DrPoo Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 I have tried aligning planes and orbit with another craft, however, im always to wrong spot, usually like 200/300 Km away from the orbitting craft.Its seriously hard that way and i must be doing it wrong!Does anybody know a fuel efficient way to rendevouz with a spacecraft? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal_vager Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Hi Dr,Poo you could take a look at this thread.And look up Kosmo-Nots threads on rendezvous as well What I do is put myself in a higher or lower orbit and let the difference in orbital speeds close the gap between myself and the craft I wish to rendezvous with, and then when I am closer I match its orbit, then thrust towards it, watching as it moves relative to me, if it drifts left, I thrust left.Take it slow and you will get there, the worst thing you can do is rush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibb31 Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 A MechJeb helps you know where you are and stabilize your ship, but it's pretty much impossible without a little bit of math as explained in the thread linked to by sal_vager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC1062 Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 (edited) Nah, you can wing it. Take a ship with lots of fuel and RCS. Get into a lower orbit. Guess when to make the burn based on experience. Aim to land too far behind as apposed to being in front. Make sure your ap is lower than the target orbit. Circularise your orbit (you should be going slightly faster. Point your ship towards the others purple marker. I then use that and its position within my engine bell and use the RCS to keep it still while using its distance to guess at speed.(How do I spoiler now?)Also, I miscalculated on the fuel... Edited August 10, 2012 by Kaufman Fixed spoiler tag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadownailshot Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 I've been able to rendezvous at pretty much any LKO, but I have a table for orbital distances. I haven't tried to figure it out for anything about 200km though. Or anything near the mun. Or minmus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krackit Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 (How do I spoiler now?)you need to do but the } is a ].. Voila! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vexx32 Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Like this:[noparse][/noparse]Psst. You can use noparse tags to display BBCode tags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
togfox Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 The KGSS journal has republished Kosmo-nots forum post. Journal can be found in my signature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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