Kerbal Space Program - Tutorial Building a Space Station Part 4

[@HeadHunterSix]

When designing a fuel module for my station, I originally envisioned a full orange tank (and I've done that in the past). Eventually, I came to realize that it's actually more efficient to design smaller "stackable" modules that can connect end-to-end and send each up on a smaller lifter. then you can use your normal rocket and not have to design a monstrosity that can lift 50 tons to orbit.

[@MorphingPhoenix]

Another great video my friend. Loved the station series and looking forward to the mining series.

[@Orb8Ter]

MorphingPhoenix Me too actually I plan on having a full operation from the mining to the delivering back to Kerbin.

[@MorphingPhoenix]

I haven't made it to the mining just yet in my career mode as far as the science goes. Another trip to Duna or so and I should be set to start...so, the tutorial for mining should prove most helpful.

[@orb505]

Good tutorials, very interested in seeing the mining operation and perhaps another station around the moon?

[@Windystig]

Thanks for these videos. I now have my very own space station orbiting Kerbin. Adding the fuel rig was tough because i'm on xbox one so don't have the mod for the auto docking. Even if i got the delta to zero the fuel tank kept drifting slightly so when i was attaching the scaffolding i always had a long trip back to dock again. The xbox is not really capable of dealing with too much either. Get a lot of slow down when i'm around the station. Maybe time to look at upgrading the PC for this game alone. Anyway, Mun base to do now!

[@Orb8Ter]

+Windystig Lol even my 8 cpu core struggles as the physics are being calculated for every part, but we'll done on making a space station from stock I don't know if I could do that without Kerbal engineer delta v stats ;D

[@Windystig]

It was really tough to do and to add insult to injury, the Xbox One version has some major save game issues and when i went back to it the latest save game i have is before i did the refueling rig. Gutted. Apparently the developers are almost done with a patch to release but has pushed me towards moving to PC for Kerbal.

[@soviethotpocket1258]

Windystig I'm on Xbox too I feel your pain

[@caltastic4034]

plz a part 5 or more i love these space station vids

[@RickyCotsmire]

Great video! Enjoying the series. It's be cool if you added the TAC Life Support mod and needed a food/water/waste service on the station

[@Orb8Ter]

Ricky Cotsmire I have to think about that may add it later on, we will see how it goes first but thanks for the sugestion

[@viruk67]

Great video as usual.

[@Orb8Ter]

viruk67 Thanks man, wish I had more time to do them with work and all that, but it keeps me busy especially with the editing.

[@viruk67]

Oh, me too. What with work, watching videos and sleep, I have no time to eat!

[@cjz5757]

Basically a gas station in space. Except, you'll pull your hair out trying to get to it.

[@D3nchanter]

Liked for the manual thrusting joke :)

[@walkingravenhart2498]

Handy note, mate. If you pop into the tracking station, you'll find they've stowed away self-destruct charges in everything. Just select and obliterate.

[@Orb8Ter]

Gene Hart I did know didnt think of it at the time, thanks for remindinding me though :)

[@najeebal-shabibi9394]

Must be why everything is so explosive during impact!

[@cecil4485]

I know these videos are from years ago but they’re great to watch and learn from! Does adding mass to a space station affect its orbit?

[@MoosePilot23]

Exactly what I wanted. Thank you!

[@Orb8Ter]

Mr. Moose Thats cool im like a Physkic...oh wait a minute you asked for this, LOL. Thanks man.

[@shadowhenge7118]

I wouldnt mind seeing something about the deep space relay network. Sites ive seen suggest something like 24 satellites in a kerbol orbit just inside of jool. How do you even plan for that number of probes?

[@xxffdsfa334]

thx for your tut vids. i have learned a lot! (financials are far away from rockets)...but i am now stock at a point where i have seen guys "doing it"! i want to have two engines "at two stages", but i have problems with the "cross feed of fuel" that "external fuel duct" will not "go over" the first engine, so no cross feed possible? its like with the struts, i am not able to get them "along a whole rocket"?!? whats the "secret combination"?

[@Orb8Ter]

Cool that I'm helping out. Now with the struts if you mean over the length of the rocket then you want something poking out of the rocket, I normally use the small girder place as many as you need to clear any obstacles then connect the strut between the two areas may not look appealing but it works. Hmm the fuel duct, it depends what type of stages you are on about and do you have both engines firing at the same time? first the fuel duct has to run from a fuel tank and it's important to connect the fuel duct to the tank you want to take fuel from first then to the fuel tank or engine you want that fuel tank to feed, if there are parts in the way then there is no way to use the fuel duct a redesign would be needed to get the fuel duct to work, it may be that I misunderstand what you are trying to do, in my experience with the game I only use the fuel duct to for asparagus staging meaning you have all engines firing but you always keep the next stage fuel tank full (in other words your dropping dead weight to make your rocket more efficient) or to feed the fuel directly into a rocket engine when it's not connected directly to the tank, hope some of this helps :)

[@ericrandall9349]

Having problems with the scaffold attaching to the side decouplers? I can place them but they are half inside of the decouplers and fuel tank. Any help?

