PF Interstage node failure.

[Motokid600]

Im basically using two procedural fairings intestage adapters to make a shroud for a nose cone on a landable booster.

But the nodes keep failing on launch. There is no joint break. It reports nothing in the flight history. When I fire engines the node just fails as if it was never there. Tried different combinations of decouplers and mounting points, but no luck so far. Any ideas?

Edited June 2, 2018 by Motokid600

[Xd the great]

Well, try reducing that fairing to 1, not 2. Or add more struts.

[Motokid600]

9 hours ago, Xd the great said:

Well, try reducing that fairing to 1, not 2. Or add more struts.

The struts disappear as if they were never there as well. Again its not a joint-break. Ive even tried with unbreakable joints and no crash damage. The failure still occurs. If there is a way to do it without the procedural fairings im all ears. What you see here is a shuttle-type booster that lands like an aircraft. It needs a nosecone for that purpose. Its a unique design in that it carries its payload much like a regular rocket in a fairing. Only in this instance the fairing base detaches before reentry revealing the aerodynamic nosecone.

[Xd the great]

Well, i dont really think a nosecone is necessary. Bricks fly when they are fast enough.

Or use stock nosecones with surface attach structures.

Or land it like a spaceX falcon rocket.

[Phineas Freak]

This is not supported by the PF interstages (PF does not allow the top nodes of two interstages to be connected together). You could try to make a nose cone that has a top node available and attach the upper stage to that. The interstage will decouple as usual.

[AVaughan]

Why do you even need a nose cone on a landable booster?  Won't it be flying engine first during re-entry and landing?  Won't extra drag actually be useful?

[Motokid600]

On 6/3/2018 at 4:07 AM, AVaughan said:

Why do you even need a nose cone on a landable booster?  Won't it be flying engine first during re-entry and landing?  Won't extra drag actually be useful?

Sorry my pictures dont show the wings. Its a glider that lands like a shuttle.

On 6/3/2018 at 3:25 AM, Phineas Freak said:

This is not supported by the PF interstages (PF does not allow the top nodes of two interstages to be connected together). You could try to make a nose cone that has a top node available and attach the upper stage to that. The interstage will decouple as usual.

Yeah this is what im thinking sadly is that im going to have to ditch the PF as a nosecone and use another. Maybe procedural parts. Its a 6.25m diameter. However it'll need avionics which is why using PF as a nosecone was nice because I could mount hardware in it.