All-in-One Space Station

[Joshington]

Sorry if the title was confusing, it was the best thing I could come up with.

I don't know how to dock, but still want to get a station into orbit around Kerbin, so instead of looking up a tutorial online like any sensible person, I ended up creating this:

The section in the middle is the main part. The four attachments(or "arms") carry the solar panels and dock at the bottom. It essentially carries all of the pieces of the station into space in one trip. Although I have yet to actually do it without hyper edit.

This is it once it's in orbit

(Sorry if hard to see)The final engine has boosters so I don't have to worry about bumping into it when I start arranging the arms.

Docking first arm

Moving the second arm into place. The arms are tricky to maneuver at first, but it's fairly simple once you ge tthe hang of it.

The arms' supply of RCS can be shot away with a command key once it's docked and isn't needed anymore.

Fully deployed. Not the prettiest thing to orbit Kerbin, but it works.

Craft File if you want to try it yourself: http://www./download/xame9vbi1gimlmu/JSS_Kerbin_Space_Station_Mk_2.craft

Command Keys: 1,2,3,4 in the order the staging is in. Meaning the first arm is 1, the second is 2, third is 3 and fourth is 4.

[Lazurkri]

Better thought out than mine! my first try at space station ended up exploding from accidental part clipping....

[Bigred2989]

You're not the first to make a space station "kit". Good job though. I like these kinds of craft because then you don't spend 4 hours building a basic station.

[info600]

just wondering, how long did it took you to do the final assembly? (since I can't seem to find where you could've attached a probe core onto the arms)

[Joshington]

You're not the first to make a space station "kit". Good job though. I like these kinds of craft because then you don't spend 4 hours building a basic station.

"space station kit" Why couldn't I think of that when I created this thread?

just wondering, how long did it took you to do the final assembly? (since I can't seem to find where you could've attached a probe core onto the arms)

Maybe 1-3 minutes for each arm. And the probe is right below the ASAS, near the top.

Edited July 12, 2013 by Joshington

[chrischambers]

Great Space Station, I am the same as the other people, it take me days to build my first station. with this idea, I have send a all in One kit Space Station to Duna :-)