MJR
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How long did it take you guys to get to Mars? I am having trouble with it. I just want to see if I am on track compared to other people around me.
Your first trip to Mars
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Master of Blades
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Took me about 4 months or so... but that was a combination of having to learn everything else, and giving a **** in general...
However, I'm currently working on a video step-for-step tutorial of how to go to mars with IMFD
However, I'm currently working on a video step-for-step tutorial of how to go to mars with IMFD
MJR
C++ developer in the mix
If I don't reach it by then I will use you tutorial. Thanks for making it.
Pilot7893
Epik spaec mishun!
Venus was the first planet I visited
MJR
C++ developer in the mix
How did you learn how to get there?
MJR
C++ developer in the mix
Try to read lots of manuals and tutorials. I found one for Mars but I don't know if it will work for the craft I want to use.
Mafuskas
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I don't remember how long it was before I did it, but I do remember my first try. I really felt, when I made the burn ejecting myself from Earth's orbit, like I was stepping off the edge of a precipice; I really got this sense of embarking on an adventure into the unknown, what a thrill.
Things seemed to go quite smoothly, thought everything was on the mark, until I got to the point where I was supposed to meet Mars. It turns out it was some millions of kilometers "above" me, as I forgot to align my plane. :lol:
The next try went perfectly, and paved the way for many successful visits to other places in our solar system.
(also think thous could be in the main Orbiter board, its not really off the topic of Orbiter, just my opinion though)
Things seemed to go quite smoothly, thought everything was on the mark, until I got to the point where I was supposed to meet Mars. It turns out it was some millions of kilometers "above" me, as I forgot to align my plane. :lol:
The next try went perfectly, and paved the way for many successful visits to other places in our solar system.
(also think thous could be in the main Orbiter board, its not really off the topic of Orbiter, just my opinion though)
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Hi there everybody.
MJR, I can tell you that you can do it using TransX. I did after a couple of serious goes, but I made quite a few course corrections. I may have made more than I really had to.
I was using a ship that I hacked together though, not a deltaglider of any flavour.
MJR, I can tell you that you can do it using TransX. I did after a couple of serious goes, but I made quite a few course corrections. I may have made more than I really had to.
I was using a ship that I hacked together though, not a deltaglider of any flavour.
Linguofreak
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No, 347 days doesn't make sense.
Are you sure you don't mean *two* hundred and forty seven days? Or did you take a big detour? Unless you did something really wacky, the slowest transit one would generaly make takes about 250 days.
I did my first trip to Mars about 6 months after I installed Orbiter. That's just because I was doing other stuff first, involving LEO's and Moon landings.
The first time I tried going to Mars I got there successfully and actually found it quite easy using the Go Play In Space tutorial for going to Mars. I just messed up the landing because I couldn't figure out how to use Land MFD. Since then I've gone back and successfully landed in the DG-IV (using external O2 tanks so my crew didn't die).
The first time I tried going to Mars I got there successfully and actually found it quite easy using the Go Play In Space tutorial for going to Mars. I just messed up the landing because I couldn't figure out how to use Land MFD. Since then I've gone back and successfully landed in the DG-IV (using external O2 tanks so my crew didn't die).
Didn't take me very long since I used the Phoenix warp drive to get there to Mars.. And ofcourse when I do get there, its blue & green ( lovely Green Mars II texture addon).
Yes... Mars was on the otherside of the Sun from when I launched to Mars....
And, when I got to near Mars.. I cut my warp drive... In Mars path..
Wow its getting closer really quick..
Smacked into it with the force of Earth going that way, Mars comming this way..
Cheating by the standards of many on here. Let me check my schedule for shame..
Yes... Mars was on the otherside of the Sun from when I launched to Mars....
And, when I got to near Mars.. I cut my warp drive... In Mars path..
Wow its getting closer really quick..
Smacked into it with the force of Earth going that way, Mars comming this way..
Cheating by the standards of many on here. Let me check my schedule for shame..
I double checked everything...
I had a TransX Eject date from Earth of 55121.1 the resultant Encounter prediction was 55344 (223 days). This was based on a prograde vel of 3.567k, and a change plane velocity of -2.155k for a deltaV of 3.955k. This results in an Encounter V of 4.624k.
What actually happened:
I launched from KSC and was it orbit 55120.5. I adjusted the plane to the minimize Rinc from the escape plan in TransX. Something happened in TransX so I had to replan the trip. This time, I had 3.201k as the prograde velocity, and -356.4 as the change plane velocity, for a resultant of 3.649k. This results in an Encounter V of 2.68k and a 347 day trip.
So, basically, I didn't choose the optimal time to get there, but it sure was the most fuel efficient.
I had a TransX Eject date from Earth of 55121.1 the resultant Encounter prediction was 55344 (223 days). This was based on a prograde vel of 3.567k, and a change plane velocity of -2.155k for a deltaV of 3.955k. This results in an Encounter V of 4.624k.
What actually happened:
I launched from KSC and was it orbit 55120.5. I adjusted the plane to the minimize Rinc from the escape plan in TransX. Something happened in TransX so I had to replan the trip. This time, I had 3.201k as the prograde velocity, and -356.4 as the change plane velocity, for a resultant of 3.649k. This results in an Encounter V of 2.68k and a 347 day trip.
So, basically, I didn't choose the optimal time to get there, but it sure was the most fuel efficient.
but I am going to have ago tonight
Pilot7893
Epik spaec mishun!
I never had a first time. I got a CTD the second it came into visual range
Kyle
Armchair Astronaut
I pointed that way and burned, thats how I got to all the planets, this was back in 2003. I hit Mars going 357 K.
Linguofreak
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That still doesn't make sense. 347 days is too long for any normal transfer. I'm wondering if you ended up on a trajectory that went out past the orbit of Mars and then met Mars coming back in.
