FAQ

What would you recommend as a first launch?

Great question! We have a Getting Started Tutorial that can help you get flying in no time.

How do I rescale my parachutes?

Go to the action groups screen, select the parachute, and choose "next/prev size".

Why is it so dark?

Because it's night, and the sun is occluded by Earth. Either warp forward ~8 hrs, or launch something into orbit to get to the sunny side.

I'm on the launchpad, but my electric charge goes down. How do I fix this?

Use a launch clamp. It'll keep your charge fresh until launch.

How do I get those sweet interstages like NathanKell?

1. Build stage
2. Select "interstage fairing adapter" or whatever it's called (next to the other fairing bases)
3. Place its floating node on the node you want to decouple from (the bottom of your engine or, if a cluster, the bottom of the tank)
4. Right-click the base and tweak as desired. Set top diameter to the diameter of your stage, set base diameter to the diameter of the stage you will be building below, set height as desired. If attached to the bottom of the engine, set extra height so the engine is covered
5. Add fairing sides
6. Move the staging order as desired, noting that if you're not using KJR the decoupler built into the base does nothing, the thing will only decouple when all fairings have.

Note that it's the fairings themselves which are holding the upper stage in place. When you decouple them, the joints disappear, and everything separates as intended.