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So. I decided to get a little ferry mission going, whilst (trying!) to get used to IMFD and the XL5 Vanguard - she is quite the nice big bird to fly incidentally! :thumbup:
Before taking off I've called up surface launch on IMFD, target moon, higher orbit program (no data from course) to give me the heading I should fly to minimise plane alignment. This "seems" to work, but after getting to LEO I cannot seem to get a good solution to get to the moon delta-v around 4k !! no matter what variables I altered. In addition, if I altered the Tej then the blue hypothetical orbit & associated delta-v began jumping around the place. Is this because I'm on the surface and have non-spherical gravity ticked?
I'll have to go back and watch blixel & dgatsoulis' tutorial vids again - I thought I was doing OK before, but my previous lunar trip involved the Clydesdale; the Vanguard is a different beastie
Thinking about it whilst typing this post - would I still have to wait for the moon to be in a favourable position in its orbit to give me a 3-4 day trip and have the course program give me a better solution, despite IMFD's ability to handle off plane burns?
Please can anyone help before I go and kill the Vanguard's crew (again... repeatedly.. ) :facepalm: :shrug: :beathead:
Thanks!
Before taking off I've called up surface launch on IMFD, target moon, higher orbit program (no data from course) to give me the heading I should fly to minimise plane alignment. This "seems" to work, but after getting to LEO I cannot seem to get a good solution to get to the moon delta-v around 4k !! no matter what variables I altered. In addition, if I altered the Tej then the blue hypothetical orbit & associated delta-v began jumping around the place. Is this because I'm on the surface and have non-spherical gravity ticked?
I'll have to go back and watch blixel & dgatsoulis' tutorial vids again - I thought I was doing OK before, but my previous lunar trip involved the Clydesdale; the Vanguard is a different beastie
Thinking about it whilst typing this post - would I still have to wait for the moon to be in a favourable position in its orbit to give me a 3-4 day trip and have the course program give me a better solution, despite IMFD's ability to handle off plane burns?
Please can anyone help before I go and kill the Vanguard's crew (again... repeatedly.. ) :facepalm: :shrug: :beathead:
Thanks!