Helios_Speaks Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Okay, fellow Kerbonauts, the time has come and I am in need of your help.I\'m currently on a Mun rescue mission (land a rover on the Mun, achieve contact with a command pod that basically fell of my first lunar lander, take off and have a victory beer on Kearth).I\'m using NovaPunch for this one.The problem I\'m having right now is that my RCS thrusters are behaving like a problem child.Since my rocket wobbles like a mother* until I\'ve achieved stable orbit, and because of my earpin LZ (which requires a lot of maneuvering and fuel) I\'m using a LOT of RCS fuel on my way to the Mun.Usually that\'s no problem since I\'m using NovaPunch\'s 3-metre parts and a 3-metre RCS fuel tank, and that\'s a meatload of fuel. But my rocket for some reason starts draining my small RCS tanks, mounted on the lander/rover, first, before switching to the 3m tank.So when I arrive to the Mun and begin my descent I have a meatload of fuel in my huge tank THAT I HAVE TO JETTISON before I even commence my descent.Needless to say, the clumsy rover-esque configuration of the lander requires a lot of RCS for a safe landing.So the question is:Is there a way to correct the fuel drainage for the RCS tanks? I use the 'DisableFlow' checkbox for my off-axis fuel tanks to maintain center-of-mass during flights, but I\'ve found no such trick for the RCS, and the fuel lines don\'t seem to work.Please help! The lives of three brave moored Kerbal pioneers depend on you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trbinsc Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 If you take the RCS tanks off that you want to drain last, trash them, and put new ones on, it should make them drain last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helios_Speaks Posted June 15, 2012 Author Share Posted June 15, 2012 Cool! Thanks, I\'ll try this today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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