[@Orb8Ter]

+Eric Randall Hmm not sure this may be a bug of the latest version of Ksp I've been having problems with fairings

[@subscribetopewdiepie2928]

i think you gotta press alt did you try it it worked for me :D

[@LinusE]

I can't seem to get the angle on my launching, I have to go straight upwards which screws up the apoapsis orbit and doesnt make it round but oval shaped, how can i fix this?

[@Orb8Ter]

+ACS/VAS/SWE Ok launching can be the hardest task, You have to make sure you launch and always point close to the yellow prograde marker while turning slowly Try adding struts if you get wobble as this could cause you to loose control I you have problems with rocket flips try adding reaction control wheels and even add RCS thrusters for control be carfull too much control can cause more wobble so test a couple of designs if you have too.

[@LinusE]

Orb8Ter Thanks, will try this! :D

[@Gluogie]

+ACS/VAS/SWE or just use the mod mechjeb

[@LinusE]

Gluogie tried downloading it but it doesn't work, some file is messed up every time I download and it seems to be a problem everyone who downloads it has

[@aqilaalubis]

That probe thingy really helped you there. The idea is just brilliant. Is that what they do and have in real life?

[@Orb8Ter]

+Bluemage6 It's a good idea but the problem in real life is safety so multiple dockings could have the potential of collision and debris, that's why they use the robotic arm for the supply missions and auto pilot docking for everything else

[@aqilaalubis]

+Orb8Ter Hmm. Okay. Cool. Never knew they had robot arms in space.

[@Orb8Ter]

+Bluemage6 They call it the Canada Arm but they also have the Robonaught up there where someone on the ground can use VR equipment to control it they haven't used it in space yet though but it will be cool when they do.

[@martijnellenbroek6448]

were can i get the docking autopilot?

[@sietsejansen5522]

Awesomeee

[@tylerrulz78]

How did you get those girders to stick on to those decouplers like that??

[@Orb8Ter]

Do you know what I can't remember, but you can attach them via one end then use the rotate and position tools that are shown in the top left of the build screen they look like arrows and circles if you don't know about them

[@JasonFahy]

12:00 That RCS looks like it shouldn't be enough, when you're using a multi-SRB, multi-Mainsail launch vehicle...

[@cmdmd]

Hi, I don't go very high with my space stations, 160-180k, but, once in space, I decouple anything aerodynamic (on which I place 6-8 sepratons and dump it in retrograde, that always drops its periapsis to below 55km and Kerbin eats them.

[@gamerscircle]

I think I have duplicated what you showed, but the SRB' are still burning when the 1st batch of orange tanks are done and about 8k up, it flips out.

[@Orb8Ter]

+Andy Wood You need to setup the sepratrons to fire when the tanks are decoupled can be tedious to setup but if you attach one then set it to the correct stage then use ALT and click on the sepratron so you have copied it so when you place it on another point on the tank it will automatically stage the same as the part you copied. as for rocket flipping try and keep on the prograde when launching through the atmosphere, unless its the sepratrons causing the problem.

[@FearlessJames]

You make docking and rendzevousing look so easy :I)

[@Orb8Ter]

+Docktor LOL its like riding a bike it get easier with practice, I couldn't spell it without auto correct anyway ;)

[@Matthew.1994]

when will the next episode be online??

[@Orb8Ter]

+KleytenHD I couldnt think of anything else to add to the space station but have been thinking of creating a capture an asteroid tutorial, and you got me thinking we could use that to turn that into an asteroid space station.

[@Matthew.1994]

^^ would be cool :D

[@ivanpanon]

+Orb8Ter assemblies some space bus, like shuttle columbia. Kerbal tourism. And where to get that autopilot mod?

[@AviationFreak1]

How do you turn mechjeb on?

[@shaun5390]

It is a mod that can be found on curse mods, then put into the data files for jsp there are lots of tutorials on how to instal mods into the data files and it works the same for mechjeb

[@WildcardGamez]

or as americans call it a gas station.... XD id just call it a refueling station

[@Orb8Ter]

+WildCardMC Lol I had thought that would be funny 😂

[@tinyturtle007]

Can you make a station on Duna? It would be awesome!

[@Orb8Ter]

Mr. Kuwuluwul Whoa slow down there, first I plan on building a mining operation around the Mun so this means Mun base on the surface, space station and even transporting fuel and Kerbals about, I liked the idea of putting deep space fueling stations around all the other planets sounds like a cool idea so i will try to get around to it at some point.

