Landing trajectory tips needed.

[JackAz]

Hi to everyone. I think i need some good tips for landing on the exact spot i want to.

during this week i've tried to land on specific spots, especially near other rockets i had already landed, to do so i usually landed in some random spots and then while taking off i started moving around to see which was the trajectory needed, it works pretty well but i always land to a distance of 2-10 km from the target.

[Vanamonde]

From a distance: On the map view, put your trajectory line directly over but a little beyond the target location. As you approach and brake, the curve will gradually fall onto the spot where you want to land. There's nothing magic or necessary about this; it's just that since you're braking anyway, your trajectory will tend to fall, and this helps prevent it from getting out of hand. When you get close, it's easier to brake harder and come down straighter than it is to find yourself coming in too low, which requires speeding upwards, wasting fuel, possibly over-correcting, etc.

Final approach: Set the camera looking past your ship at about a 45 degree angle to the target location. From that vantage, it's very easy to see if your ship is drifting to the sides or up/down.

Neither of this is the "correct" technique, but just things that I have found helpful.

[Hillstache]

I can concur that Vanamonde's methods are the ones I use as well. It's a bit of practice to know how far to have your initial decent past your target (especially if you're coming in on an atmosphered body) but failure and learning are half the fun of the game!

[JackAz]

Okay, thanks alot.