Re: Kerbal Space Program

by nickyf1 on Thu 21 Feb 2013 - 23:07

Standaman94 wrote:Found it

That's awesome!

by **Richy59** on Thu 21 Feb 2013 - 23:13

I am honestly pathetic at trying to align orbits to be able to dock. I simply can't do it, I have 2 Kerbins stuck in orbit :/

by **Standaman94** on Thu 21 Feb 2013 - 23:15

Kerbals have animations now Razz

by **Richy59** on Thu 21 Feb 2013 - 23:18

They look even weirder now Razz

by **Standaman94** on Thu 21 Feb 2013 - 23:34

They're cute little balls of green and I don't want to lose them to the vacuum of space anymore Razz

by nickyf1 on Fri 22 Feb 2013 - 0:37

Awesome!

Danbert must be a relative of Jebediah. I love these little videos..

Apparently they speak backwards Spanish..

by **ErebusV8** on Fri 22 Feb 2013 - 10:44

thanks guys
i'm now readdicted to this game...

by **ErebusV8** on Fri 22 Feb 2013 - 10:52

except i can't build anything that takes me higher than the outer atmosphere for some reason

by nickyf1 on Fri 22 Feb 2013 - 11:28

GRT 458Italia wrote:except i can't build anything that takes me higher than the outer atmosphere for some reason

It's about pitching over to get into an orbital (or sub-orbital) trajectory.

Watch this:

by **Standaman94** on Fri 22 Feb 2013 - 11:49

nickyf1 wrote:It's about pitching over to get into an orbital (or sub-orbital) trajectory.

Actually I'm pretty sure it's about not blowing up Razz

by nickyf1 on Fri 22 Feb 2013 - 12:11

Okay, well.. it's about many things! Razz

About building something stable, with enough thrust to lift it's own weight, with correct staging built in. Then once you do that, you've got to learn how to reach orbit!

by **ErebusV8** on Fri 22 Feb 2013 - 12:21

will this still go fro the demo? all i have at the moment

by **ErebusV8** on Fri 22 Feb 2013 - 12:26

my mate has the full one, dunno how new though, and it has some massive jet you can use

by nickyf1 on Fri 22 Feb 2013 - 12:57

My rocket didn't have enough fuel for a munar orbit insertion or trans-Kerbin-injection burn, so I ended up on a free return trajectory that took me beyond the orbit of minmus.. Poor Jeb encountered 23.3Gs of fore during re-entry..

This is the view I had from the apoapsis, Kerbin and Mun are visible. It would have been sweet if I'd made an accidental Minmus encounter, but it was quite far away at that point.

My rocket needs some tweaking yet!

by **ErebusV8** on Fri 22 Feb 2013 - 20:38

NEED THE FULL GAME!!!!!!!!!!

by **Standaman94** on Fri 22 Feb 2013 - 21:39

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/entry.php/535-Animation-update

by nickyf1 on Fri 22 Feb 2013 - 21:59

Kerbals are awesome.

by **ErebusV8** on Fri 22 Feb 2013 - 22:12

just shot past the moon, twice, one on the way out then on the way back, and didn't land on it...
getting there though

by **ErebusV8** on Fri 22 Feb 2013 - 22:22

question
what does kerbin escape mean? i've managed to shoot my rocket so it's going millions of kms away from earth (well it looks like that) way way pass the moon

by **ErebusV8** on Fri 22 Feb 2013 - 22:26

looks something like this:

by nickyf1 on Fri 22 Feb 2013 - 22:31

GRT 458Italia wrote:question
what does kerbin escape mean? i've managed to shoot my rocket so it's going millions of kms away from earth (well it looks like that) way way pass the moon

Kerbin escape means that you are going so fast that you will escape Kerbin's gravity well. The first skill to master is orbital flight. Reaching Kerbin orbit is the first step in any mission. Try out the tutorials! Spaceflight isn't about aiming and firing, it's about orbital mechanics. Watch a Space Shuttle launch, they don't launch straight up, they pitch over onto their back to fly in an arc. The ISS circles the earth every 90 minutes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Earth_Orbit

To land on the Mun, you've got to do a proper orbital transfer out to the Mun, and then burn retrograde (backwards) to slow down into Munar orbit (so you start circling the Mun rather than shooting past it, that's called a free return trajectory), then try and land! You want the Mun positioned at 45 degrees ahead of you, and you want to burn prograde (forwards) from behind Kerbin to get your trajectory set to intercept the Mun!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-lunar_injection

Sometimes I think if these Moon landing conspiracists actually took the time to understand simple orbital mechanics, they'd realise that a flight to the Moon isn't witchcraft, it's actually pretty basic mechanics!

by **ErebusV8** on Fri 22 Feb 2013 - 22:36

i am now orbiting
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the sun, not the earth or mun...

by **ErebusV8** on Fri 22 Feb 2013 - 22:37

at 8752.6 m.s-1

by nickyf1 on Fri 22 Feb 2013 - 22:38

You have to pitch over at launch to achieve orbit.

Skip to around 12 minutes in this video..

by **ErebusV8** on Fri 22 Feb 2013 - 22:42

Ah ok
cool as cheers

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