Cirius Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Salutations!I've been playing KSP on and off for the last couple of weeks, but only now having successfully reached (and returned alive from) orbit do I feel justified in admitting myself to the KSP community forum.My rockets were always falling tragically short of orbit, until one of my friends taught me a simple rule of thumb:"However large you think you should make your rockets, double it."I'd like to dedicate this post to the dozens of Kerbals who died to make it possible.Cirius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Welcome to the forums I felt a similar sense of not allowing myself to join the forums until I had achieved a certain task. For me this was successfully landing on the Mun, needless to say it was a while before I signed up Happy Engineering! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
togfox Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Welcome to the forums. Remember sometimes less is best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal_vager Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Hi Cirius, welcome to the community I prefer smaller, more efficient rockets myself, you can greatly improve your efficiency if you are careful with the throttle on the ascent, as the air resistance can cause you to burn a lot more fuel than you really need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javster Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Welcome! I'm fairly new too, and I can tell you the community is very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt'n Skunky Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Happy Launching!Arrr!Capt'n SkunkyKSP Community Manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketPilot573 Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 (edited) Welcome to the forums, and you've been here for nearly a year! Congratulations! Edited September 1, 2013 by RocketPilot573 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruKaveKi11er Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 On 9/23/2012 at 10:20 PM, Rich said: Welcome to the forums I felt a similar sense of not allowing myself to join the forums until I had achieved a certain task. For me this was successfully landing on the Mun, needless to say it was a while before I signed up Happy Engineering! I didn't give myself a rule, but by the time i signed up (very recently) i had landed on Ike in career mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty Tan Tu Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Congratulations Cirius! It will be no time at all before you are designing your SECOND attempt to land on the Mun. Which of course will be a rescue mission, attempting to retrieve the kerbalnaut you stranded on the Mun in your first attempt. I still remember my first return to Kerkin from orbit. As the heat kept going up and up, I was nervous, the Kerbals were nervous, but than things started to cool off and I deployed the chute the second the light turned green, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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