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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 been trying to use the new robotic parts to make docking vessels on the ground (rovers) easier. I'm running into some unexpected behavior, which is causing my ground-docking attempts to fail. Often, explosions are involved. I'm wondering if others here have had success with what I'm trying to do. Without robotic parts, docking two vessels on the ground is frustrating, as everything has to line up perfectly. Often, what worked during testing doesn't work on a body with different gravity, or if the mass of one or both vessels changes. I'm trying to use the robotic arms to make docking vessels on the ground easy. Here's an example rover. Has a small servo, small hinge, small piston, another small hinge, and a Dock Port Jr. The arm has enough articulation and extension available to reach and align with docking ports at various heights. However, here's what happens. One vessel (sometimes both) is thrashed violently. Sometimes ends in explosions. Sometimes ends with one vessel flung away. This one is probably going to end with a bang.. What appears to be happening is during docking, one docking port instantly changes it's orientation, dragging the vessel it's attached to along with it. Here's one example: Here's another example. The docking ports were lined up perfectly, but ended up looking like this after they joined. I'm using a stock game, 1.7.2 (2555), with Making History and Breaking Ground, no mods. I've tried different size docking ports and robotic parts, with similar results. Auto struts is disabled (although I tried auto struts on as well). I'm stumped.