Gutterboy44 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 If you are in a circular orbit, then every point is both Ap and Pe. Changing their place will come naturally as you start burning, at which point you will find yourself either at Pe or Ap, depending on whether you're burning Prograde or Retrograde.If you were talking about a plane change, you have to burn toward the normal (or anti-normal) of your current orbit, until you have the desired orbit. Your Pe and Ap may have changed by then, and you can adjust them easily.Thanks! It seems so obvious after reading your description. I was burning so much excess fuel just fiddling around with my orbits. I should experiment and perfect my orbits a little more before setting out for the Mun again. Looks like this brilliant game has a great community. Really excited for future updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pebble_garden Posted August 14, 2012 Author Share Posted August 14, 2012 Looks like this brilliant game has a great community.Frankly, I'm amazed this game has such a large fan base already. It's such a niche interest. But the devs have very craftily made the game accessible, and personalized with those adorable, plucky Kerbals. I love trying out new solutions to engineering problems, in KSP, and then flying the missions. It's like real rocket science, and just as explodey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal_vager Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 I personally like that KSP is not another gun filled combat game.Have to stay on topic...... yes very good tutorial, well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John F. Kerman Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Thanks, the orbital tilting video really clears things up. Awesome job on the cleanup mission by the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinTMC Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 These videos are beautifully, beautifully done, and a tremendous asset to the community. Thank you so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pebble_garden Posted August 19, 2012 Author Share Posted August 19, 2012 Awww thank you for the kind words, everyone! It was a pleasure to make the videos. I'm working (slowly) on an improved version of the Orbital Mechanics 101 video but real life work is getting in the way. It'll be worth the wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carthaginian Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 pebble_garden,First off, thank you for the vids!On my first day, I killed so many Kerbals I lost count.On my second day, I found your tutorial thread.It is now my fifth day with (modded*) KSP and I have one failed lunar lander acting as a satellite and a purpose-built satellite around Minmus as of 5 minutes ago. Granted, the Minmus mission took almost an in-game year due to some sloppy burns and a poor insertion orbit, and wound up in a nearly polar orbit- BUT IT MADE IT TO ITS DESTINATION!!!I can't wait till you can do a tutorial on adjusting orbital planes, so I get things in proper orbits.Thank you for your excellent tools- you are a true boon to the community!*no navigation tools- only some satellite parts mods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pebble_garden Posted August 20, 2012 Author Share Posted August 20, 2012 It is now my fifth day with (modded*) KSP and I have one failed lunar lander acting as a satellite and a purpose-built satellite around Minmus as of 5 minutes ago. Granted, the Minmus mission took almost an in-game year due to some sloppy burns and a poor insertion orbit, and wound up in a nearly polar orbit- BUT IT MADE IT TO ITS DESTINATION!!!Congratulations!I can't wait till you can do a tutorial on adjusting orbital planes, so I get things in proper orbits.I will think about that. I found plane-change burns incredibly confusing when I was learning to fly in Orbiter, and the "aha!" moment was a long time coming. I am sure I can find a way to make it more intelligible to newcomers.Thank you for your excellent tools- you are a true boon to the community!You are very welcome, Carth. I love KSP and want others to enjoy it as much as I do. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinPistones Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Man, youre videos were incredibly helpful. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pebble_garden Posted September 4, 2012 Author Share Posted September 4, 2012 I've added the first two parts of my "Flight of the Munitar" tutorial to the original post in this thread. They're designed to help KSP newcomers build and fly a mission to the Mun. I hope they are helpful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooivalk Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Thank you for the wonderful videos, they have inspired me to go for the Mun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackAz Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 This helped alot, thank you very much !Yesterday i finally landed on the Mun with my own rocket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pebble_garden Posted September 7, 2012 Author Share Posted September 7, 2012 I've added three new installments to the Flight of the Munitar tutorials: Trans-Munar flight, and two versions of a Munar descent and landing. Tomorrow or the next day I'll have the conclusion done, the flight back home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackAz Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 (edited) Today i've tried my first randezvous and failed. Both orbits were perfect, my rocket's orbit was just a few km further but its speed was nearly the same as the other rocket's, so even though i time warped, both of them kept always the same distance. Could anyone give me an advice to make a randezvous much faster ? Edited September 7, 2012 by JackAz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pebble_garden Posted September 7, 2012 Author Share Posted September 7, 2012 Today i've tried my first randezvous and failed. Both orbits were perfect, my rocket's orbit was just a few km further but its speed was nearly the same as the other rocket's, so even though i time warped, both of them kept always the same distance. Could anyone give me an advice to make a randezvous much faster ?