How am I supposed to use ion engines?

by using them :)

@TronicOrbital @Matteovir I’ll just do that lol

@TronicOrbital i created an RTG, it can be customized, enlarged to obtain more enrgy for outer system exploration..

@Matteovir Ok thanks. What should I do about long distance missions?

@HorizonsTechnologies another thing to keep into consideration is the electrical consumption of the ion engine. better and easier to use it in the inner solar system because of the better efficiency of solar panels near the Sun to recharge batteries. The far you go, the bigger and more efficient the solar panels have to be.

@HorizonsTechnologies so, ion engine technology is fantastic, i equipped an interplanetary probe with 3 ion engines and travelled through the inner solar system to Venus (flyby), to Mars (entered orbit). obvioulsy the LEO insertion and the burn to escape gravity and put the craft on the correct path must be achieved with classic chemical combusion. however, once you are on the correct patch, through long duration burns (i mean lasting even 4-8 days or more) your aim is to modify your path in a way that when you enter in the target SOI your speeds almost match, and you need just a low energy ion burn to enter a long orbit. and then modify it to lower it or change plane. this tech requires a lot of patience.
have fun

@YaMomzBox420 how do I for example insert my orbit in a flyby with ion engines? I always just fly off before I can get enough thrust.

That's where the efficiency comes from though. You conserve on mass and internal energy requirements by accelerating very slowly through use of charged particles