kerbal fella Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 (edited) 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 uncrewed any tips Edited Wednesday at 02:41 AM by kerbal fella 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 January 30 Share Posted January 30 (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 January 30 by Duke MelTdoWn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclipse 32 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 don't. or, well, do you want to come back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Kerbin Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 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...
mrneon Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 1/21/2025 at 9:35 PM, 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 Don't go there in general. If you will, then make the lander: - Have powerful engines - Have an efficient way to ascend to upper atmosphere - Resistant to Eve's horrible atmosphere And figure out a way to get out of that hellhole. I don't like Eve. What goes to Eve stays on Eve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Lowne Posted Friday at 07:40 PM Share Posted Friday at 07:40 PM On 1/21/2025 at 8:59 PM, Kevin_kerman said: I agree with all of that, I watch enough of @Matt Lowne to know. I saw this post because of the ping lol, I made a Eve tutorial video if it helps! But you should have definitely already visited every other planet/moon before trying, it's BY FAR the hardest place to do a return mission from (and it's not even close) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTLparachute Posted Friday at 07:42 PM Share Posted Friday at 07:42 PM Just now, Matt Lowne said: I saw this post because of the ping lol, I made a Eve tutorial video if it helps! But you should have definitely already visited every other planet/moon before trying, it's BY FAR the hardest place to do a return mission from (and it's not even close) I did Eve straight after Duna. I have no clue why I thought that was a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin_kerman Posted Friday at 07:43 PM Share Posted Friday at 07:43 PM Just now, FTLparachute said: I did Eve straight after Duna. I have no clue why I thought that was a good idea. I haven't done Eve yet 3 minutes ago, Matt Lowne said: I saw this post because of the ping lol, I made a Eve tutorial video if it helps! But you should have definitely already visited every other planet/moon before trying, it's BY FAR the hardest place to do a return mission from (and it's not even close) yeah, I've seen that video before, thanks a ton for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisB Posted Friday at 08:42 PM Share Posted Friday at 08:42 PM 54 minutes ago, FTLparachute said: I did Eve straight after Duna. I have no clue why I thought that was a good idea. Don't worry. Before my first Eve mission I did only a Mun fly-by and a short visit outside of Kerbin SOI, and didn't land anywhere else than on Kerbin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herbal space program Posted Friday at 09:09 PM Share Posted Friday at 09:09 PM This thread is kind of like that cartoon about all the engineering concepts for a backyard tire swing. If you just want to send a fairly low-mass, one-way probe there, then I would recommend putting your probe body on top of a decoupler/heat shield one size larger than the probe diameter, so that nothing at all sticks out from behind it, and then putting a fairing underneath that to cover the probe and shield during takeoff. To avoid flipping during your descent, you should keep the probe fairly squat in aspect ratio, so its CoM is not too far behind the shield, and give it plenty of reaction wheel authority to hold itself retrograde. You can also mount some kind of heat-resistant drag anchor on the retrograde end for stability, but for light, one-way ships I have not found that necessary. I would also pack some extra fuel in my transfer stage to slow down at Eve, because aerobraking there is pretty hairy and will eat up your heat shield. Other than that, just don't skimp on the lander legs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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