How to get this thing into orbit?

[irichey25]

So, I'm trying to make a space station but I can't get this thing into a solid circular orbit and dock with something, any ideas? What happens is at around 15000 or so it spins out of control... http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/903249917221270547/03FA6CADFE1DD3B22126186F9D7FFB46FF9C99A8/

Edited June 2, 2013 by irichey25

[stupid_chris]

Well first off, here you are carrying rocket fuel tanks to power your jets, which is highly inefficient as the oxidizer just stands there as a dead weight. And for the spinning out, it is probably due to overgimballing engines. Did you turn off the gimbal on the jet engines?

[irichey25]

I just tried turning off the gimbals before launch, I just spun again.

[stupid_chris]

Does MechJeb flip it off or are you launching it manually?

[irichey25]

I tried both, with Mech Jeb and with out mech jeb. Still at 17000 it

flips out.

[stupid_chris]

It sounds like a gimbal inverting problem... but I don't see where it comes from. Can you provide the craft file?

[irichey25]

So I figured out what was wrong, the air intake ran out and then it caused me to spin out.

[rpayne88]

Also, make sure your center of gravity stays ahead of your center of thrust