Bug #1736
Maneuver nodes cannot be placed far from periapsis on escape (hyperbolic) orbits
100%
Description
1) achieve escape orbit
2) attempt to place maneuver node near SoI switch- either entry or exit.
expected: can create maneuver node at any point on orbit
result: cannot place maneuver node far from periapsis
3) create manuever node at periapsis
4) attempt to drag maneuver node out to SoI switch
expected: maneuver node can be dragged to any point
result: node can be created near periapsis, however maneuver node turns brown then gets deleted when dragged to where the orbit line's curve becomes almost straight
hypothesis: maneuver nodes are being defined by True Anomaly which becomes extremely exponential, then undefined along the hyperbolic asymptotes
fix: maneuver nodes should be defined according to Time until/since Periapsis for parabolic & hyperbolic orbits
History
#1 Updated by sal_vager about 9 years ago
Not a fix but a workaround in case anyone looks here.
If you change focus to the planet or moon who's sphere of influence you're trying to place a node it'll work properly again.
#2 Updated by TriggerAu over 8 years ago
- Status changed from New to Needs Clarification
#3 Updated by TriggerAu over 8 years ago
- Status changed from Needs Clarification to Closed
- % Done changed from 0 to 100
Closing this report out for now. If you find it is still occuring in the latest version of KSP please open a new report (and this one can be linked to it.) For best results, the wiki contains really useful info for when creating a report http://bugs.kerbalspaceprogram.com/projects/ksp/wiki.
You can also ask questions about the bug cleanup in the forum here: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/143980-time-to-clean-up-the-bug-tracker/ and tag @TriggerAu to get my attention