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Full album :http://imgur.com/a/ZsU6l I created this solar powered electric plane using... This airplane will weigh about 533 KG (1170 Lb) with all the necessary solar panels attached. It is intended to be very light, highly maneuverable and cover distance through Duna's atmosphere. 1:Remodel or add to annoying fixed stock photovoltaic panels! Why haven't I installed all of them panels yet? Well, take a look at the album then at the 1st and 2nd picture. On the first picture the fixed stock solar panel is dropped on, and I didn't use move tool in the SPH. It sticks out due to the beam guards/raisers that raises the panel surface above the wing. So much so that if I would cover the thing it would look like a biplane due to the dimensional size. If I drag them down they stick out down the bottom which the 2nd pic shows. Now they actually look like beam guards protecting the wing seen on the 2nd pic. I'm not sure if they function like one, but the bottom line is that I'd rather not see those beams stick out. Is this a great problem? NO! But it is still annoying. So, are there any panels out there that match my design that are tweakscalable albeit with some config changes which you'll have to instruct me as I don't know how to. The thing is, there is cosmetic design in this and should look at such. Solar panels sticking out certainly don't contribute to that criteria. Just saying before someone tells me to deal with it, which I obviously have to in case of disappointment:p Are there any fixed solar panels that do not have grip handles or beam guards, surface attachers, raisers or anything structural sticking out? They 'must' work with tweakscale unless they're coincidentally the correct size which is unlikely. Why are the stock panels modelled with those beam fixed surface attachers anyway? Many photovoltaic panels are just integrated surfaces irl. Which is exactly what I want! Give me a few options please. Only fixed ones work in the atmosphere. I know it's far more likely in KSP for somebody to go into space with great interplanetary vessels. Rather then making a miniature carbon fibre replica of a home build 1 seater cabrio aircraft. So I can't complain if theres no applications for what I need. I would want to ask the modding community if they can focus a little bit more attention on the availability in terms of size, shapes for fixed solar panels. Unless I'm the only character that wants this. Maybe Nertea can add more fixed solar panels in a new version of NFP? The ones it got I already like, they're just useless in this design. Even with tweakscale! The shapes and the sticking out of things just don't match. 2:Procedural panels? I've been browsing forum.ksp.com occasionally and am aware of the negligence towards the request of this and that it has been requested before. Why is this? I'm not expecting everyone to turn their heads around. Launching spaceships is far more interesting then something more infantile as this. But if you can create procedural wings (procedural dynamics) then can't someone model something similar for a fixed solar panel object? I'm a blank man in the programming world otherwise I would have cracked it. Ultimately I can understand why there isn't such a thing yet. In stock ION's don't work well enough in the atmosphere (where you'll need fixed panels) And as a large scale powerplant you'll probably only need it when your using the electric propeller from KAX. Otherwise you'll use reactors from different mods. Which are a little bit to heavy in this design even when tweakscaled. In all other scenarios your in outer space where you don't require fixed panels. So I understand why this part may be neglected both in stock and in the modding community. But I'm sure I explained well enough why I really want/need it. If you can make me happy in the future with some of these photovoltaic parts then I'm a really happy guy.