I am trying to make a more advanced fizzy orbit code, but I can’t find equation to calculate when to start orbital insertion
Anybody know an equation I can use?

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    Okay @SamTheFox

    2.5 years ago
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    i haven't tried an adaptive program, but you can add a wait (0) seconds block and set the wait to the time to the periapsis divided by the mass of the craft, minus the thrust of the engine(s) in the stage, but i have no idea so you'll have to experiment with it by yourself

    2.5 years ago
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    That seems to be showing how to do the burn, I just want to know how to take the TWR and other info to calculate how many seconds away from apoapsis to start burning @SamTheFox

    2.5 years ago
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    you will meet the same requirements i said earlier

    2.5 years ago
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    Perhaps I was a little unclear, @SamTheFox I was asking how I can make vizzy calculate when to start the burn, not how to make it start

    2.5 years ago
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    at this point, you don't really need an equation for this, you just need wait blocks


    on start
    wait until (orbit Apoapsis > planet (name of Planet) Atmosphere height)
    lock heading on Prograde
    set throttle to 1
    wait until (orbit Periapsis > planet (name of Planet) Atmosphere height)
    set throttle to 0


    but if you want more complex mechanics, then you will need equations and wait blocks

    2.5 years ago

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