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[Anvilfolk]

you are using just one nuclear rocket.
to achieve similar thrust to a standard lander rocket, I suggest having 2 engines, on the sides.
also, for long burns, physical warp is your friend (ALT + whatever your keyboard key for time warp is. goes up to 4x)

WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY EARLIER!!!!!?

Wait, is this anything different from regular warp? Like, the "," and "." keys?

You know what's fun? Salvaging missions that go wrong.

Gonna have to start trying that Every rocket should have a docking port... then you can always fail at bringing it back to earth, eventually constructing a massive pile of debris or stationary planetary station, heh

The same craft I posted before is now (barely) interplanetary. Needs more parachutes and/or a better final engine.

Spoiler: Eve crash landing (click to show/hide)

That is also my first kerbal on another planet.

Do your guys ever get back?

[Skyrunner]

This is weird. I don't know what I did, but when I set a target and I can actually see it, it doesn't have a green marker and the distance. I can actually see the station, but no distance number make approaching impossible Dx
In other news, I have seen an informative video and hopefully will succeed in docking soon! How to get in a near perfectly matching orbit is a question...

[ank]

Wait, is this anything different from regular warp? Like, the "," and "." keys?

Yes! it apparently allows physical timewarp in space. That means you can thrust and timewarp at the same time, making NERVA engines a lot less boring.

[BigD145]

This is weird. I don't know what I did, but when I set a target and I can actually see it, it doesn't have a green marker and the distance. I can actually see the station, but no distance number make approaching impossible Dx

Did you hit one of the F keys?

[Pyre]

This is weird. I don't know what I did, but when I set a target and I can actually see it, it doesn't have a green marker and the distance. I can actually see the station, but no distance number make approaching impossible Dx
In other news, I have seen an informative video and hopefully will succeed in docking soon! How to get in a near perfectly matching orbit is a question...

Try hitting F4,that should toggle ship markers.

I've been playing with spaceplanes, trying to go as high and as fast as possible.

Spoiler: Faster Richlin! Faster! (click to show/hide)

[Sheb]

This look more like a vacuum cleaner than a plane. :p

[Pyre]

That's a rather apt description actually. You end up needing a lot of intakes to get enough air above 20km. Also, always have an odd number of engines, and put the middle one on last. That way, it will flame-out first, and give you some warning to throttle back. A flat spin is pretty much unrecoverable if you can't stop it by 12km.

[PTTG??]

I've got an idea for a mod here which just makes a pure-electric turbine. It could use the jet engine models, but it would only require intake air and electricity to run. It would use only a little power, compared to such electricity-guzzling users like Ion drives, and would be much lower thrust than the real jets.

So a solar-powered flyer would be an effective vehichle.

[Pyre]

Curse you sheb, look what you made me do!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

What do you have to say for yourself?

[Sheb]

Does it fly?

[Pyre]

It can leave the ground, but i wouldn't call it flying yet.

[JacenHanLovesLegos]

The same craft I posted before is now (barely) interplanetary. Needs more parachutes and/or a better final engine.

Spoiler: Eve crash landing (click to show/hide)

That is also my first kerbal on another planet.

Do your guys ever get back?

My missions tend to be to be one way. Also, may I mention that craft crashed because it didn't have enough fuel to slow down. Luckily, Eve has a thick atmoshere and I was only falling at about 50 m/s, and landing gear took the brunt of the impact.

[Pyre]

Spoiler: WOOT! (click to show/hide)

Just don't take it off ASAS. EVER.




EDIT:

Spoiler: Case in point. (click to show/hide)

[da_nang]

Ah yes, the air-scoop design. Pretty much all my jets and spaceplanes use it.

Gotta scoop it all up!

[Pyre]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

See if you can spot the problem!