I compliment Squad on the insane of difficulty of Eve.

[bigcalm]

1 hour ago, Foxster said:

Some good stuff in the post above. On this issue...aircraft landing gear can make an excellent, strong and just better alternative to landing struts.  

Yeah, if I'm honest, I feel that the landing section is the one bit I haven't nailed properly.  I have used aircraft landing gear before, but I've always had problems getting it into the design, and I think the only time I had it on a successful ascender it ended up slipping down the hill fairly rapidly.  Right now, I'm using landing legs from one of RoverDude's mods, but I have sliding issues on any reasonable slope.  And of course, when sliding, you can't "Climb out" of ladders, making the ascent of the kerbal from the surface to the capsule on top just as perilous and tricky as the ascent of the rocket itself.