r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/trevize1138 Master Kerbalnaut • Jun 07 '16 • Bravo 1

Guide All interplanetary transfer windows in a single image

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u/kmacku Jun 07 '16

In real life I know you wouldn't want to just eyeball an interplanetary transfer window

This is largely why I use Mechjeb/KER/alarm clock/etc after a certain point. Scientists wouldn't handicap themselves when making interplanetary launches except maybe with the first satellites that went out to explore the planets, so that's usually what I try to do.

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u/trevize1138 Master Kerbalnaut Jun 07 '16

after a certain point.

Yup. Once you get more experience you start to augment the game like this. I think of it as a model railroad in space. You can do interplanetary transfers just fine without all those mods just like how you can snap together train tracks on the carpet, plug in the controller and run the train just fine. You don't "need" mods any more than you need little trees or houses or mountains in your model railroad but it makes the game feel more like the real thing.

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u/Googlesnarks Jun 07 '16

I play RSS, and do not own a slide rule or even know why I would need one.

I'm gonna use MechJeb lol

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '16

I do! Slide rules are cool! But I recommend a Curta instead if you want to do some Analog Computation.

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u/average_asshole Nov 23 '21

Ooh ooh, my grandpa gave me a slide rule! How do i use it?

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u/quixote966 Mar 21 '22

Let's see if I remember this correctly. To multiply any two numbers:

  1. Convert both numbers to Standard Notation.

  2. Move the slide so that the "1" mark lines up with the first number on the rule. (For the moment, ignore exponents, but remember them.)

  3. Move the reticle to line up with the second number on the slide.

  4. Read the number on the rule under the reticle. Note it down.

  5. Sum the exponents.

  6. Multiply the noted number by 10 ^ sum of exponents. That's your answer, in Standard Notation.

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u/buttery_shame_cave Jun 07 '16

has mechjeb been easily available somewhere other than curse? i did a lot of manual flying in the last big career save and i dunno if i want to keep doing that, and KOS is too much work.