Wheel debris retrieval

[Jarin]

So I got a contract to return a part from Minmus orbit to Kerbin. Pretty routine, I'd done several of these before and had a nice purpose-built retrieval craft. Ran across a little hiccup on this latest one though.

The bloody claw Will. Not. Attach. I've tried grabbing the wheel, I tried grabbing the attachment plate, but still no luck. I know the big RoveMax wheels have odd surface-attachment rules, is there something about them that prevents claw-locking? 

*sigh* I'm gonna have to rebuild my dang retriever with KAS and a magnet now, aren't I?

Edited March 24, 2017 by Jarin

[bewing]

Known bug. You may want to read this -- but his answer is brutal.

 

[The Aziz]

There is also an answer. Swallow it. Into cargo bay, of course, though it looks like it's pain in the butt to get it back in one piece.

[Jarin]

10 hours ago, bewing said:

Known bug. You may want to read this -- but his answer is brutal.

 

Yeah, that's about what I figured the answer would be. Bah. I did the hard part, I got to it and bumped a claw into it. I'm just gonna scoop it with my inflatable heat-shield, crash both into minmus, and alt-f12 the contract completed. I won't get recovery refund on kerbin, but whatever.

[paulprogart]

I had one of these... when I discovered it was a bug I hand-edited my save file to turn it into another part... I think a fuel tank.  (No I did not take the fuel from it.)  If you are comfortable doing that kind of thing, it's a fairly easy fix.