Soldato
Bah, orbiting? That's just falling so fast that you miss the ground 
Kerbal Space Program
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With the same ship I decided to see how fast I could go, just reached 10,000km out at 44 minutes in and going at 4,350m/s decelerating at 0.30 m/s/s, I estimated just over 40 hours to lose all velocity assuming deceleration stays the same which I assume it won't. I think I might end the mission now and assume they are lost 
( just ended the mission and the highest speed was 4860 on stock parts, my best yet )
Just before this one I managed to achieve a relatively stable orbit between 40k and 50k (until I went and watched TV for 20 minutes) with enough juice to bring her back down to earth this time, unfortunately I landed almost directly on the north pole (passed home base while watching TV) and the dark side bug blew up my ship
And here is Orbiter 2:
It consists of 6 central LRBs with 2 fuel tanks each in the centre which fire from the start, the lower SRBs fire at the start and can then be dropped after the first stage. I then wait until about 1/3rd of the fuel in the last LRB tank is left and fire the second set of SRBs as these must be dropped with the LRBs for now. I figure leaving them until the latest time is best as air resistance will be less and I might get more velocity from them.
Once those SRBs and LRBs are used I release them and fire the third and final set of SRBs which are attached to the primary LRB core. Once those SRBs are used up the ship is coasting up towards the 35-40k mark, on it's own I reckon it might hit 45k. If I want to go into orbit I point the ship just below the horizon and use 3 of the 5 LRB fuel tanks to convert vertical velocity into horizontal and aim for a 40k height and 2400m/s velocity. I'm then left with 2 full fuel tanks for tweaking and coming back to earth.
When I did the highest velocity and distance I just burned all the fuel as soon as the last SRBs had dropped.
( just ended the mission and the highest speed was 4860 on stock parts, my best yet )
Just before this one I managed to achieve a relatively stable orbit between 40k and 50k (until I went and watched TV for 20 minutes) with enough juice to bring her back down to earth this time, unfortunately I landed almost directly on the north pole (passed home base while watching TV) and the dark side bug blew up my ship
And here is Orbiter 2:
It consists of 6 central LRBs with 2 fuel tanks each in the centre which fire from the start, the lower SRBs fire at the start and can then be dropped after the first stage. I then wait until about 1/3rd of the fuel in the last LRB tank is left and fire the second set of SRBs as these must be dropped with the LRBs for now. I figure leaving them until the latest time is best as air resistance will be less and I might get more velocity from them.
Once those SRBs and LRBs are used I release them and fire the third and final set of SRBs which are attached to the primary LRB core. Once those SRBs are used up the ship is coasting up towards the 35-40k mark, on it's own I reckon it might hit 45k. If I want to go into orbit I point the ship just below the horizon and use 3 of the 5 LRB fuel tanks to convert vertical velocity into horizontal and aim for a 40k height and 2400m/s velocity. I'm then left with 2 full fuel tanks for tweaking and coming back to earth.
When I did the highest velocity and distance I just burned all the fuel as soon as the last SRBs had dropped.
Soldato
Almost achieved orbit 
Orbiter 2 went a bit wrong
Orbiter 4 can almost do it but still goes space bound
Orbiter 2 went a bit wrong
Orbiter 4 can almost do it but still goes space bound
Soldato
In case any of you are interested in the 'next level up':
Just randomly pressing buttons hoping they do what you want, P for Parachute?
Just randomly pressing buttons hoping they do what you want, P for Parachute?
Soldato
Almost achieved orbit
What are those parts you have there Marine ?
Doh! found them.
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Soldato
I've just been cheating and watching a you tube vid on how to get a stable orbit, will give it a go tonight .
One question though, not sure how I've missed this as it is really basic, but how do you turn your liquid engines off and then back on again?
I've just been turning the throttle down really low.
.One question though, not sure how I've missed this as it is really basic, but how do you turn your liquid engines off and then back on again?
I've just been turning the throttle down really low.
Associate
How could you
Jeb smiles all the time because he knows he has a sexy kerppette to come home to afterwards. Don't let him down man!
I tried my best to get them back this time. I was 250k heading back home then i ran out fuel and slowly started to drift away
R.I.P Bill, Jebediah and Bill KermanThat's how I do it, turning the throttle down to lowest effectively turns them off.
Soldato
I tried my best to get them back this time. I was 250k heading back home then i ran out fuel and slowly started to drift away
I always try to keep them alive, when a rocket goes wrong and starts spinning off, instead of just relaunching I find myself frantically hitting space - "Eject!! Eject!!"
Was the download big for this, can anyone rehost it as the main site is dead ?
Edit: Found mirror
http://bit.ly/kspv08win
Edit: Found mirror
http://bit.ly/kspv08win
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Associate
Associate
haha! I've had the exact same happen to my poor men so many times.
Soldato
Currently orbiting at around 243km 
edit: Uh oh... 7k from the ground and just realised I didn't fit a parachute!!
edit: RIP Bill, Jeb, Bob
edit: Uh oh... 7k from the ground and just realised I didn't fit a parachute!!
edit: RIP Bill, Jeb, Bob
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Associate
I always try to keep them alive, when a rocket goes wrong and starts spinning off, instead of just relaunching I find myself frantically hitting space - "Eject!! Eject!!"
I do the exact same but it's usually just too late to save their poor souls.
Man of Honour
Kinda reminds me of Buzz Aldrins Race into Space a little!
Soldato
How do you keep your models straight or controlable? Mine goes all over the place, even if its just a single booster. Holding F down works for a while, but once at alt, its over corrects and it ends up spinning around etc.