]
That sounds a lot like lack of electric charge and/or a non-pilot kerbal in the lander can.

[LostOblivion]

Did Squad remove reaction wheels from the Mk1 Lander Can in 1.0.5?

[technion]

[quote name='LostOblivion']Did Squad remove reaction wheels from the Mk1 Lander Can in 1.0.5?[/QUOTE]

I dropped one on Duna ten minutes ago.

Other than the fact I fitted it with a scientist and thus couldn't use SAS, it was completely usable. That is to say, it could definitely turn itself.

Including upside down, because apparently I put the chutes on the bottom.

[Bluegillbronco2]

As long as you have a pilot in the M1 Landercan you should have SAS. It has reaction wheels and small amount of mono propellant. If you want to send a scientist you need a probe core.

[BenCushwa]

Something I've noticed is that electric charge seems to drain (and replenish) from all available batteries at roughly the same rate, which means that small batteries (like the ones in pods) will drain first and be completely empty even if the ship as a whole has lots of charge available. Check to make sure that your lander had power because without that you won't be able to run your reaction wheels or use SAS.

(Side note: I've gotten into the habit of locking the electric charge on pods and probe cores by default. This leaves them with some amount of reserve power in case I SNAFU on the dark side of a planet or something.)

[jwenting]

short answer: no
long answer: no, it's not broken.

[Choctofliatrio]

I just landed a pilot on the Mun with it yesterday. I don't [I]think[/I] I had any reaction wheels other than the ones in the lander. It worked fine.

[EdFred]

I've landed (and ascended) on the Mun and Duna with the single man can without issue.

[Miro Beero]

I will send a pic tonight of my lander can.

[Miro Beero]

[quote name='Miro Beero']I will send a pic tonight of my lander can.[/QUOTE]

I loaded up the game tonight and everything worked just fine.

Not sure what the difference was. SAS enabled and I was able to rotate the ship.

[GoSlash27]

Miro Beero,
I've seen this bug before. You lose all ability to control your ship, but if you leave it and come back, you suddenly regain control.
I think that's what you saw.

Best,
-Slashy