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Typically I hang out in the subreddit and discord, but I thought these ideas were worth sharing here on the forums, too! Enjoy. My Robotic Contraptions

Backstory I started a mission report a few months back. I liked sharing my missions and people liked reading them. But then my computer died and for a while I couldn't recover the data. And during that period of time, I started playing @Galileo's Planet Pack. And I love it. So I've discontinued my initial save, even if I may recover the data someday (TM), and started another save. Boring! Do you have anything else to say? I am playing on Moderate mode, but I have increased the science! returns so that I can do whatever I want as soon as I want. Moderate mode means that I have to pay to unlock new parts. Still boring! How about a modlist? I have: This continues to be boring! A chapter list? I only have 1 chapter at the moment, but... Chapter 1 started with this post. Still quite boring! Some launch scripts? Here's my Google Drive. But there are no ships to launch them with! Fine! Here are the first pages of Starwind (in GPP): The Ceti Campaign Oh yes, I kept the Original Four Gaelans and added the Original Four Kermen. So I have Eight. Tune in next time for Val making orbit, and an Iota flyby!

Dear Kerbonauts, I am a long time KSP player but i had been gone for a while. I started playing again and became as fanatical as the first time i played. I intend to be more interactive, post stuff on the workshop, visit the KSP forums more often and i even started redditing and youtubing for the occasion. Recently i discovered the robotics. Awesome! I finaly made a functional helicopter. I Present to you: Mayakovski Helicopter: -10 person, main rotor-tail rotor configuration, lifting capable Helicopter. Flies great! Space: Toggle engine. R: Rotor brake. (Double tap to release first time. Only works when engine is engaged) Throttle: Lift. 1: toggle grapler and landing lights. I use Q/E for yaw and A/D for Roll, i dont know wether that causes issues for others. Part count: 57 Length: 15.5m Width: 13.3m Heigth: 3.7 Top speed: 50m/s Needs Making History and Breaking Ground DLC Side view: Front view: Youtube footage: Workshop page: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1866487775. Reddit post: ttps://www.reddit.com/r/KerbalSpaceProgram/comments/d6whw7/my_first_helicopter_and_my_first_reddit_post/ KerbalX Entry: https://kerbalx.com/Robdjee/Mayakovski-Helicopter Kind regards, Robdjee

Hi all. It has been a while since I posted a craft, but Breaking Ground has brought me back from another hiatus. Today I present the Vertitrace three bladed helicopter. Essentially, I wanted to see if I could implement an R/C three channel helicopter design with the new Breaking Ground parts. As in real life, it was never meant to represent the most efficient or advanced use of helicopter technology. Rather, I was mainly just curious to see how it would work in Kerbal. As such, it is not fast and has a few quirks, but overall the craft can be said to be flyable. If you choose to download and try it out, keep in mind the following: -Rear rotor is bound to pitch axis. -Custom 1 cuts power to and brakes the rear rotor. You must do this if you intend to enter into a hover and/or land the craft. -Custom 2 enables motors with 100% torque. Throttle controls RPM only on main rotors. It is more stable when two small reaction wheels are added to the lower railings (line of fuel tanks that connect to the landing skids), but I wanted to build something that did not need wheels in order to fly. Here is a link to the .craft file for any interested parties: Vertitrace Thanks for reading! Please let me know if you have any questions. *Update: Custom 1 no longer has effect. Rear rotor rpm is tied to pitch. Old version had rpm and torque tied to pitch.

I'm trying to build VTOL crafts using new helicopter blades from Breaking ground DLC. But always when I'm building it, these crafts start crazy rotation or even don't take off. I know that real helis requires propellers on a tail to kill rotation, but how the physics works in KSP?

i need to upgrade breaking ground expansion for ksp 1.7.3 my expansion is 1.0.0 and it needs 1.2.0 how can i upgrade ? and all my mods and expansion does not have any sounds*, how can i fix it ? * 1/2 mods does not have their objects or planets . thats not normal :

[Moderator note: This topic was split off from the KSP 1.7.3 announcement thread, since it's primarily about a technical issue for an individual user.] MacOS version doesn't work for me

