Determining Inclination?

[Malachai]

Hey all, I'm just wondering if there's a way to determine the inclination of your projected orbit (not current orbit). I'm trying to get to around 88 deg for mapping purposes, and my current orbital inclination is around 94 deg. I don't have a protractor laying around that I could hold up to the monitor, so I'm really hoping that there's an in-game way.

[ThatBum]

Try the Protractor mod. There's also Kerbal Engineer and MechJeb.

[Malachai]

I've got MechJeb, and while Protractor certainly seems useful, it's not what I need. I think there was a misunderstanding, or perhaps I wasn't quite clear. Lemme try again. Right now, I'm in orbit around Minimus. My orbital angle is ~94 deg. I want to get it to ~88 deg. So, when I'm plotting a course by putting down a node, is there a way to see the angle of my projected path? That is, the angle of the dotted orange line. Sorry, not entirely up on the terminology, and if Protractor does indeed do that, then my bad.

[ThatBum]

MechJeb 2 can plan maneuvers to adjust exact inclination, something MechJeb 1 can't do. I wouldn't know about the other two, as I don't use them.

[Eric S]

If you mouse over the ascending or descending node of your projected orbit, it will tell you the inclination of that orbit.

[Sovek]

Try moving your angle to 96° instead of 88°, same orbit, (mostly), but less ÃŽâ€V required. and use Mechjeb 2 to plot the 96° inclination.

[Malachai]

Ah, thanks. I'm using MJ 1 right now (waiting until the official release). I'll try mousing over now.

[Noticeably FAT]

Without having another object in orbit that you can target, I'm not sure. You could set up a maneuver node and eyeball it close, then once that burn is finished just burn manually and keep an eye on MechJeb.

[Malachai]

Yeah, I can't really select anything as a target with an A/D node. I'll eyeball it later and just mess about with the angle.

[tavert]

Try leaving a probe in orbit with a known inclination, so you can use it for reference on later missions?

[Malachai]

Meh, that would require foresight and planning. As far as I can gather, that's not the Kerbals' way. I managed to get my inclination to 88 deg, I just had to look at the orbital info window, burned normal, then antinormal, and I was on target. An easy fix. That I didn't figure it out on my own makes me feel kinda simple...