dylan1234 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 her\'s a craft which will get you to the mun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khrissetti Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 at about 5,000m slow down to about 20m/s, keep an eye out for your shadow or if you\'re on the dark side, look for when your exhaust starts to go through the surface of the planet, after that get your speed lower than 10 m/s, the closest to 0 the safer you\'ll be. The fastest I\'ve ever safely landed was 13m/sThe best thing is that when you\'re lower than 5m/s you\'ll be able to clearly see which way your lateral movement is going. you want your retrograde symbol (the green/yellow circle with the \'x\' in it) pointing to the very top of the blue part of the nav-ball. if the symbol is a little to the left or right use the \'j\' and \'l\' keys to fire RCS to bring it back in line. If the symbol is too far up or down, use \'i\' and \'k\'I practiced on Kerbin, bouncing around KSC until I got the hang of it enough to land on the Mun as this was in v0.13 before the advent of save files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomer Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 Yup, the retro-grade worked like a charm,I had very little lateral movement,But I\'m wondering how to get into orbit once encounterd?I usually get a fly-by encounter and then get shot out,but at kerbin i just push a bit more so I can get a course-collision encounter.All I need is some practice and I can get a perfect landing,I\'m trying the columbus moonlander once or something.I\'ve landed before with the thunder-bird but I don\'t count it because it\'s not a real rocket1200 mps inside earth atmosphere, 50000000000 fuel tanks, %0.01 consumption rate engines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knyght Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 To stabilise an orbit with the Mun, aim for a flyby trajectory. When you get to the periapsis, make a retrograde burn.This will slow your craft down and allow you to be captured more by the Mun\'s gravitational force, circularising your orbit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomer Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 Ok, I burned at retrograde, got a great circular orbit, circled for a minute to think of my descent tradjectory,When I was going to release the 2nd stage to release the lander,it got stuck, it wouldn\'t break openi got really pissed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomer Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 Touchdown at 11 meters per second,crashed again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomer Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 I\'m out a fuel at my perapsis is 36k meters tall, I\'m trying to use my RSC tanks, if not, I\'m sending out a rescue mission D: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomer Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 Dang, I\'m out of fuel and here is my return tradjectory: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomer Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 Yes!I aimed at the retro-grade,and fired my RSC tanks!and my orbit went down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomer Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 Ok, Got in correct entry angle,Here is me opening the parachute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomer Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 NOFUCK NOWHAT THE HELLI WILL FUCKING SUE HIDRA PARACHUTES FOR THIS!!!!!I SIGNED NO DAMN FORUM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 This thread is quite the emotional rollercoaster ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomer Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 You\'re right, but this opened a whole new window for moon bases, orbital probes, rendezvousing on the surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khrissetti Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Dang, I\'m out of fuel and here is my return tradjectory:If it was at 36k you\'d have got back fine. Get within the atmosphere and you\'ll aerobrake down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matticus88 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 i\'ve found that when your parachute gets deployed, if your speed is too high and the mass its holding is too much then the \'chute will just break off, leaving the object its ment to slow down to plummet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomer Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 Landed on the moon.0% extra fuel.Didn\'t use mechjeb.Got home safetly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pebble_garden Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Nomer, your posts made me laugh. Thanks for documenting your mission attempts. And congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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