Rutabaga's project of the day.

[Rutabaga22]

I just can't seem to get a rendezvous correctly, I follow the tuorial perfectly, but it doesn't work. ANy tips would be great, I've be using this guide

 

[IntellectualTortoise]

46 minutes ago, Rutabaga22 said:

I just can't seem to get a rendezvous correctly, I follow the tuorial perfectly, but it doesn't work. ANy tips would be great, I've be using this guide

 

Which rendezvous method are you attempting and where are you having issues?

[Rutabaga22]

2 minutes ago, IntellectualTortoise said:

Which rendezvous method are you attempting and where are you having issues?

I'm using the first one and have trouble after matching target orbit.

[IntellectualTortoise]

5 minutes ago, Rutabaga22 said:

I'm using the first one and have trouble after matching target orbit.

Your wording is a bit unclear to me but I assume it's Step 7 that's giving you trouble. Here's what I do when I get to this step:

 

Set navball to Target mode, set SAS to retrograde, and then burn to kill all velocity relative to target. After that, point towards the target and burn until your velocity gets to about 20-30 m/s. The spacecraft should now be headed directly for the target. If the prograde and target markers on the navball drift apart, conduct more burns to "pull" them back together. When the spacecraft is within about 50m from the target, kill the relative velocity again and use RCS and/or the "Lowne Lazy Method" to dock. I prefer to dock at 0.2 m/s relative velocity or lower.

[Rutabaga22]

@IntellectualTortoise I will kkep that in mind for next time, thanks for the tips.

[Rutabaga22]

For today's project I will be trying to make the most maneuverable plane I can, tips would be very welcome.

[Rutabaga22]

Here is my first attempt, it has a vector because the engine has a range of BIG and canards because every ksp plane needs canards to fly.

Well! It sure does go up and down! and fast, did I mention that it goes fast?

Well that's no fun! It goes left and right TOO easily, that makes me mad. Jeb has to bail tho.

Oh well. That's the project of the day, feel free to give ideas and/or feedback.

Jeb says hi.

[Rutabaga22]

For today's POTD I will be attempting to launch a kerbal to duna orbit and back.

[Rutabaga22]

Built the crew section of my duna craft!

With the fairing cap:

I have the Interplanetary stage set up.

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This is the rocket that will be taking us there.

Rocket go real high in sky

Thing are getting a little toasty...

Stage separation

These caps on the nuke engines are pretty cool!

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Deploying covers

The full spacecraft is in orbit and deployed!

Little satellite to poop out on the way to duna.

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Bill's pretty happy to be in an insulated container for a mission that could quite possibly be his last.

Solar orbit!

Bill's doing an exterior inspection of the engines!

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Duna burn complete, bill is doing one final inspection of the forward scout sat before it is jettisoned.

Secondary NERVs are jetisoned

 

Edited September 9, 2022 by Rutabaga22

[Rutabaga22]

Poopsat was pooped

There she is... The orange planet... 

Orbit achieved, the margins on return are a little sketchy tho...

[Rutabaga22]

THose margins are too tight, I legit can't make it home. I will be crashing the kerbals into duna and then waiting for them to be recycled.

He's so excited to crah into duna at high speeds!

Well, that was the project of the day! I had fun. Feel free to give feedback/suggestions!

[Rutabaga22]

Today I'll build a cargo planes

 

Edited September 11, 2022 by Rutabaga22

[Rutabaga22]

First prototype.

 

 

Didn't goo too well, not enough autostrut...

Again, not to good

Grrr

THEY SURVIVED!!!

 

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Here's the cargo plane mk2

No takeoff, gonna add canards

 

There it goes!

One quick question, why does this cockpit have a random seat?

[Rutabaga22]

Crashed, but it can make it to the island runway POtD over.

Well, that was the project of the day! I had fun. Feel free to give feedback/suggestions!