kerbal fella Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 So in my save I've make it to the mun crewed duna uncrewed and minmus uncrewed And now I'm trying to send a lander to Eve, any tips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTLparachute Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 (edited) One handy thing to do is put an inflatable heat shield on the top of the craft. When extended, it will provide heavy drag in the atmo, allowing you to slow down easily. It will need AutoStrut to not tear off tho. Saying that, I'd recommend doing Duna crewed first, or at least a crewed Mun mission. You'll need practice with orbital rendezvous for Eve. Edited January 21 by FTLparachute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin_kerman Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 I agree with all of that, I watch enough of @Matt Lowne to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Kerbin Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 28 minutes ago, kerbal fella said: So in my save I've make it to the mun crewed duna uncrewed and minmus uncrewed And now I'm trying to send a lander to Eve, any tips 8 minutes ago, FTLparachute said: One handy thing to do is put an inflatable heat shield on the top of the craft. When extended, it will provide heavy drag in the atmo, allowing you to slow down easily. It will need AutoStrut to not tear off tho. Saying that, I'd recommend doing Duna crewed first, or at least a crewed Mun mission. You'll need practice with orbital rendezvous for Eve. Erm, this may be a uncrewed decent only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Bring a heat shield or go kaboom. Then the atmo is thick enough to land even big ship on parachutes alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adsii1970 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 56 minutes ago, Vanamonde said: Bring a heat shield or go kaboom. Then the atmo is thick enough to land even big ship on parachutes alone. And put a station in Eve's orbit with a lot of extra fuel. You'll need to refuel your spacecraft before you head back to Kerbin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbal fella Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 3 hours ago, FTLparachute said: One handy thing to do is put an inflatable heat shield on the top of the craft. When extended, it will provide heavy drag in the atmo, allowing you to slow down easily. It will need AutoStrut to not tear off tho. Saying that, I'd recommend doing Duna crewed first, or at least a crewed Mun mission. You'll need practice with orbital rendezvous for Eve. I'm pretty good at docking 2 hours ago, adsii1970 said: And put a station in Eve's orbit with a lot of extra fuel. You'll need to refuel your spacecraft before you head back to Kerbin. Not planning on going back Its gonna be the the Soviet late Venus lander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Kerbin Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 1 hour ago, kerbal fella said: I'm pretty good at docking Not planning on going back Its gonna be the the Soviet late Venus lander You won’t need rendezvous- only for crewed ascent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Emigrant Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Hi. My only tip is don’t send Kerbals. Make it a permanent weather station. Personally I never go there. ME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmaine Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Landing is easy. Just barely dip into that thick atmosphere and it slows you down pretty well. Returning, however.... I've never once managed to get anything from Eve's surface to orbit. Even unkerballed, and even by "cheating" a vehicle to Eve's surface for the purpose of experimenting with what it would take. I've read of some people doing it with the breaking ground DLC, but I don't have that. I've also seen things implying it might have been easier long ago - maybe even pre KSP version 1.0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke MelTdoWn Posted 6 hours ago Share Posted 6 hours ago (edited) What periapsis height at Eve should I aim for when aerobraking? In my case, I want to enter Eve orbit with an about 110 ton stack with inflatable heat shield. Edited 6 hours ago by Duke MelTdoWn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclipse 32 Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago don't. or, well, do you want to come back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Kerbin Posted 8 minutes ago Share Posted 8 minutes ago 3 hours ago, Eclipse 32 said: don't. or, well, do you want to come back? On 1/21/2025 at 4:09 PM, kerbal fella said: Not planning on going back Its gonna be the the Soviet late Venus lander …which was a probe. Why does everyone disregard this??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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