Greetings Kerbal Forums, I have no idea how to counteract the torque on a propeller plane like those in World War 1. I've been trying to make a Fokker-style plane, but I have this problem where my airplane will have a clockwise rotation when going fast on the runway and especially taking off, leading to many a KIA Kerbals. This is not due to landing gear - they are as they should be, vertical relative to the ground, and the plane does not exhibit any veer due to parts bending. Center of gravity is slightly forward of center of lift as it should be. I cannot send a picture of the aircraft as any design I try from the bottom up exhibits this torque. I wish to not use engines nor RCS thrusters as that would defeat the purpose of it being WW1 style.

Hello everyone! Kerbal Space Program 1.7.3 is live! In this patch we focused on taking care of additional details of both 1.7 and the Breaking Ground Expansion. We’ve fixed nearly 40 bugs for this patch, and we added brand new features based on your feedback as well as some other elements to enhance the KSP experience. With substantial improvements to the KAL-1000 Track Editor, and the addition of new parts like true propellers, grip pads and turbine engines, we can't wait to see what crazy contraptions you will come up with! Check out this patch's Changelog for further details: =================================== v1.7.3============================================================ 1.7.3 Changelog - BaseGame ONLY (see below for Breaking Ground changelog) +++ Improvements * Added same vessel part collisions advanced tweakable. * Adjusted KerbalEVA Action messages to be above center screen. * Made KerbalEVA screen position configurable via Game Settings - EVA_SCREEN_MESSAGE_X,EVA_SCREEN_MESSAGE_Y * Add ability to switch secondary docking ports (docked) to primary via the PAW. * Add advanced tweakable to docking ports that allows the user to set the attraction force percentage as they are docking. * Convert same vessel docking connections to real docked connections whenever the vessel undocks or decouples elsewhere on the vessel. * Remove from symmetry functionality added to all parts. * Add capability for text entry on float fields in the Part Action Window. * Clear some references on returning to the main menu to release memory. * Add ExternalCmdSeat Ejection Force (advanced tweakable). * Add Leave Seat KSPAction. +++ Localization * Fix Contracts using Greek alphabet from failing to display when game set to Russian Language. +++ Bug Fixes * Fix maneuver node tabs being interactable in flight mode even when tabs are hidden. * Fix temperature renderer messing with child part renderer parameters. * Fix EVA portrait when launching a vessel with Kerbal in external command seat. * Fix kerbal highlighting during mouse over. * Fix radiator panels not rotating properly. * Fix loss of axis and extended action group data when copying parts in the editor. * Fix assigned action/axis bindings not highlighting in action group editor when action sets are enabled. * Fix part positioning errors on vessel spawning far from Unity Origin. +++ Mods * Part class now has isVesselEVA property which handles when vessel is null. * Add ability to override default flow mode on ModuleResource. * Add activeEditor attribute to BaseAction to allow these to be disabled. * Add GameEvent onPartActionNumericSlider when Numeric Slider button is pressed on a PAW. * Add GameEvent onSceneConfirmExit, runs after user input to leave scene prior to FlightState saving. 