Need a "Real" How-to guide on building my first ship

[Cube]

Not just some commentary and a picture. I need a real guide to build a simple ship that will take off. I don't care if it's not perfectly sound and will probably break apart or whatever. I just need help in getting the basics of putting the things together, setting stages, and then just how the heck you make it take off on the pad? Anyone?

EDIT: I'd like to just follow up and say that I have been given extremely helpful guidance and there are some outstanding videos available that break down the "first rocket", "first flight", and "first orbit" processes very well.

Tutorials Here [forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com]
Videos for Beginners

[Bodkins(UK)]

I found youtube very handy for that... Check out scott manley on there he has some great vids for new players
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgPr4q5tj-Q

[Cube]

How do I active the SAS? The tutorial I just used says "Simply activate your SAS". ok so i see nothing on the screen labeled SAS and no obvious way to "activate" it.

[Leberwurst1234]

make the tutorials at first then watch some videos or try.

You activate S.A.S with T

[Cube]

ok, wow that video does set things in motion. very important for a first look at this game. the demo needs this sort of help in building the very first rocket. now i am intrigued rather than discouraged.

[Cube]

ok going on to a more complex design i have a center liquid fuel tank with 4 more attached to sides, fuel lines connecting two on the sides with the two next to them then the second pair connect to the center fuel tank. i am pretty sure i have staging right and i press T to acitvate SAS. I press space and i hear a swoosh but the engines appear not to fire up. what am i missing?

[Cube]

throttle..... before first stage engines.

[Leberwurst1234]

as i said make the two first tuts there is all in what yous asked

[Cube]

construction basics, and flight basics in the demo? no sir, they do not present what i learned from the video Mr. Bodkins posted. But thank you for your concern. Now, is there anyway to scale the parts? Like the fins in the demo are too large for my little ship so i want smaller ones.

[Bodkins(UK)]

Throttle up = Shift Control = throttle down x= throttle to 0

Unfortunatly the parts are as they are -- unless you mod ... Generally fins can be handy on unstable big rockets - on smaller rockets you find little need - the SAS and Gimbling rocket thrusters will surfice on smaller rockets..

[Leberwurst1234]

if you had done the tuts you dont would aks about how to activate SAS or why your Engines not Start..

[Cube]

yea, i finally found the two premade rockets in the demo and the larger one was an excellent view at how this is done. really cool making it into space. Unfortunately i went straight up with no orbital velocity so .... next time :)

[Cube]

White_Dwarf please ignore this thread....

[Bodkins(UK)]

Heres one of my favorite learning vids on Getting to the mun -- it was a great learning curve which allowed me to create many other missions with my own designs ]#

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVPMTQfOvYQ

[Bodkins(UK)]

PS Ty scott ..

[Leberwurst1234]

Originally posted by Cube:

White_Dwarf please ignore this thread....

its like talking to apes...
so byby^^