CobaltWolf

She might let you if you ask nicely.

Reaction wheel torque is for wussies. They don't have a canon placement, and weren't included in the art for ETS. However, people eventually pointed out that the single F-1A first stage would not allow for proper roll control, and that detail was retconned. I am considering maybe making a custom part for it...

Aerodynamic mount? And the second stage is a normal S-IVB.

Uhm, it does. A) they're canon in Eyes, and B) there's a single first stage engine. You can't get roll control with only one nozzle.

Also needs the Atlas verniers for roll control.

Ah, ok!

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ It hasn't been updated for the Skylab release though. One thing I haven't seen people mention, but you can shave off most of the ablator material, which I believe the real world LEO Apollos did. But yes, most of the fuel and mono also has to be taken out. If you're desperate for more payload, try switching to the Saturn 1C (the first stage is named s1e and the parts will turn up when you search using that term in the VAB)

the issue was people were erroneously installing an unsupported optional file without reading what it did. In any case, there have been changes made that resolve the issue even if the file is used.

huh. Never really thought about issues arising from different switchers... Yeah, unfortunately I honestly have *no* idea what the best procedure would be to fix. Assuming you don't need to use the BDB stuff with any weird fuel types, yeah I'd think the best option would be to somehow exclude the BDB parts from getting changed by IFS.

don't mix and match plugins for 1.2.2 in a 1.3 game

Thanks! Glad you're enjoying it. Alright, got the xenon/ion stuff done - just need to finish getting it all in game! Thanks again to @Nertea, who this time has lent BDB his emissive RCS module!

but... everything IS balanced against that, because the stock parts are balanced for a rescaled system.

How can the Tantares parts be OP when they're balanced against the stock parts?

Yes, soon. Of course, those are all old models I'm finally cleaning up and texturing... there's a fair bit of room left on the sheet, and I'd like to include some larger tanks to power the engine with. I must say, my brief tests with the parts suggest Near Future's capacitors will be very helpful... I'm discovering why he included them... On that note, shoutout to @Nertea whose custom ModuleRCSEmissive is now copied+licensed in BDB, along with his textures for the new custom particle effects. Regarding larger tanks, I was originally planning having a larger (maybe ~0.3125m diameter) spherical radial tanks along with maybe a double mount of them (think the MOL monopropellant mount, but only 2 long). Do people think they really need an inline tank? I am not sure if there is space left on the texture sheet for it, however, I believe these parts will be unlocking before the stock xenon tank options. Really? I've never had an issue with it T.T It looks like we have compatibility, but the last time it was updated was over a year ago.

*cough*

Well, Mariner/Ranger and Lunar Orbiter are fairly covered by BDB ( @captainradish just delete all the parts folders save Antennas, Science, ProbesExpansion, and Explorer) and I actually have Luna 3 modeled (which, IMO makes sense to include in BDB and not Coatl since I already have cameras as part of my lineup)... I was really into all the early probe stuff for a while... I also have Pioneer 6 parts I need to finish. @akron, I was just talking to @Beale about this, but there are A LOT of really great Russian parts you can mine. Peruse some of the designs for their spacecraft/satellites lower down on this list, I think every single one of their satellites have a super unique look to them... http://russianspaceweb.com/spacecraft.html

AAP had a ton of studies done, the only thing that wound up happening was Skylab. I believe ASTP is considered a separate project.

Wasn't I just saying to you the other day that KSP rockets always come out looking tall and spindly? Are you accounting for the height of decouplers, fairing bases, etc in that measurement?

YOU'RE BACK!

agreed, needs verniers and the nozzle walls look very straight instead of bell shaped.

Alright, since I've been pretty bad about making github commits, the updated Vega parts are now available on Github! While doing testing on them today I wound up making some desktop backgrounds.

Closest I know is the Packrat from USI Exploration. And yup - that's exactly what it is! Low tech, inefficient ions from before the more recent push to use them on more missions. This would've been used for Comet Haley probes in the 80s, using ion engines developed in the mid-late 60s. http://www.drewexmachina.com/2016/03/06/the-missions-to-comet-halley/

Got distracted... who knows what this is?