1.7.3 Changelog - Breaking Ground 1.2.0 DLC ONLY +++ Improvements * Deployed Science Parts will appear under Deployed Science filter and have map nodes if not connected to a Control Station. * Add Seismic Science Screen Message even if in sandbox game mode. * Add grip pad Parts. * Add Propeller Parts. * Add LF/Air Rotors. * Add Nose Cones. * Changed compound part editor behavior to follow robotic parts. * Changed Rotor Torque to now affect strength and not RPM. * Re-balanced all rotors. * Add Extra animations for interacting with Deployed Science. * Add Surface Features VFX - apply forces. * Add Kerbal taking rock sample animation. * Add priority value to KAL - highest priority wins, equal priorities the values are averaged * Add ability to assign axes controls to KAL. * Add axis Functions to KAL: Move Up, Move Down, Copy/Paste Row, flip Axis vertical/horizontal, align ends, clamp values. * Add resize/scale function to KAL. * Add play speed slider. * Add additional KSPActions for all servos - engage, disengage, lock, unlock, etc. * Add shadows LOD settings on Surface Features. +++ Localization * Fix for piston showing variant names in English for all languages. * Fix Action Groups KSPedia page in Japanese. +++ Parts New Parts with Variants * GP-004 Grip Pad. * GP-036 Grip Pad. * GP-156 Grip Pad. * GPS-025 Grip Strip. * GPS-156 Grip Strip. * EM-16S Light Duty Rotor. * EM-32S Standard Rotor. * EM-64S Heavy Duty Rotor. * R121 Turboshaft Engine. * R7000 Turboshaft Engine. * Propeller Blade Type A. * Propeller Blade Type B. * Propeller Blade Type S. * Helicopter Blade Type A. * Helicopter Blade Type B. * Helicopter Blade Type S. * Tiny Nose Cone. * Very Small Nose Cone. * Fixed 36P Hydraulic Cylinder colliders. +++ Bug Fixes * Fix kerbal transfer being blocked by scanner arm. * Fix input locks on EVA kerbals if they ragdoll whilst playing the deployed science part interaction animation. * Fix EVA kerbals speed when they interact with a deployed science part whilst running or walking. * Fix Science Completed percentage on deployed science experiment PAWs when they are deployed in an invalid situation. * Fix Deployed Science experiments continuing to generate science after their Control Station is terminated in the tracking station. * Fix pistons not starting in correct position at launch when locked in the editor. * Fix collecting Surface Features failing due to kerbal movement caused by animation. * Fix excessive EC draw by scanner arm when time warping. * Fix hinge rotation when using mirror symmetry. * Fix piston drag not changing as extension changes. * Fix Deployed Science parts appearing too high above the surface in some situations. * Fix WCoM math of parts with servo rigidbodies. * Fix SAS cancelling angular velocity of rotors. * Fix Robotic Parts Resource information in extended tooltips. * Fix EVA kerbal speed when interacting with Deployed Science parts. * Fix default science display in Deployed Science Experiments in invalid experiment situation. * Fix default 3P6 Hydraulic Cylinder has a noticeable gap when attaching parts to it. * Fix misspelled word in the description of the Grand Slam Passive Seismometer. * Fix texture seams are present on Hydraulic Cylinders, Pistons and Servos. * Fix an NRE is generated when pausing the title at the Space Center after crashing a vessel with a Deployed Seismometer. * Fix keyboard keys still manipulate gameplay when changing the name of the Track Editor of the Kal-1000 in flight mode and the Editors. * Fix Geyser and Cryovolcano force is not synced with audio and particles. * Fix deployed science parts missing 3rd animation. * Fix Kerbals lose their ROC-hammer after quick loading. * Fix PQ celestial bodies shadow casting option is not enabled when "Celestial bodies cast shadows" setting is on. * Fix Rotors not able to reach maximum RPM when un-motorized/motor disabled. * Fix KAL controlling parts across vessel. * Fix KAL controller being affected by space bar. * Fix stage manager display having empty headers in Chinese. * Fix kerbal Ragdoll with future suits when they stumble. * Fix rotor joints when node attaching parts to rotors. +++ Miscellaneous * Added colliders to the Communotron Ground HG-48 dish. * Added unfocused capability to CtrlSurface PAW to reinstate easy access for KrakenTech. +++ Modding * Changed servo current values (extension/position/angle) to be float fields for mod support. Remember that you can help us find bugs/issues by reporting them into our bugtracker and that you can also upvote reports to make them more visible. Happy launchings!

