How to open the solar panel in Kerbal

Select action group 1, click on your solar panel, and click 'toggle solar panel' (or some such) to add this command to the AG. Then in flight, you can tap 1 to open and close your panels.
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Solar Panels? : r/KerbalSpaceProgram

Once the craft is in flight, you right-click on the item (solar panel, ladder, etc) and a menu pops out. One of the options will be something like "Extend panel." You can also set them to "action groups" so you hit something like alt+1 and all your panels open up at once. It''s a little blue tab at the top next to the name of your ship in the VAB.

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Opening the solar panels for the first time

You can clip batteries or mono propellent tanks over the rocket end and even put a docking port on it. Lowers you count since it is one item instead of the lattice frames. Real solid too, no wobble. Throw in a swivel that goes -45 to +45 and

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Solar panels open automatically? : r/KerbalSpaceProgram

Solar panels generate electricity only to charge batteries. Then other parts draw power from batteries. So you need batteries with panels. Solar panels cannot be deployed or closed if electricity resource level is 0 (ie. no battery, or depleted batteries)

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Solar Panel Effectiveness

Even at Kerbin, solar panels are insufficient to keep crewed rovers moving uphill for any significant amount of time, so you''re pretty much stuck with fuelcells from the get-go. Hmm. For a lander on Eeloo, I find that mine is more than capable with the basic solar panels that is has at the moment. however I have yet to see it transit to Eeloo''s apoapsis, which very well

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How exactly do the solar panels work? : r/KerbalSpaceProgram

What exactly are you asking? How to open them? What sizes they unfold into? Edit: Open by right-click menu or set them to an action group. The ones that look like two copies of the same thing, an A is a long thin panel and a B is a 2x3 square of panels (IIRC, I''m not certain, just make a quick thing to try it and make sure).

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Solar Panel Action Group

200 votes, 27 comments. 1.5M subscribers in the KerbalSpaceProgram community. The Kerbal Space Program subreddit. For all your gaming related, space

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Gigantor XL Solar Array

Usage. One panel creates enough energy to keep one IX-6315 "Dawn" Electric Propulsion System at maximum thrust and a distance to Kerbol similar to that of Kerbin, under the premise that it is able to orient itself

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Help! I can''t deploy my solar panels!

For a few days now, I haven''t been able to deploy solar panels. If I right click them, nothing happens. If I go to action groups and select a deployable solar panel, there''s no option to deploy them. If I right click ANY solar panel (even the ones that aren''t deployable), nothing shows up. HELP!!!!

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Question about Deploying Solar Panels : r/KerbalAcademy

You can do it with basic action groups available. Assign the panels to the lights or brakes button. At the top left in the VAB, there are three blue buttons. After your ship is built, select the second button then click Lights or Brakes on the left hand side. After that, select each of your solar panels and then select the toggle option.

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OX-Stat-PD solar panel wont produce potency (breaking grounds

There is a config file in Kerbal called "solarPanel.cfg" here you edit powerUnitsProduced and set it to the energy you need for all stations you need. I personaly set it to 5 but it should work with any number wanted. The Solar Panel now produce 5 energy units at anytime even without sunlight.

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KSP How do I open the gigantor solar arrays? :: Kerbal Space

Rightclick on them and click "extend panels". Make sure your satellite has enough electric charge to operate. :) In the future you can use action groups for extending several solar panels at

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Hotkey for opening/closing all solar panels at once?

All Activity Home Kerbal Space Program 1 KSP1 Gameplay and Technical Support KSP1 Gameplay Questions and Tutorials Hotkey for opening/closing all solar panels

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Is there a way to extend all solar panels at once?

The Kerbal Space Program subreddit. For all your gaming related, space exploration needs. I''ve been trying to build a space station recently and to make it look good and authentic, I put lots of solar panels on the structure. However extending solar panels one at a time is exhausting and inconvenient. I wanna know is there a way to extend

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OX-10C Photovoltaic Panels

Usage. The OX-10C is a deployable solar panel with a unique circular shape. These panels generate electric charge only when extended and directly illuminated by the light of Kerbol.To extend, just click the Extend

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how do I repair solar panels? I have the engineer guy,

The window doesn''t have a really have a specific time you have to be at. If you pass the window time, you are still in a good enough angle to get to duna (unless of course you were to timewarp a long time).

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Can''t add a solar panel to the engineers inventory :: Kerbal Space

Kerbal Space Program. But whe I try to add a solar panel to the engineers inventory it shows it''s too heavy or something I guess. Does the engineer need to be higher ranked or something? You just have to open Contruction mode, then you can see the inventories that you can access on the left side of the screen. #4. One Eye Jack. Feb 13

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Hotkey for opening/closing all solar panels at once?

Alright thanks, I saw enterelysium and some other guys do it and i wanted to it''ll save much time because generically i just right click and extended them all tooks a while

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Solar panel hot key? :: Kerbal Space Program General Discussions

When you are in VAB, click the middle icon in the top bar, then click "Action Group X" (I always pick 3 for solar panels) and them click on your solar panels and add

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Deploying ox-stat-Photovoltaic panel : r/KerbalAcademy

Deployables should be deployed from the Kerbal''s inventory, and not from the crane tool. Also once on the ground, there''s nothing more to do with solar panels. If they are close to a control module they''ll give output. You can still "interact" with them, but AFAIK this only gives a useless, albeit fun, little animation.

