MJ Rover autopilot

[CosmicCharlie]

When I put it on auto-heading, it turns in circles.  When I put it on auto-speed, it speeds up way past the speed I want. 

 

 

Speed of 0.6 or less goes zero. Speed of .7 or more goes 6m/s or more.

Edited January 12, 2016 by CosmicCharlie

[swjr-swis]

28 minutes ago, CosmicCharlie said:

When I put it on auto-heading, it turns in circles.  When I put it on auto-speed, it speeds up way past the speed I want. 

Haven't heard of this before, but maybe you need to place the probe core/command seat/pod in a different orientation (facing forward, as in the same way that you would place it on a plane built in the SPH).

[CosmicCharlie]

Stupidly didn't have a probe core, which I hoped was the problem. Nope.

Tried mounting it horizontally, vertically, nothing.

[swjr-swis]

57 minutes ago, CosmicCharlie said:

Stupidly didn't have a probe core, which I hoped was the problem. Nope.

Tried mounting it horizontally, vertically, nothing.

If you added the probe core to an existing design, and it happened to have a command pod or seat: did you try rightclicking the probe core and selecting 'command from here', to make sure?

I don't know what else to suggest. I am not running mods right no, so I can't test this. Maybe ask over in the MechJeb thread?

[Vanamonde]

Sounds like a Mechjeb problem rather than a gameplay question, and so the thread has been moved to the add-ons section. 

[GeneCash]

I had this problem too. Look at the navball. The MJ module is pointing straight up and all you see is blue sky. You need to remount it on the side of the rover so that the brown is level on the bottom.

Edit: The antenna should point straight ahead, and the striped area should be down. Also, you need to do a "control from here" on the MJ module, if you have a probe core.

Edited January 13, 2016 by GeneCash

[sarbian]

Open the "Attitude adjustment window", find the "Command Pod Forward (electric blue)" checkbox and check it. This is the direction MJ consider as the font of the vessel. 

As other said this is the way the antenna points, with the stripped surface being the up direction. So from your pictures you would have to rotate it 90° right