Hi, I've made a quadcopter and found I cannot control it. If I attach rotors to yaw/pitch/roll and thrust I am able control thrust but yaw/pitch/roll override each other so only one is effective. Thrust works because it's incremental while yaw/pitch/roll are absolute. At first I wanted do demand multiple overlapping controls to work additively (and they should) but then I realized that won't be enough. The collective throttle must lift the craft while axes control should only modify torque to control its movement and may work much weaker. So the torque for single engine could be calculated by a formula T=(1 - 3k)t + ky + kp +kr, where T is torque, t is throttle, and y, p, r are yaw pitch and roll, respectively. k is axes to throttle coefficient, let it be 0.1, for example. Now, this cannot be done. So I think the formula controller should be available for our creations. Of course this will be usable not only in quadcopters. Why not control ailerons in function od speed? In supersonic flight they are too strong while in low speed maneuvering they could work stronger. We could also describe by formulas hinges' movements as a function of time or the controller's value (then a controller's path could be a variable, not necessarily bound to a part).

So, I just started working with the pistons from the new DLC and have one question. When you extend and retract a piston more than once it seams to 'break' were it goes all floppy and stuff. I tried repairing it with an engineer with no luck. Is this a feature, if so how can I help prevent over stress of pistons in my builds? Nevermind, I resolved the problem.

I've found that complex robotic installations used as wheel mounting points can be very shaky and reduce the wheel output by up to 80%. And I mean in the weird part clipping jitter way, for example a servo-hinge joint jumps all around the place non stop. If the devs could fix it that would be great.

I finally got around to using the deployed science experiments and was frustrated with the choice of cargo containers. Squad missed an obvious size to me. The side bays of the updated Mk2 Lander Can are screaming for a cargo box. It seem like the natural place to stash the experiments, but the stock cargo box doesn't fit as nicely as I'd like, so I ended up sizing one to look built in. This is just a Module Manager patch to rescale the small cargo box and modify it's attributes for the larger size. At the same time I added attachment nodes to the sides of the Mk2 Lander Can itself to make fitting the part simpler. It should snap in place as shown in the picture Based on the new volume compared to the stock part it should hold about 11 parts, but I've left it at 9 as I think the stock cargo box in undersized for 3 experiments. The storage locker is a little larger than the side bay and does clip into the Lander Can. This is intentional to eliminate any gaps around the part and give it a built in look. Dropbox download link Download and save the config file somewhere under GameData. The only requirements are Breaking Ground DLC and Module Manager. The entirety of the patch is in the spoiler if for some reason the dropbox link goes away at some point. Consider this Public Domain. There is no code beyond the MM patch. I'm not posting it to CKAN, so don't ask. This should work until Squad renames or deletes the parts, so if you pester me about it working in later versions, I'll probably ignore you. I have little interest in user support. I'm posting this in case others find it useful.

I'm going to keep my russian aircraft in a singular post here so I don't inevitably clutter up the Spacecraft exchange I only use stock parts or parts from either DLC _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sukhoi Sukhoi Su-57 "Felon" Length: 16.9m Weight: 55t Parts: 329 AG1: Toggle afterburners AG2: Toggle payload doors _________________________________________ Sukhoi Su-27P "Flanker" Length: 17.96m Weight: 35.5t Parts: 262 AG1: Toggle afterburners _________________________________________ Sukhoi Su-33 "Flanker-D" Length: 18.0m Weight: 34.7t Parts: 379 AG1: Toggle afterburners _________________________________________ Sukhoi Su-35S "Flanker-E" Length: 17.63m Weight: 34.47t Parts: 260 AG1: Toggle afterburners _________________________________________ Sukhoi Su-37 "Terminator" Length: 17.9m Weight: 29t Parts: 202 AG1: Toggle afterburners _________________________________________ Sukhoi Su-47 Berkut Length: 18.2m Weight: 28.29t Parts: 140 AG1: Toggle afterburners ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Mikoyan-Gurevich Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29A "Fulcrum-A" Length: 15.4m Weight: 22.64t Parts: 163 AG1: Toggle afterburners _________________________________________ Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis "Fishbed-C" Length: 14.14m Weight: 17.96t Parts: 164 AG1: Toggle afterburners ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Mil Mil Mi-24 "Hind" Length: 18.4m Weight: 21.613t Parts: 161 AG1: Fuel Cell toggle AG2: Juno toggle Requirements: Breaking Ground DLC Note: Set the throttle to 1/3, pin the main rotors, and modulate the deployment angle to control the heli ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Tupolev Tupolev Tu-95 "Bear" Length: 30.4m Weight: 58.3t Parts: 185 AG1: Toggle prop engines Requirements: Breaking Ground DLC _________________________________________ Tupolev Tu-22M3 "Backfire" Length: 28.7m Weight: 50t Parts: 200 AG1: Toggle wing sweep AG2: Toggle Flaps AG3: Toggle bomb bay doors Requirements: Breaking Ground DLC _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Tutorial covers the basics of the UI, how the timeline works, as well as examples & tips to make things far easier to work with. Breaking Ground - Robotics Tutorial on Youtube