(laughs) He said "make a rendezvous much faster."It just takes a while to do this manually. You want a nice, slow final approach, but to do that you need very fine control over the exact orbital altitude. Being 500m lower, for half an orbit, yields a nice controllable final approach, but it's slowwwww. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackAz Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Okay, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MajorSystemError Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 I must join the others in lauding your tutorials. Truly exceptional. I was doing nothing but making "Krispy Kerbals" until I found your vids, and then actually made it to the Mun! Tried to change my orbit angle last night to go to Minmus and Huzzah! Minmus orbit! One thing I would like to know though, is what is the name of the artist/s doing the music in your vids? Absolutely love it and would like to get it. Thanks again for all your time and hard work putting these tutorials. *thumbs up* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pebble_garden Posted September 7, 2012 Author Share Posted September 7, 2012 One thing I would like to know though, is what is the name of the artist/s doing the music in your vids? Absolutely love it and would like to get it. Thanks again for all your time and hard work putting these tutorials. *thumbs up*I list all the songs and artists at the end of my videos, and it's all available for free. Some tracks are from various artists on ccMixter.org (which is searchable), the rest is from Kevin MacLeod's Incompetech.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBailey Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Thanks, p_g! These videos are awesome! Greatly appreciate your hard work and dedication to helping us get our feet off the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CkGordon Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 I just wanted to take the time to say THANK YOU SO MUCH to pebble_garden for getting a noob like me on the right track. I had no idea how the ball thing worked when I started playing (the in game tutorial was very brief) and as such my Mun attempts were "point rocket at moon, full speed ahead. Looks kinda close. Point away. Full speed away. Out of fuel... shi-- *EXPLODE*". I watched all of your videos and followed along step by step and even took notes (they're still sitting on my desk for reference) and now after actually making a couple successful Mun landings and getting some junk into orbit I feel much more accomplished and am now enjoying the game immensely with ambitious plans to establish a Mun base, map the moons and planets, land on Duna and more! And it's all thanks to your amazing tutorials that put these technical concepts into idiot speak that the average non rocket scientist casual player can easily absorb and utilize. You deserve a medal! Take pride in the fact that if plaques were added to the game I would put a big shiny one with your name on it on my Mun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pebble_garden Posted September 27, 2012 Author Share Posted September 27, 2012 Awww, you are very welcome CKGordon. I can't properly express my pleasure at hearing your tale of success. Thank you, everyone, for all your kind words. More videos coming very soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aescwulf Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Pebble_garden I followed your first orbit and EVA video guide and although I failed the circular orbit about 5 times on my 6th try ( with the rocket you built on the video) I knew exactly what to do and now getting to orbit and making it circular as I create the orbit is second nature to me the video helped alot so now I'm practicing re-entry to try and get it in the ocean just off the coast of KSC and practicing re-entering from different points of the of the planet to yield different landing spots. So my next stop is Mun. So I'd like to say thank you your videos really helped they were very informative without throwing in too much technical information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay_Em Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Your videos are really useful, thanks. I hope you release some on interplanetary maneuvers some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmpsterMan Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Your videos are really useful, thanks. I hope you release some on interplanetary maneuvers some time.Agreed, I can't wait for when you get to that eventually XD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlteranEmpire Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Result of my first "successful" mission to Mun.Awesome tutorial, my lander broke apart because I had WAY too much horizontal velocity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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