Augerman Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Hi everyoneWas wondering if you experienced pilots could give me some tips on how to lift a space station into orbit, the general design is a cross shape with many solar panels. As I life off I immediately bank North and both ASAS and manual control cannot keep it straight.How did you get your space station into orbit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellome118 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 One way to do it is by going to the launchpad with your space station, then as quickly as possible press escape and exit to space center, close the game and take a look at this thread:http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/index.php?topic=7737.msg113382#msg113382Hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E. F. Kranz Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Your ship is probably out of balance. There is only so much that control surfaces and RCS thrusters can do to correct this in flight.You will either need to balance your ship better, or work to counteract the inbalance using off-center thrust.This is the reason I stopped toying with complicated spaceplanes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtblazing Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 the *you know you are in for a short flight when you add winglets to balance out the mass* joke comes to mind... could help if lift isn\'t a problem, just direction... (it will go sideways because the center of trust is not below the center of mass. add weight to whatever side it turns away from to balance it out... or mess with the config of the station to be balanced from the get go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UmbralRaptor Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 More control authority (winglets, RCS, vectored thrust), maybe? Certainly, they can help stabilize otherwise problematic designs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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