KSP 1.7.2(Now 1.7.3) and TweakScale used. I've played this game more than 3 years and that helicopter and it's swashplate are my best work. Almost 6 month ago I created a helicopter with Infernal Robotics and huge internal swashplate, but it was difficult to fly because of incremental control and some freezes of the game. Breaking Grounds inspired new life in this old vehicle... EY-30 It's kind of a semi-copy of Mi-26 Parts: 180-186 Main rotor diameter - 25.8 m (8 blades) 110-140 rpm Tail rotor diameter - 6.3 m (6 blades) 160-220 rpm Total Length - 33 m Dry weight - 29.1 ton Max takeoff weight - 40 ton Max speed - 50 m/s Max altitude - 5000 m Fuel - 134, oxidizer - 164(3 tons) Power exchange: Fuel+oxidizer --> generating electric energy --> battery --> rotations Consumption - about 0.03/s Controls: 1 - start engines Throttle - angle of blades and motor speed of main and tail rotor Q-E roll W-S pitch A-D turn Recomended to use joystick! Changes: 15.07.2019 - main rotor limit 150 rpm - tail rotor 180-210 rpm - max payload 9 tons, possible to lift above 500 m - increased strength of axles due to changes in 1.7.3, so maybe bigger helicopter comes next. 05.09.2019 - 5-bladed tail rotor - Improved swachplate - 2 KAL group controlles for main and tail rotor separatly(inside cargo bay) - 3 tiny J-20 on main rotor axis for sound and air flow imitation. (Squad, why robotic parts and air surfaces are completely silent?) 1.7.3 Craft file

The Origin of this Thread (BORING INFORMATION): I wanted to post about my new career mode save with both MH and BG, as I thought we (that is, me + whoever decides to read my undoubtably poorly written mission report) would find it interesting to learn about the application of the robotic parts to career mode. I was going to post about it earlier, but I thought it might be nice to write about it a little. So I made up a vague storyline referencing something (if you get it I will give you rep) and somehow, I ended up with a not-half-bad graphic-novel style mission report. Mods List (SLIGHTLY LESS BORING INFORMATION): I am playing on Moderate difficulty (one harder than Normal), mainly meaning that I have to pay to research a part once I have unlocked it with science. I am also playing with a few mods installed. Here are the ones which impact gameplay: - Both DLCs - KAC, Transfer Window Planner, KER and Trajectories: Essential for any KSP play-through. - Stock Visual Enhancements and Scatterer: So my pictures are less boring. - KAS and KIS: In order that I can flat-pack rovers. - SCANsat: To give more purpose to probes and to add a little challenge. Also because I like the maps. - ReStock and ReStock+ : To make the parts look better (in my opinion) and to add some parts I feel were missing. - USI-LS: In order to make longer duration missions harder (but not impossible). - K&K Planetary Base Systems - they have a nice Extraplanetary Launchpad and an Algae Farm which turns Ore -> Fertiliser (+Mulch -> Supplies). - OSE Workshop - to produce spare parts if, like I invariably will, I forget antennae. - MIP (Modification of Inner Planets) - To add a couple more destinations. You will see them as the story progresses. - NF Solar and Electrics - Because USI-LS makes me use a load more EC. And (stock) solar doesn't work so well at Jool. Also NF Solar is *really cool*. - Heat Control - Because NF Electric makes loads of extra heat. - MkIV Spaceplanes - I HATE ROCKETS and now I can fly bigger payloads into orbit without them. - Kerbal Atomics - I love these 2.5m NERVAs. I am also imposing the restriction upon myself that there may only be 1 rocket launched per day. Chapter List (NOT VERY BORING INFORMATION): Links to Imgur albums. Only finished chapters included. Chapter 1 - Professional Kludges Chapter 2 - I Need to Do More Calculations Chapter 3 - Designing and Refining The beginning! (NOT VERY BORING STORY): Tune in next time for me going to the Mun and getting orbital science. Or don't. (Tune in, that is. I will be getting the orbital science anyway, and you cannot stop me. Muahahahaha.)

