I can't finish contracts that has parts to be activaded "landed"

[jmarti]

Hi all,

I have this problem. And I can't fiund a solution.

I cant finish contracts like "Test RT-10 Solid Fuel Booster landed at Kerbin". Or other that has parts to be actived "landed".

How can I do that?

Thnx

[capi3101]

Pretty easy:

1) Go to the VAB

2) Pick a probe core, or if necessary a Mk1 Capsule as the pod.

3) Attach the item to be tested on the underside of the pod. If it's an engine (particularly an SRB), set the thrust limiter to zero.

4) Send this very basic, 2-part assembly out to the launchpad.

5) Hit the staging button. The test will automatically carry itself out (except on certain parts such as the Small Gear Bay or LV-1 engine; for those, right click the part and select "Run Test").

6) Recover the craft.

7) Profit.

[Alshain]

As capi said, testing the part doesn't mean it has to succeed. It just means it has to be tested. So if you conveniently forget to fuel it, well they still accept it as a failed test.

[Sirrobert]

As capi said, testing the part doesn't mean it has to succeed. It just means it has to be tested. So if you conveniently forget to fuel it, well they still accept it as a failed test.

You mean 'if you test what happends to an engine that has no fuel, it's still a test'

[SRV Ron]

You mean 'if you test what happends to an engine that has no fuel, it's still a test'

That is often the best way to test an engine landed or even in flight when the parameters of the test are met. For SRBs, remove all the fuel. It makes them much lighter to lift to the test altitude and speed.

You can always use the test an engine landed for a launch of a flight to do something else. That way, you get credit for the test as well as doing something useful with it. So, Test that RT-10 landed by using it to launch your vehicle to do something else.