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I need to watch more of those Scott Manley videos. I'm going in blind, and want to play vanilla until I get to Mun. I didn't realize maneuver modes were a thing. Like, I saw videos and pictures showing the feature, but didn't realize that wasn't a mod. That's gonna make this game so much easier. Also, yeah, made orbit with a single stage rocket. Next goal: Munshot! (Orbit and return anyways). I'll do it the efficient nerdy way, and then I'll do it the Glorious Juche Kerban way, with a KerbDong that is three times bigger than previous!
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Tried to do a flyby of the Mun using the smallest rocket I could get away with. Getting to the moon was easy even though various "inefficiencies" may have eaten up  Getting away from the Mun proved problematic. It really didn't want to let Jeb go home:  Giving one final burn got him nearly there, nearly:  But then you're trapped 11 thousand kilometers from home, CAA just isn't an option; you got to nut up and do some of that "right stuff" stuff:  Yeehaa and science! 
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Apr 24, 2014 02:32
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YF19pilot posted:I need to watch more of those Scott Manley videos. I'm going in blind, and want to play vanilla until I get to Mun. I didn't realize maneuver modes were a thing. Like, I saw videos and pictures showing the feature, but didn't realize that wasn't a mod. That's gonna make this game so much easier. Also, yeah, made orbit with a single stage rocket. Next goal: Munshot! (Orbit and return anyways). I'll do it the efficient nerdy way, and then I'll do it the Glorious Juche Kerban way, with a KerbDong that is three times bigger than previous! Scott Manley's videos are alright, but you really need to see the stuff put out by illectro here on the forums.
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Apr 24, 2014 02:47
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DSauer posted:Getting away from the Mun proved problematic. It really didn't want to let Jeb go home: It looks like you were trying to burn prograde to the Mun's orbit, which will always have a good chance of bringing you back within its SOI. If you burn retrograde (to Kerbin, not your own orbit; that'll just kill you), it'll kill your velocity and drop you straight back to Kerbin using much less dV. Basically do this:  and you're golden.
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Apr 24, 2014 02:48
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The way I've found to think of Mun and Minmus returns that makes the most sense is to answer this question to yourself: what would you do to get home if the giant hunk of space rock you're standing on wasn't there at all? Put another way, imagine you are in exactly the same orbit as the Mun, going the same way at the same speed, but 180 degrees around Kerbin from it. Which way would you burn to get home to Kerbin? Hopefully the answers seem obvious but maybe I didn't explain my thinking very well 
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Apr 24, 2014 03:01
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3 posted:It looks like you were trying to burn prograde to the Mun's orbit, which will always have a good chance of bringing you back within its SOI. If you burn retrograde (to Kerbin, not your own orbit; that'll just kill you), it'll kill your velocity and drop you straight back to Kerbin using much less dV. Basically do this: This is a very good image outlining what I was trying to describe a couple days ago.
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Apr 24, 2014 03:06
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VanSandman posted:Thank you! Even just being able to launch from the hidden space center or island airfield once you get to them would be nice. Especially the hidden space center, it would force you to deal with inclination issues.
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Apr 24, 2014 03:24
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Does anyone have a build of a kethane miner I can steal from them? I need to start mining on Kerbin but I have no idea how to actually mine now that I've finished scanning it. Also, how to I go from a Hohmann transfer to the moon to orbiting the moon with MechJeb? I totally forget 
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Apr 24, 2014 03:50
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FWIW mining on Kerbin isn't a good idea unless you are building a plane to visit all the biomes or something; it's far easier to mine Kethane from the Mün and Minmus. If I used Kethane anymore I'd share my Münar miner, but that was from several ieterations ago. Burn to the Mün when it appears over Kerbin's horizon, after you migrate to the Mün's SOI burn retrograde at Pe. Am I misinterpreting your question?...
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Apr 24, 2014 04:00
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The Meat Dimension posted:FWIW mining on Kerbin isn't a good idea unless you are building a plane to visit all the biomes or something; it's far easier to mine Kethane from the Mün and Minmus. If I used Kethane anymore I'd share my Münar miner, but that was from several ieterations ago. Nope I just got a satellite to orbit Mun and start scanning  . Now to figure out how to build a mining rig.
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Apr 24, 2014 04:19
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Tusen Takk posted:mining rig. Coiner spotted 
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Apr 24, 2014 04:24
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Fucknag posted:Coiner spotted Hahaha I mean this 
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Apr 24, 2014 04:28
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Haha, we actually had someone suggest that since Kerbals measure data in Mits we should call the currency Mitcoins. If I printed out every email, PM and other messages where people ask me to consider selling KSP for bitcoin I'd be able to wallpaper both my apartments and Squad HQ.
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Apr 24, 2014 04:32
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Maxmaps posted:Haha, we actually had someone suggest that since Kerbals measure data in Mits we should call the currency Mitcoins. If I printed out every email, PM and other messages where people ask me to consider selling KSP for bitcoin I'd be able to wallpaper both my apartments and Squad HQ. Are you the developer of KSP? 
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Apr 24, 2014 04:36
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Tusen Takk posted:Are you the developer of KSP? Max, as his avatar rightly says, does public relations work for Squad as his day job.