i'm trying to make a siwng-wing fighter but the wings are a bit too floppy. I know that strutting the wings to other parts of the planes prevents the servos from working. is there anything else i could do to fix the wing floppiness?

I feel like a real dummy here, although, I must admit the documentation of new features for Breaking Ground is severely lacking. Anywho.....how in the world does deployable science work? I've finally got to a spot in my career where I could try out these new features, I can't get them to work, and KSPedia isn't even useful to keep my control station from wobbling. Put a control station on the ground, and nothing is happening. I am not getting any type of COMMs connection to it. I've tried further away and/or damn near touching my landed craft. I looked at a youtube video where a guy places the Control Station, and gets 0.99 Comms connection. Mine is zero. I have laid down other pieces (photo panel array, goo station experiment, communications) that all say connected but seem to be lacking power. Totally confused on how to make this work, and the lack of documentation for it is frustrating. There are no Tutorials here in the forum that I see, and I haven't found anything really good on YouTube from the user community. Help?

So, I spent the afternoon building this: It's using two of the largest rotors in a contra-rotating arrangement, with four fuel cells as power. My problem is, it stubbornly refuses to leave the ground, at least without tipping over and ripping the rotor blades off. I suspect this is something to do with the contra-rotating rotors cancelling each others' motion out, but I'm not sure. Since I've seen a lot of successful helicopters being build since BG released, I'm asking the experts how to get my chopper into the air safely.

One of the first things I tried to do with the Breaking Ground is make a quadrupedal robot in a similar fashion to BostonDynamics SpotMini. It... works. Barely This version has a "Stand" and "Walk" function, with work-in-progress "Sprint" function. It's almost uncontrollable without reaction wheels, but that's likely due to poor programming on my part, of which was a pain to do. The main issue with this style of quadruped that I found is that the servos don't move quick enough to get any decent speed from it, though it does still work. Here is a video showing it walking: https://youtu.be/QLtOllMOOuU The craft file can be found here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1769266564 If anyone can make it work better, I'd love to see it!

[Edit: For the updated stand-alone version of this tutorial, go here] So I started off getting my video recording & editing software back so I could make an animated GIF for reddit to showcase my robotics powered rover deployment system. But of course I ended up remembered how much fun doing videos can be, and wanted to share the method I found that took my programming time from 3+ hours to less than 1, so the 6+ hours I'd spent programming the arm & doing a comedy showcase GIF ended up spiraling into another 8+ hour editing session. I think it's my most polished video thus far; spent sooo much time working on the timing and ironically half way through editing I realised that if I used THE SAME METHOD that worked so well for the robotics programming I'd be done already. It was nice though, got the last bit done far faster ^^ Well, enjoy, I hope it is useful!

Tupolev Tu-95 Bear Replica I made with functioning turboprop engines using breaking ground and stock parts. Thankfully it's not as loud as the real thing Press AG1 to start the rotors, AG2 to turn on the fuel cells, and stage to start the jets. Top Speed: 220 m/s at sea level KerbalX Link My other Russian aircraft replicas

So I had a thought today, "Would mecanum wheels work in KSP?" The answer is: Yes. They do, in fact, work. For those wondering what mecanum wheels are, they are wheels that allow lateral (sideways) movement. They are wheels that are made with smaller wheels/rollers around their circumference of them, canted at a 45 degree angle from their center axis. I made a short video demonstrating a drivetrain in KSP using them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbCuh1aUn1o& I'm not entirely sure what applications you could use this for in KSP, but it is interesting that they work in the game, and I thought I would share that. Have fun!