MY accidental journey to Eve

[eljaydub]

When I managed to get .17 downloaded, I wanted to see if my old Munar lander would still work, so I burned into orbit and started my transfer, when my cat distracted me. The next thing i know, I'm on a trajectory that takes me into a Kerbol orbit relatively close to Eve's. So I mess around with I for awhile, wait about an hour for Eve to catch up (there really needs to be another notch on the time warp), make an insertion burn, and eventually drop the capsule on the surface. Protip: if you're just putting a capsule and a chute on Eve, don't trigger the chute until you're under 1000 m/s.

Attached: Original craft, munar lander stage in Eve orbit, and capsule on Eve.

[Luxmaster-CZ]

how do you make such a big ship to orbit without wobling it out? Whenever I build more than few 2m fueltanks, it just never holds up together, no matter how many struts I use

[prullenbak]

It really depends on how you place the struts. Also, strutting everything to the center fuel tank stack helps.

[AmpsterMan]

It really depends on how you place the struts.

This.

It is not only enough to place struts but know how to place them. I usually place them so that they form a triangle and it really increases the rigidity of my rockets.

[nacoleptic]

i've got the feeling struts should be as short as possible.

and if neccesary, try this construction methode (works even better in 3d)

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