1.25 to 2.5 (and 2.5 to 3.75) cargo bays?

[Phelan]

Does anyone know of any mods for cargo bays (or service bays or whatever) with the general shape of for example the Rockomax Brand Adapter (1.25 to 2.5 adapter) and Kerbodyne ADTP-2-3 (2.5 to 3.75)? Yes, I know I can clip stuff into the adapters, but that's always at best meh (especially if you want to access the stuff's right-click menus). Unstaged fairings won't help since I want to attach stuff to the sides (think of a SpaceX Dragon-like cargo capsule for example).

[regex]

SXT has some round cargo bays, IIRC.

 

[Phelan]

I know, but I really mean bays with a node on top (for docking ports or parachutes and such).

[JadeOfMaar]

Asking for "adapter cargo bays"? Interesting. From what I know, a cargo bay's effective space (for aero shielding) can only have a cylinder shape, not a conical or any other shape. Such a bay may have to be provided in 2+ component parts to allow for stacking effective spaces with differing radii, and to keep the practicality of attaching things to the inside of the wall at the wider or widest end.

[sebi.zzr]

37 minutes ago, Phelan said:

I know, but I really mean bays with a node on top (for docking ports or parachutes and such).

Soon:

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[Phelan]

Thanks, but that looks basically like a specialized fairing. For one, it's too small for my purposes, it doesn't look like anything could be attached to the outsides (like SpaceX-style SuperDraco engines from the Kerbal Reusability mod), and it doesn't open and close like a cargo or service bay.

[hraban]

Not exactly what you are looking for, but maybe the right way?

[Phelan]

Not ideal, but as far as I can tell from the pic, it'd be a start Where did you stumble over it?

[Nightside]

9 minutes ago, Phelan said:

Not ideal, but as far as I can tell from the pic, it'd be a start Where did you stumble over it?

@Phelan, he made it! Check the link in his sig.

[Phelan]

Ah, okay, I had actually looked at the mod at some point already, but hadn't tried it out. Gonna do that then

[kerbalfreak]

I think Mk2 expansion has one for Mk2 to 1.25. Not exacly what you are searching, but maybe could be useful.

[Phelan]

No, I'm already playing with M2 expansion, no 'adapter' cargobays, only structural ones (hollow, without fuel).

[kerbalfreak]

1 hour ago, Phelan said:

No, I'm already playing with M2 expansion, no 'adapter' cargobays, only structural ones (hollow, without fuel).

Sorry, it's from SXT. Here's a pic:

[Phelan]

Ahhhh, yes, that looks about perfect, thank you

Time to install it

[kerbalfreak]

If you are not familiar with mods, here's two suggestions:

SXT has a LOT of parts, some you maybe find useful, others don't. A mod called Janitor's Closet can disable parts that you don't want, since they consume RAM, load time and space in the list. But you'll probably find more cool and useful parts that you'll want to keep.

You can also use this with a Mk2 > 2.5 adapter, and make it 3.75 with Tweakscale.

Another very great but less known mod for Mk2 parts: https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/145635-131-quiztech-aero-pack-continued/

 

[Phelan]

Already got Janitor's Closet, but yup, thanks

And I'm ideally just looking for 'round' ones (main interest is realyl basically an unmanned 'cargo' 2.5m pod à la Dragon. Besides, trying to get on without Tweakscale this time around, it can be a bit cheaty, at least the cost (scaling down bigger parts can make them EXTREMELY cheap )

[Phelan]

Dammit, didn't see in the pic that it was a Mk2 adapter, I should have looked more closely

It seems that shaped cargo bays shouldn't be an issue with the aerodynamics of KSP, so I guess I'll just keep hoping for some 'round' adapter ones