Manoeuvre on the ascend node - why takes hours?

[alkopop79]

Thank you all, I managed to land on the Minmus!

[alkopop79]

Not sure. Couldn't even evoke the menu for it.

[Deadweasel]

Thank you all, I managed to land on the Minmus!

Congrats! Now bring a scoop or two of that mint ice cream back home, would ya? That moon's been making me drool since it showed up in the sky. >_<

[gtmattz]

I have had decouplers bug on me and do this same thing. Going into the VAB and removing the replacing the part fixed it. I have not, however, been able to purposely replicate the bug, so I have no idea what causes it.

[DMagic]

It's hard to be sure, but I think the problem is that the decoupler is clipping into the engine and its shroud. It looks like the bottom node of the decoupler is bound to the bottom node of the engine. So it drops the segments below it, but can't detach from the engine, and the engine shroud can't detach from the engine, so everything gets stuck.

[alkopop79]

It's hard to be sure, but I think the problem is that the decoupler is clipping into the engine and its shroud. It looks like the bottom node of the decoupler is bound to the bottom node of the engine. So it drops the segments below it, but can't detach from the engine, and the engine shroud can't detach from the engine, so everything gets stuck.

That must be the case, thanks!

[alkopop79]

Decoupler is definitely pointed the right way, and I always set my decoupler in the same stage as the engine it covers (So that the thrust of the engine pushes the decoupler away) you could try that?

Redesigned the ship and since then everything's fine. Thanks!