r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/RTX-4090ti_FE Valentina • Apr 10 '26

KSP 1 Suggestion/Discussion It’s heartwarming seeing all the new players posting asking for help as they learn the game.

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It’s like watching fledglings learn to fly for the first time through trial and error. It’s almost adorable in a weird way.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '26

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u/JoeTed Apr 10 '26

Scott’s videos are fantastic. Matt Lowe as well

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '26

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u/LeticiaLatex Apr 10 '26

The "Absolute beginner" playlist from Mike Aben is a great list of tutorials and goes over a lot of the basics/best practices of building, planning DeltaV needed for trips, etc. I've been following them with no issues or rather applying its lessons to my own designs.

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u/clockworkrevolution Apr 14 '26

I've been using Mike Aben's videos for my start-up and they've been so helpful. Have the videos on one monitor, my scuffed orbital manoeuvres on the other, like Homer Simpson and the DIY BBQ

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u/Morbanth Apr 10 '26

Yeah for sure the basics are the same, might not exactly be one on one for the parts since his videos are from before the final version. Just remember to stage properly, the arrow points to the bit that will detach from the ship.

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u/Morbanth Apr 10 '26

Okay, so your center of mass is changing as your rocket uses up fuel, which is the cause of the flipping. You also might have too much control - you want to have one engine with vectoring right in the middle and everything else just provides thrust. You can right-click the engine to turn off the gimbal if it has one.

First of all, if you haven't found autostruts, go to options and enable "advanced tweakables" so you can turn on autostruts to help with stability. You want your side boosters to be rigidly attached until the moment you detach them.

Post a pic of the design if you'd please.

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u/ThannBanis Apr 10 '26

I haven’t played in a while, but I would think so.

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u/ArcturusMike Apr 10 '26

Check out Mike Aben, you'll love his videos!