Can Fairings Be Auto Deployed?

[Up The Ying Yang]

I was wondering. Is there a way to have the fairings on a rocket be auto-deployed at a specific altitude or air pressure?

Thanks!

[Sharpy]

I don't think there's a straightforward mod to do this, but should be pretty easy in kOS.

 

 

[Up The Ying Yang]

2 hours ago, Sharpy said:

I don't think there's a straightforward mod to do this, but should be pretty easy in kOS.

 

 

Thanks. I downloaded and installed. Following the tutorial I found and added the control part and sent it out to the pad. I then right clicked the part as the tutorial said but the popup didn't give me an option to open the screen. I don't know if this is a problem with me using 1.2.0 or a mod miss match. 

 

Edit: OK Fixed it. I needed to download the new pre-release update. Works fine now!!

Edited November 12, 2016 by Up The Ying Yang
New Info.

[mbartelsm]

Gravity turn continued has an option for auto deploying fairings depending on air pressure

[HvP]

@Up The Ying Yang You might find the Smart Parts mod to be a simple and straightforward way of doing this.

It has little controller parts that you attach to your ship that will automatically activate stages, action groups, or even have nearby ships match your heading when the preset conditions are met. For your fairings you can set the conditions to stage an action group when the air pressure or altitude reaches a certain limit ascending, descending or both. Plus a lot more nifty uses.

Edited November 12, 2016 by HvP

[Up The Ying Yang]

1 hour ago, mbartelsm said:

Gravity turn continued has an option for auto deploying fairings depending on air pressure

Yes thanks. This is more what I'm looking for. KOS is good but WAY over my head and complicated. I am not any good at coding at all. 

21 minutes ago, HvP said:

@Up The Ying Yang You might find the Smart Parts mod to be a simple and straightforward way of doing this.

It has little controller parts that you attach to your ship that will automatically activate stages, action groups, or even have nearby ships match your heading when the preset conditions are met. For your fairings you can set the conditions to stage an action group when the air pressure or altitude reaches a certain limit ascending, descending or both. Plus a lot more nifty uses.

Oh yea Smart Parts! I forgot about that one. Must check it out!