Anyone wanna help me wrap my head around roll, pitch, and yaw? I'm handicapped and just can't understand how the forget to control the ship.
it takes a lot of practice, but in terms of "up" and "down" controls (aka your pitch) think typical airplane controls. pressing "w" will make your ship pitch downwards, pressing "s" will make your ship pitch upwards.
when you're controlling a ship in KSP you have to pay attention to the navball (the spinny globe thing in the bottom center), the central point on the blue hemisphere is directly up and away in relation to the planet you're on/orbiting. the opposite is the central point of the brown hemisphere, which is directly towards and down to whatever planet you're on/orbiting.
navigating the ship properly will take lots of practice. i suggest practicing the launch and orbiting tutorial a few times and doing a lot of playing around with launches and orbiting on your own.
