Im trying the air launch challenge and my main aircraft is un manned while the little space plane on top has a cockpit but when i detach all the controls for the plane dont work and the camera is stuck to the unmanned craft and it has control. i dont know why its doing it at all
#Detaching broken
olive crystal
boreal plaza
The [ and ] keys will switch camera focus and control between nearby crafts. Tap one of them immediately after separation to control the rocket.
Does your carrier plane have a probe core, or a cockpit with a kerbal in it?
olive crystal
The `[` and `]` keys will switch camera focus and control between nearby crafts....
the switch key doesnt work because it thinks the two crafts are still connected and the carrier plane has a probe core
boreal plaza
Another conversation somewhere else reminded me that the game doesn't allow [ ]vessel switch in atmosphere. You'll need to "control from here" on part of the rocket before separating from the carrier aircraft (you should be able to set this up in a custom action group).
there's a mod to allow [ ] vessel switch in atmo.
river basalt
The solution I used for this issue was to attach my plane to the rocket instead of the rocket to the plane. That way it treats the rocket as the main craft and the plane as just another stage, if that makes sense.