Tap somewhere on your orbit on the map page (apoapsis and periapsis are good places, but anywhere works) and you’ll see a little plus sign. Tap that again and you’ll get a multi coloured symbol with little balls on the end of each spoke. Start by using the green ones to plan a burn to set your orbit. Open the Map View option (spreadsheet symbol) and you’ll see a row of icons near the top. The first one on the left is the Auto Burn - this will activate your main engine to achieve what you’ve planned. Good luck!
@Insanity Thanks. I think there might still be an issue though. I've reduced the thrusters to 4x multi-RCS nozzles, but even in translation mode they still rotate the craft. The Sat docking tutorial mission makes it quite simple, but even when I can get close to the docking port on the next level, with a 0 or near 0 relative speed, the RCS control does not seem to respond in the same way as the tutorial.
Update: also applies when craft stable before RCS activation, in either manual or heading lock modes. Build screen shows centre of mass for that stage as being well below the body itself - looks like the CoM is still in the same place as it would be on stage 1.
I've had the same issue with several craft. I think you should report it as a bug :)
+1 4.9 years agoThanks all!
+1 5.0 years agoTap somewhere on your orbit on the map page (apoapsis and periapsis are good places, but anywhere works) and you’ll see a little plus sign. Tap that again and you’ll get a multi coloured symbol with little balls on the end of each spoke. Start by using the green ones to plan a burn to set your orbit. Open the Map View option (spreadsheet symbol) and you’ll see a row of icons near the top. The first one on the left is the Auto Burn - this will activate your main engine to achieve what you’ve planned. Good luck!
4.9 years ago@Insanity Thanks. I think there might still be an issue though. I've reduced the thrusters to 4x multi-RCS nozzles, but even in translation mode they still rotate the craft. The Sat docking tutorial mission makes it quite simple, but even when I can get close to the docking port on the next level, with a 0 or near 0 relative speed, the RCS control does not seem to respond in the same way as the tutorial.
4.9 years agoUpdate: also applies when craft stable before RCS activation, in either manual or heading lock modes. Build screen shows centre of mass for that stage as being well below the body itself - looks like the CoM is still in the same place as it would be on stage 1.
4.9 years agoThanks for your help!
4.9 years ago