rustymcclintock Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 So today I finally reached my goal of landing a rover on the mun. This may not sound like much to you guys but I\'ve only been playing for about a week. I had attempted many, many times. Getting a perfect sub-orbit wasn\'t the problem, nor transferring to the moon, nor aligning my landing spot exactly where I wanted it, (the northern pole area) it was the landing. Something wild and crazy happened every time. Half of the time it was my fault, half the time a bullshit bug, shitting on my parade, Complications including, but not limited to; Vertical velocity too high Horizontal Velocity too high switching from retrograde to surface trajectory results in ship flipping shit Rocket lands, I disconnect rover, it lands on spent rocket and is stuck for all eternity there Rocket lands, I disconnect final stage, ship blows up for no apparent reasonSo I snapped a pic with the intent to share my moment with you all. And I figured, I\'d ask for a pic and a story from the other...kerbonauts... out there. (kerb puns killing me ) So share your best moment be it a rocket or craft that defied expectations, or a trip that went crazy good. anything and everything. And as a bonus pics of my first ever, successful lunar transition, and landing.I read through like 3 tutorials and watched a couple vids to learn how to do this. Was so pleased with myself lol.My first really good rocket, lost to a wipe from complications. The moment of triumph, cue Guile\'s Theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
togfox Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Well done. Congrats. Didyou return to kerbin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustymcclintock Posted March 31, 2012 Author Share Posted March 31, 2012 nope, the rover is intended to stay, but it blew up from going too fast. Landing next one right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wired2thenet Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 I\'m going to be chronicling my events soon too. I haven\'t successfully landed on the Mun yet (a 4-year old son sitting in your lap tends to Kerb the landings ((see what I did thar?))). I\'ve been literally at just a meter or two, my son suddenly reaches over and hits either the shift key or the Time Slip, and everything goes kerblooie.Luckily Sunday he\'s spending a few days with my parents, so I should be able to successfully land and return, if I can get rid of this annoying Sticky Launchpad situation . All my 14.1 rockets won\'t clear the launch pad, no matter where I place them in the VAB . Jeb\'s getting frustrated, and we all know where that leads ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustymcclintock Posted March 31, 2012 Author Share Posted March 31, 2012 lol nice to see im not the only one who has difficulty, landing jsut right is had with the throttle controlled by keys, i need a dial or something similar, a throttle if you will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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