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Apr 24, 2014 04:39
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Nth Doctor posted:Max, as his avatar rightly says, does public relations work for Squad as his day job. That's pretty cool, actually. Now back to our regularly scheduled programming
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Apr 24, 2014 04:43
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Maxmaps posted:Haha, we actually had someone suggest that since Kerbals measure data in Mits we should call the currency Mitcoins. If I printed out every email, PM and other messages where people ask me to consider selling KSP for bitcoin I'd be able to wallpaper both my apartments and Squad HQ. Tell them you'll do it when you get enough requests to cover Minmus. ... on second thought don't, they'd probably give them to you.
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Apr 24, 2014 05:39
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Nth Doctor posted:Scott Manley's videos are alright, but you really need to see the stuff put out by illectro here on the forums. I can't tell if this is sarcastic.
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Apr 24, 2014 08:13
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I take back everything I said about the ion engine. It’s not just for probes. 
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Apr 24, 2014 09:52
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What pack is the ion engine in? Or is it stock... I've only ever noticed the xenon engine I wanna make a TIE fighter so bad now
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Apr 24, 2014 10:01
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Tusen Takk posted:What pack is the ion engine in? Or is it stock... I've only ever noticed the xenon engine
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Apr 24, 2014 10:08
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Strudel Man posted:Same thing. Ion engine consumes xenon. And electricity. Do you have to have the xenon containers attached to the engine? I wish there was a bigger xenon container other than the dinky one that seems to be meant for a probe 
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Apr 24, 2014 10:40
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Tusen Takk posted:Do you have to have the xenon containers attached to the engine? I wish there was a bigger xenon container other than the dinky one that seems to be meant for a probe That dinky xenon container will last you for a very, very, very long time. There's a larger radial one too.
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Apr 24, 2014 10:47
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Fishstick posted:I can't tell if this is sarcastic. It is not.
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Apr 24, 2014 11:33
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Scott Manley posts here as illectro  Were you thinking of Abyssal Lurker?
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Apr 24, 2014 11:45
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Tusen Takk posted:Do you have to have the xenon containers attached to the engine? I wish there was a bigger xenon container other than the dinky one that seems to be meant for a probe
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Apr 24, 2014 11:54
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Regrettable posted:It is not. They're the same guy.
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Apr 24, 2014 13:04
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Geirskogul posted:They're the same guy. Thanks for ruining it. Regrettable fucked around with this message at 13:40 on Apr 24, 2014 |
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Apr 24, 2014 13:36
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Geirskogul posted:They're the same guy. 
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Apr 24, 2014 14:22
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Regrettable posted:Thanks for ruining it. It wasn't a good enough joke to ruin.
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Apr 24, 2014 14:46
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I'm confused. You guys are confusing.
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Apr 24, 2014 15:13
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I have lost my first kerbal ... during a stupidly bad run mission. I managed to build a stupidly bad rover, attached it to an even more stupidly built two-stage lander and sent it all to the Mun. After landing and detaching the rover I realized I could not take it out of my spaceship. In the tests made in Kerbal the rover just fell straight to the ground and rested there. In the Mun, it bounced and got entangled between the legs. So I had to move the lander a little bit. At that point the rover rolled away due to a little ground inclination, When i was able to put Bill in the ground the rover was at more than 300 meters from the lander. Yeah... So it was rover chasing time. I was able to get to the rover, board it and drive it back to the lander, where poor Luson boarded it too. Then it was time to try to get to one anomaly detected from a mapping satellite. It was fine until I passed the top of a cliff. Then the rover lost its stability and started to roll down the cliff. I was able to unboard Bill, but Luson was ejected from the wrecked rover before I was able to unboard him. Now the game considers Luson a "Heavy Lander Debriss" (Heavy Lander was the name of the ship), so I can do anything with him. His EVA suit light is on, he has that stupid smile at his face, but it is, at al effects, dead. I wonder if I could send a rescue mission with a grapple unit to bring his corpse back to Kerbin. Perhaps he would even ressucitate if I'm able to land that "rescue mission" and "salvage" it once in the ground. Anyway, my first try at roving was a complete disaster. And I'm not goit to start to speak about my first plane. It just loses its stability once the wheels are in the air. So I am limiting myself to rockets and space stations by the time being...
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Apr 24, 2014 15:20
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Someone made an ornithopter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krlVneoYV5c
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Apr 24, 2014 15:24
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Platystemon posted:Someone made an ornithopter. Absolutely amazing! 
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Apr 24, 2014 15:33
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Platystemon posted:Someone made an ornithopter. The claw is awesome, I wonder if it's flexible enough to make a helicopter with it. Only one way to find out...
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Apr 24, 2014 15:38
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Amberskin posted:[stuff about poor ole yeller] Hold the waterworks mate, the green vermin are queuing up in droves to get in your flying deathtraps. They desire nothing less than to die messily for your temporary amusement. Hell they even come back from the grave to do it again for you! Kill them, kill lots of them, drop them from orbit and watch the sad little puff of green smoke. Build your next rover with rocket assist and bigger wheels, drive faster and if it gets a bit ropy, slap the rockets on and have a think about it while you float back down. Or just watch them crash and send another, whatever seems most fun 
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Apr 24, 2014 15:53
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Platystemon posted:Someone made an ornithopter. That's impressive.
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Apr 24, 2014 16:33
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How do I mod out Jeb, Bill & Bob? I'm tired of seeing their boring, smug annoying faces on every flight.
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Apr 24, 2014 19:22
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Just stick 'em in a three man capsule and send them on a solar escape trajectory. Never end the flight.
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Clark Nova posted:Just stick 'em in a three man capsule and send them on a solar escape trajectory. Never end the flight. Can't. Life support mod implemented. They'll just die and (eventually) respawn like very annoying zombies every time.
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