Kerbal Space Program, or: "How many rockets can I slap onto this thing?"
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How do you guys get to orbit? I've been to 800000m and my spaceship still won't be going at a steady speed.
Missions been running for over an hour, looks like i'm in a stable orbit. Which is unfortunate because I exhausted all my fuel getting into the stable orbit.
[QUOTE=Earthen;31065714]How do you guys get to orbit? I've been to 800000m and my spaceship still won't be going at a steady speed.[/QUOTE] lots of thrust
[QUOTE=ButtsexV3;31065809]lots of thrust[/QUOTE]:quagmire:
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/8QaM4.png[/IMG]
Passing back over where I was when I named the continents, roughly an hour later.
[QUOTE=Earthen;31065714]How do you guys get to orbit? I've been to 800000m and my spaceship still won't be going at a steady speed.[/QUOTE]
Your speed will never remain the same, even in orbit. You will decelerate until you reach the top of your orbit (The Apogee) then start descending towards the planet, picking up speed until you hit the bottom of your orbit (The Perigee) to which you start climbing again. This is going to happen very ecliptic like until some sort of visual cue is put in that shows your orbit trajectory, Allowing you to make a Prograde/Retrograde burn at the Perigee to extend/retract the Apogee outwards/inwards and vise versa, to even out your orbit
It's nearly impossible to have an even orbit without some sort of visual cue. a 50m/s difference in speed can mean a 50k altitude difference on the other side of the orbit
[QUOTE=TheTalon;31065878]Your speed will never remain the same, even in orbit. You will decelerate until you reach the top of your orbit (The Apogee) then start descending towards the planet, picking up speed until you hit the bottom of your orbit (The Perigee) to which you start climbing again. This is going to happen very ecliptic like until some sort of visual cue is put in that shows your orbit trajectory, Allowing you to make a Prograde/Retrograde burn at the Perigee to extend/retract the Apogee outwards/inwards and vise versa, to even out your orbit
It's nearly impossible to have an even orbit without some sort of visual cue. a 50m/s difference in speed can mean a 50k altitude difference on the other side of the orbit[/QUOTE]
[H2]THIS DUDE SHOULD WORK AT NASA[/h2]
Not to deminish him or anything but that's basic physics
Annoying thing about almost every rocket I design, is that it always burns up all it's fuel creating the orbit not leaving enough to de-orbit with. Adding more rockets doesn't help because then it needs more fuel to get up there. :o
i have to try this
[QUOTE=Nohj;31066267]Not to deminish him or anything but that's basic physics[/QUOTE]
He uses BIG WORDS!
Whats the sorta altitude to get into orbit guys, I know its not as simple as just getting to that altitude, but i want to know when to try.
Also when do you escape the planets gravity pull enough to go off to space?
Any above 35,000 meters. That's where I find the wind resistance suddenly cuts out and without thrust you experience 'weightlessness'
[QUOTE=TheTalon;31066431]Any above 35,000 meters. That's where I find the wind resistance suddenly cuts out and without thrust you experience 'weightlessness'[/QUOTE]
Do you mean 350,000 meters?
Ok my rocket got to 370,000m and i fell back down to kerbal :saddowns:
Nope, 35,000. You can complete full orbits at 35k and above, Anything lower will hit wind resistance and slow down, falling back to the surface
[editline]12th July 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=radiomonster;31066459]Do you mean 350,000 meters?
Ok my rocket got to 370,000m and i fell back down to kerbal :saddowns:[/QUOTE]
You have to be going fast enough along the surface of the planet too. Straight up won't put you in orbit, you'll just go straight up until the gravity of the planet overcomes your velocity since I assume there is no escape velocity in Kerbal, yet.
[QUOTE=TheTalon;31066494]there is no escape velocity in Kerbal, yet.[/QUOTE]
Im terribly sorry, but thats all i needed to know, didnt need any more explaination :smile:
45000 meters and about 2300m/s velocity with you at almost 0 vertical speed when you cut the engines should put you in orbit
[QUOTE=Wavenarra;31066308]Annoying thing about almost every rocket I design, is that it always burns up all it's fuel creating the orbit not leaving enough to de-orbit with. Adding more rockets doesn't help because then it needs more fuel to get up there. :o[/QUOTE]
Get the escape tower addon, i use it to turn around or leave orbit and then a parachute to land.
Escape tower addon? Do tell!
[editline]12th July 2011[/editline]
Also, it's 34,500m when Wind Resistance kicks in, not 35k, My mistake
[QUOTE=Goz3rr;31066599]Get the escape tower addon, i use it to turn around or leave orbit and then a parachute to land.[/QUOTE]
I tried that, only the tower didn't have enough thrust to deorbit me.
The tower is in the updated Sunday Punch Extra Parts pack.
[QUOTE=croguy;31066842][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/fbpsW.png[/IMG]
Fuck.[/QUOTE]
The Kerbals do not give a single fuck.
[QUOTE=fskman;31066850]Launch anyways.[/QUOTE]
I can't, the rocket chipped into multiple bits, detaching the capsule from the rest of the rocket.
[QUOTE=croguy;31066937]I can't, the rocket chipped into multiple bits, detaching the capsule from the rest of the rocket.[/QUOTE]
try again faget
[QUOTE=Wavenarra;31066926]The Kerbals do not give a single fuck.[/QUOTE]
I bet Jeb forgot to enter before launch and Bob and Bill decided to tilt the rocket towards the platform so he could enter.
[editline]12th July 2011[/editline]
And here we----
[img]http://i.imgur.com/epMBa.png[/img]
Shit!
[img]http://i.imgur.com/LvoBE.png[/img]
Oh god!
[img]http://i.imgur.com/RRfq1.png[/img]
Ffffuck!
Okay, this didn't go as planned. I'm sure we won't be able to dig Bob, Bill and Jeb out of that pile of mess.
Did a full orbit, had fuel to spare for a de-orbit burn. Did it, jettisoned the capsule, overshot the landing zone a bit, but still pretty close. Tried to land it near the launchpad, but... Well you can see it, so mission accomplished. Never exceeded 97k Meters in altitude
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/SaborWolf/kerbjustmissed.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=TheTalon;31067032]Did a full orbit, had fuel to spare for a de-orbit burn. Did it, jettisoned the capsule, overshot the landing zone a bit, but still pretty close. Tried to land it near the launchpad, but... Well you can see it, so mission accomplished. Never exceeded 97k Meters in altitude
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/SaborWolf/kerbjustmissed.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
Guid job. I still can't wait for a navigation computer so we're not trying to do orbital maneuvers by feel anymore. >.>
What really sucks, is that empty fuel tanks give the same explosion than a completely full fuel tank.
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