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How to Auto Extend/Retract solar panels?

It''s also helpful to note that action groups combine when assembling larger craft. For example, if you''re building a space station, and you assign certain actions (e.g. toggle comm-antenna) to custom01 to one station part, and different actions (toggle solar panels) to custom01 a different station part; when the two components are joined in orbit, the actions for custom01

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Can I auto extend all solar panels at once. :: Kerbal Space

I was wondering is it possible to extend all the solar panels at one time instead of having to click on each one to extend it. It gets kind of annoying with a lot of solar panels. I used Mechjeb in the past to auto extend the panels but it stopped working. is there another mod or something in the game that I''m not aware of? Thanks everyone. < >

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Repairing a Solar Panel in Space around Minmus | KSP (Kerbal

Last video, I broke a solar panel on my space station orbiting Minmus. So I sent another rocket up to repair it in Kerbal Space Program (KSP)Music -Fun in a

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How To Deploy The Solar Array? :: Kerbal Space Program General

You can also set a key to open and close solar panels using an action group, if you have many panels. Just giving specifics. When you''re in the VAB building, if you look to

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How to open solar panels in ksp? –

In KSP, solar panels can be controlled using the Action Groups feature. To open your solar panels, you''ll need to assign them to an action group and then activate that group.

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Electric charge

The energy output of solar panels depends on their orientation to Kerbol. Except for the surface-mounted OX-STAT Photovoltaic Panels (and its larger brother OX-STAT-XL Photovoltaic Panels), all panels will automatically

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Solar Panels Not Retracting :: Kerbal Space Program General

If you got other solar panels you could just fly a kerbal into the solar panels in the way :P(found out that at relatively low speeds the kerbals destroys the panels really easy :3) Would save time having to install/uninstall mods. Open your Persistent.sfs Find your ''vessel'', your space station that you want to edit. You can probably just

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OX-STAT Photovoltaic Panels

The OX-STAT is a permanently deployed solar panel. It has no tracking ability and the lowest individual charge rate of any solar panel module, but it is extremely light and extremely cheap both in terms of unit cost and cost

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OX-Stat-PD Photovoltaic Panel

The OX-Stat-PD Photovoltaic Panel is a placeable solar panel. Its cost is significantly lower than that of the RTG but requires direct sunlight, so it will only work when on the day side of a planet. The amount of power the solar

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Solar Panels? : r/KerbalSpaceProgram

Once the craft is in flight, you right-click on the item (solar panel, ladder, etc) and a menu pops out. One of the options will be something like "Extend panel." You can also set them to "action

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How can i open the solar panels?

Seems some Mods interfere with each other. Or you need to upgrade the VAB to level2 - "Basic Action Groups availiable" The Options -open -close -toggle are missing. On

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How to fix solar panels?

Well, if you think they should be repairable, you can always open a thread in the Suggestions sub-forum about it. However, since this thread is a gameplay question -- from over four years ago, and long since answered-- further discussion here is likely moot.

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OX-4L 1x6 Photovoltaic Panels

The OX-4L 1x6 deploys a 1×6 solar cell layout. There is also a OX-4W 2x3 version available with a 2x3 layout. These panels generate electric charge only on extended state and directly

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How can i open the solar panels?

Select action group 1, click on your solar panel, and click ''toggle solar panel'' (or some such) to add this command to the AG. Then in flight, you can tap 1 to open and close your panels. Make sure to put all your panels in the action group. This is easy if you only have

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Basic Help: Close / Open all solar panels / Radiators

I am stationary and my solar panels are not open. THEN: I open all solar panels and radiators. Scenario 2: GIVEN: I am on the ground. WHEN: My speed is > 0 and my solar panels are open. THEN: I close all solar panels and radiators. Scenario 3: GIVEN: I am not on the ground. WHEN: Atmosphere Pressure > 0 and my solar panels are open. THEN:

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5 FAQs about [How to open the solar panel in Kerbal]

How do I set a key to open and close solar panels?

You can also set a key to open and close solar panels using an action group, if you have many panels. Just giving specifics. When you're in the VAB building, if you look to the top middle of the screen you'll also see "action groups," which allow you to set an action to a certain key.

How do I open and close solar panels?

You can also set a key to open and close solar panels using an action group, if you have many panels. Thank You Guys!! Sorry for the seemingly silly question. Right click the Solar Array and select "Extend Panels". All moving parts in KSP can be activated by right clicking them and selecting the action from a dropdown menu.

How do I install Kerbal planetary base systems?

To install, simply copy the gamedata folder into your Kerbal Space Program folder. When you already have another version of this mod installed, delete this folder first. If you encounter a bug with Kerbal Planetary Base Systems, please follow these instructions to report it. Most important: I need the LOG FILE. Otherwise i won't be able to help!

How do I transfer fuel from a tank to a Kerbal?

Holding down alt allows you to right click and select several parts simultaneously. You can transfer fuel from tanks and docked ships this way. Left clicking on the doors of your command pods or the Kerbal avatar screens allow you to select which Kerbal to go on EVA.

How do I select a Kerbal to go on Eva?

Left clicking on the doors of your command pods or the Kerbal avatar screens allow you to select which Kerbal to go on EVA. On the bottom right of the screen where your Kerbal avatars are, you can hover your mouse over their screens and select IVA where you can get a nice cockpit view of your space travels.

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