First, I'd like to know how to land a tailsitter. Every time, it eludes me. Things such as either coming down too fast, or having way too much horizontal speed.
How can I stop this? I've tried a few methods, such as a normal, retrograde re-entry, which leads to far too much horizontal speed, and I've tried the 'Kill all orbital speed first, drop' method, which leads to far too much vertical speed. How?
Another thing is: Getting to planets faster. I'm not especially experienced with this, my pretty much only interplanetary trip was an Earth -> Mercury -> Venus -> Earth.
According to NASA, a spacecraft under constant 1G acceleration would reach mars in 2 - 5 days. (Not taking into account the turn around and de-accel.) Are there any add ons for orbiter that model this? Or at least provide a faster way of getting around.
How can I stop this? I've tried a few methods, such as a normal, retrograde re-entry, which leads to far too much horizontal speed, and I've tried the 'Kill all orbital speed first, drop' method, which leads to far too much vertical speed. How?
Another thing is: Getting to planets faster. I'm not especially experienced with this, my pretty much only interplanetary trip was an Earth -> Mercury -> Venus -> Earth.
According to NASA, a spacecraft under constant 1G acceleration would reach mars in 2 - 5 days. (Not taking into account the turn around and de-accel.) Are there any add ons for orbiter that model this? Or at least provide a faster way of getting around.