How can i open the solar panels?

[denteferro]

I've mounted on the my spaceship, but i can not open the panels. How can i do?

[Sapphire]

Normally you can open them by right-clicking them and opening them there. But if your ship's out of power, then you won't be able to open them.

[denteferro]

thanks a lot

[FuzzyLlama]

I like to set them to open with an action group. In the VAB at the top of the interface there are three blue tabs. The center one switches you to action group mode. Select action group 1, click on your solar panel, and click 'toggle solar panel' (or some such) to add this command to the AG. Then in flight, you can tap 1 to open and close your panels. Make sure to put all your panels in the action group. This is easy if you only have one set of symmetrically placed panels!

Deploy your panels just as soon as you hit 70 km altitude! When I first started to play KSP, this was the number one post-launch mission-ending catastrophe.

Maybe in the future, a Kerbal with a toolkit could manually deploy panels...

[Smidge204]

Always helps to have an OX-STAT panel or two, just so you never run into a problem of not having the power to deploy your solar panels. Preferably three or four, symmetrically spaced, so at least one is always catching some sun.

Or stick an RTG somewhere if you got 'em.

Maybe in the future, a Kerbal with a toolkit could manually deploy panels...

A Kerbal on EVA already has that ability. Resetting parachutes, fixing wheels and deploying panels.

=Smidge=