Test RT-10 Hammer over Kerbin

[kharless]

Greetings,

Newbie, I have a simple ship with an RT-10 Hammer SRB, a coupler, a pod and a shoot.  The test says to stage at 58-61K Meters and 360-450 M/S.
I right click run test and it launches but I am going to fast at 58K and suspect that is why I am not meeting the test requirements. I keep fiddling with the throttle to see if I can nail the right speed?

I also noticed the test button is still available in flight, am I suppose to click that once I am at property altitude and proper speed?

Confused but loving the game!

 

 

[kharless]

Hmmm SRB's dont really appear to be throttle-able.  Makes sense.  So now I am changing my trajectory but still haven't nailed it.  Is this the right approach?

[kharless]

Never mind, got it to work.  Trajectory and waiting for all events then pressing the test button seemed to work.

[Sir_Robert]

The test tells you to stage at that point. You are already staging it at launch, which means you can't complete the mission. you have to haul it up there first, THEN stage it (with a different rocket. Use a liquid fuel rocket so you can throttle and control your speed).

Save some weight by taking the Solid Fuel out of the booster first, to make this easier

Edited February 21, 2016 by Sir_Robert

[Aethon]

Alternately you can right click the engine on the launch pad and activate it from there, and then hit the stage button when you've met the alt/speed requirement.  You might also need to r click the srb in the VAB to remove some of the fuel so you can coast into the altitude regime and be going the right speed. 

Hope this helps, and welcome to the forums.

[worir4]

You can change the throttle in the editor by right clicking. This can't be done in flight for SRBs. It might take some tweaking to get it right. Good luck!