Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Kerbal Space Program docking tutorial

I have been thinking about creating a docking tutorial video for quite some time now. Quite often I'm surprised how people still have problems with docking, so this is my take on trying to help. When you get all the points right docking is fairly easy. Craft mass, positioning of RCS thrusters and eccentric orbits can make docking troublesome, but basics of it are quite simple and with few tweaks of craft position and heading you can make them as painless as possible.

I have seen several docking tutorials already and so far I must say Scott Manley's is the best. The problem with his video is that he didn't really made it completely clear and you can see how he assumes you already understand some concepts and just glances them. On the other hand, I have seen some "tutorials" that are even recommended on forums that are complete failure, like this one.

So, to cut the chase, I present you : yet another docking tutorial!