Recent content by RogerWilco

Well I finally made it! I started a new scenario and managed to get from Earth to Jupiter to Saturn, but I had only a tiny bit of fuel left when I got there. I ended up passing through the rings and descending into the atmosphere, but I was so happy to be there I didn't care. What a glorious...

My mistake for the confusion. I started a new scenario with the Delta Glider to try again with the Jupiter to Saturn thing. So that is why my rel inc value is so different now. Yes, I have flown to Mars, Venus, Mercury, the moon, Jupiter and recently, Saturn. (Though I had to refuel multiple...

Okay I think I am getting the hang of figuring out my BTC numbers. I am assuming that my ship needs to be as close to the Earth as possible on the second half of my burn. Correct? One issue I am facing now is what exactly I should do at apoapsis to lower my rel inc. value. I tried some basic...

When I plug in 3000 into BTC it displays 3000 k/s instead of 3000 m/s. Is that normal? So the goal of BTC is to figure out how long it would take to do the first half of my burn? Then I take that number and figure up how long before t to pe I should initiate the burn. I want to mention I...

Okay, I have BTC up and running. I input 3.000 m/s as my targetDV and it says estimated burn time is 1.557 seconds and total burn time is 17.060ks. Estimated total dV is 74.556. Am I supposed to like at t to pe in transx or BTC? What about time to apoapsis? I'm a little fuzzy on what the...

So I should expect my orbit to extend out near the moon? 3000 m/s is meters a second, yes? Where do I find that readout? What is BTC? Sorry about my ignorance, I just want to make sure I'm doing this right.

Thanks for the analysis! I am not sure why the R Inc value changed. I used the same scenario to list the values to begin with, but I must have done something I don't remember to increase it, or I was looking at the wrong item or something. Is there something I need to watch out for in my...

Hehe did you ever play any of the old Space Quest games from Sierra? The main character (and intergalactic janitor) is named Roger Wilco.

Okay here is my attempt. I had the scenario in a quicksave file, and I opened it with notepad. I'm very excited to see what advice more experienced pilots will have based on this: BEGIN_DESC Orbiter saved state at T = 18569 END_DESC BEGIN_ENVIRONMENT System Sol Date MJD 64940.9694056658...

I haven't posted a scenario before so I am not clear on how to do that. I did read that the Orbiter master code from the .cfg file can be copy/pasted in the manner you specified. Is that the code you need, or am I after something else? Out of curiosity, what defines DeltaV as huge? What is a...

I am orbiting the Earth in the Perseus spacecraft (which I downloaded) and I've set up a slingshot past Jupiter to get to Saturn. I used Celestia to determine when Saturn and Jupiter would be in reasonable proximity to each other and set my MJD to 64940. I am looking at a September launch...

Hey everybody, I've been an Orbiter fan for about two years, and learned the basics by experimenting, watching tutorials, and most importantly, turning fuel consumption off. I've made it to the moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and am always trying to get further and further out. I decided...