[@tinyturtle007]

Okey , then i know :)

[@woutervn]

+Orb8Ter Please do a De-orbit video of this space station! :)

[@jeffrey4547]

we still call it a fuel tank i have launch pad in my game have to build big stations i use multi port docks makes the crack'en go away i have to have 4 huge tanks one for ore ,metal ore , scrap metal , metal and rocket parts but i did take it from 1200 parts to 780 parts to the station it just can't do much till it's dun it takes 10 engineers to operate the main production i have 20 on the station plus 6 scientist 3 pilots but can house more for building ships from there cost over 20 mill to build it at minmus then it is constant mission back and forth to minmus with trans ports for metal ore or ore for the station next station is going to be in jool

[@Jaystarzgaming]

You should put your space station in career mode

[@Orb8Ter]

I haven't played career in a while, I could build a station in career but was planning to wait fir version 1.1

[@greenlightzone]

You could build a space station on a different planet so you could fuel there and get to even a further planet (P.S Sory but I dont know the Kerbal Solar System)

[@Orb8Ter]

That is a good idea or could have a fueling station for the return voyage around the planet your visiting.

[@greenlightzone]

+Orb8Ter Yup. Also if you would have spare time and you wouldn't know what video make next on Ksp, could you please start a career mode?

[@jedilordlog8543]

i'm watching this vid first because why not and i am wondering is this able to have astronauts live on the station because you have fuel tanks at the core module?

[@masterarturo1990]

Great video, the only thing i did different is i install the tank empty :)

[@Orb8Ter]

That's a good idea ready for the fuel to flow from the Mun.

[@Immortalcheese]

So what kind of engineering do you do?

[@Orb8Ter]

Immortalcheese Ah ha the first one to ask! I have gone the route of electronics/electrical engineering I was inspired by the probes NASA have been sending out there (I was into astronomy before engineering didnt see it as a career path when I was younger) so thought that was a cool career, I joined the electronics course when I was in school and went from there, the only thing I wished I had done was gone into computers as well at least the programming side of it.

[@Deebeezeep]

It doesn't work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Whenever I try to do my maneuver, my orbit I run out of fuel! I use 1/3 thrust from the beginning and on my first orbit, not intercepting the station's orbit yet, I run out of fuel! The only way to prevent this is to nick 5/6 of the fuel from the center tank making it completely useless in the end! Any suggestions?

[@jmullentech]

You should have wellllllll over 3/4 of your fuel left if done right

[@D3nchanter]

you making a gravity turn???

[@jmullentech]

Denchanter357 Doubtful. 1/3 throttle... meh. I'd say nearly 100% (if not 100%) during most of the ascent, coast to apoapsis, gravity turn, burn to raise periapsis. With this exact build I usually have well over 3/4 fuel remaining on the last stage. Then the payload as well. Trips to every single planet SHOULD be possible with this exact configuration! I've made it to Jool, got into polar orbit and still had 1,000m/s+ ∆v remaining on the payload. Something he's doing is not right.

[@logankerr5900]

why dont you press 4 symmetry? its quicker and easier!

[@Legowanwan]

+Logan Kerr Then you won't be able to decouple only two fuel tanks at a time. If will decouple all four.

[@christiancordes7915]

I can't seem to place the struts that pop off when docking correctly, they always clip the fuel tank

[@Orb8Ter]

+christian cordes (SirDerp) Sorry the struts where also hard for me to start off with, you could send the struts up first in a separate launches and then launch the fuel tank after I think thats what NASA probably would have done

[@christiancordes7915]

Orb8Ter i just put one on the end, it little silly but it got up there. Also you are able to use the "medium launcher" for this launch, all it needs is some space tape.

[@Orb8Ter]

+christian cordes (SirDerp) Space tape an engineers best friend ;)

[@saczhnalaparan4877]

all part intersection have a space tape haha gg

[@tinyturtle007]

Subscribed :)

[@akselmc01]

Why do you pronounce mun man? It's pronounced like moon.

[@Orb8Ter]

One 'Mun' sounds cooler, second I'm Welsh but not sure why that matters, ;)

[@aqilaalubis]

Let him be

[@adrianbargen9727]

manual thrusting.... classic

[@yourfavoriteasian9125]

Lol I have a pirated version of the game so I can't install mods lol this is gonna be so hard

[@michaelt3172]

M a n u a l t h R U s t i n g

[@SeekerOfWisdom07]

I'm the 600th like, do I get a prize?

[@Neb0el]

What the hell

[@Jaystarzgaming]

I see your dirty joke

[@joey_bois4024]

Pls slow down ur videos

[@ferasboulala6220]

And again... I have to figure everything on my own because you don't explain anything. Also, some parts just pop up out of nowhere so I always have to guess what you put there... Thanks for nothing.

[@subezeroali]

so toxic

[@derekl6475]

Wow, you must not watch his vids....he explains everything he does. Being this is part 4 of this series, for times sake he skips the details that were covered in earlier vids. Great work Orb, keep it up!

[@psvialli]

How do you attached the struts to decouplers as i just cannot get them to attach ?

[@lethian1]

I think I have duplicated what you showed, but the SRB' are still burning when the 1st batch of orange tanks are done and about 8k up, it flips out.

[@Orb8Ter]

+Bryan Hunt I have the throttle at 1/3rd so SRB rockets run out first, and the flip out is probably that you have to keep on the yellow prograde marker can be tricky but can be done ;)