Mod Idea: Ballistic Trajectory Autopilot

[Violet_Scarelli]

The concept is simple enough: select a point on the map of the planet you're on, the mod does all the calculations to figure out how to hop to that point and executes that calculation with a button press. It'd handle retracting and deploying gear, airbrakes, parachutes, all that jazz. On the prelaunch screen the mod could tell you its best guess at the dV required, and the transit time.

[linuxgurugamer]

There is already a mod that does that.  O don't remember the name, but it's one that I support,  

[Violet_Scarelli]

I think TCA has something that does this, and I did check that out (the "jump to" autopilot), but it's... not really what I was hoping for. It hovers and scans the terrain before trying a hop, which chews up fuel fast in ballistic vehicles with rocket engines, and what I'm looking for is something that literally just ascends and then touches down.

[Cheesecake]

On 8/28/2024 at 11:01 PM, Violet_Scarelli said:

The concept is simple enough: select a point on the map of the planet you're on, the mod does all the calculations to figure out how to hop to that point and executes that calculation with a button press. It'd handle retracting and deploying gear, airbrakes, parachutes, all that jazz. On the prelaunch screen the mod could tell you its best guess at the dV required, and the transit time.

Mechjeb has a landing module.

[Iapetus7342]

hehe mechjeb lander module go BRRRRRRRRR