Retract the solar panels before landing on them!

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[M4ck]

Yet another facepalm moment, right? it's still better than finding out the hard way that the mainsail used on the lander(don't ask why) is too long to be supported by the landing legs, so everything falls over... You could at least hit F9.

[Tw1]

I am surprised they didn't just break!

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I was also very surprised they didn't break. I usually retract them before docking maneuvers. I didn't think landing on them would ever happen. Although, the gif makes it look like I was going much faster. I think I hit the panels at about .5 m/s.

Edited August 30, 2013 by Otis

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[tntristan12]

Yeah. That almost happened to me the first time I figured out that Mechjeb is capable of landing with millimeter level precision. Scary!