Pelican 5

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Pelican 5 is a 95 % reusable rocket capable of carrying small to medium-sized satellites

Here is a guide on how to use it effectively

PELICAN 5 GUIDE

LAUNCH: EAST can be in any direction

Throttle up to 100

at 5,000

Turn to 74.

When your apagee reaches 50,000
turn to 80.

Start to throttle down slightly into 40-70 region and cruise up to 100,000-120,000

When your apoapsis is 100,000 -120,000
Continue to hold 80 and throttle down to 0
take this opportunity to switch to your second stage command chip and set a moreover node to automatically achieve orbit

When at the top of the apoapsis release second stage and select the option to auto burn on the maneuver node

LANDING THE BOOSTER

After realising the second stage turn the booster to 16-20. and burn towards the launch pad remember to not burn ahead or directly onto the target, only burn a little bit as the rotation of the earth will account for the rest of the distance

After you burn your fuel could be anywhere between 14-20 which is good as 10 is the absolute minimum to land the booster.

Flip around and make sure the blue arrow is on top of the green icon

at 80,000 move slider 1 to 100 % to activate the stabilisers

As you descend do little burns if the blue arrow drifts away from the green icon

Once you pass 60,000 your speed should be around 800,1000 You now need to throttle up to 15-30 for the final leg of the decent

At 13,000 make sure your speed is 400-500 for the final landing burn deploy legs at 12,000

and slowly slow down keeping thrust activated anywhere between 7-20 or more if your speed is too high

slowly descend you must be at least 30ms when less than 600-700 m of the ground than before touchdown cut the engines

Once down speed the game up by 10* to make sure the legs don't flip out on you as they sometimes do.You should have anywhere between 0 fuel to 7 fuel on the ground

PS landing on one of the pads is very tricky and takes time to master.

THE SECOND STAGE IS RECOVERABLE