Ifandbut
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Yep. I have no issues getting it on while in flight. I dont know of any setting you need to turn on.
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Alt+F12 still works for me.
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Another unnoted change to career was the mobile lab function, perpetual science generation
guess what gets spammed in a 75km equatorial orbit next update......
I assume the mobile lab does the same in a Science game as a Career game?
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However, I have used thrust plates on big lifters in the long past, and even then you needed a pair of struts between the top of each tank and plate because the decouplers would sway and break otherwise.
Humm...maybe it is just as simple as adding one strut between the tank and plate. I'll give it a try later.
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But I meant the part after 20 minutes, where he demonstrates a real, viable building technique.
OK, finished the video. That truss cage does look really good. I'm still not sure how to stabilize a payload to prevent the banana but I guess the only answer to that is "struts".
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As for the payload strutting, I don't see why you wouldn't be able to strut from the payload to the lift stage. I do it all the time.
Dont you have issues when lifting really large odd things? I was thinking of lifting a skeleton of girder segments similar to this picture I saw: http://s3.postimg.org/qwb484o1f/2013_05_28_00004.jpg and I can see that whole segmet going banana as the outer stages fall away just getting it into LKO, let alone Minmus orbit.
Again, in 1.0 you will be wrapping that payload in a fairing anyway.
I know 1.0 isn't here yet, but you are trying to perfect a skill that is not only obsolete now, but is going to be very obsolete in just a week or two.
I didn't realize 1.0 was so close. Maybe I should just shelve everything then and not play until 1.0 is out and mods are updated. If you are right about the aerodynamics then it sounds like 90% of construction techniques will be out of date.
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Well, there are ways to lift crazy things even now... Redirection to Whackjob's starting youtube series, if I may. Not sure if it's what you need, but many crazy things should be expected indeed.That does not seen physically possible. I figured bypassing the part clipping would cause instant explosions.
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Might be unrelated, but have you tried using a bigger decoupler? I don't think that the TR-2V is designed to handle 42 tons of hanging mass
Same issue but to a smaller extent. It looks like the connection between the decoupler and plate is not sticking completly.
Also, that video is very old, I seem to recall that thrust plates are obsolete now, at least for that purpose - the radial decouplers + few struts are more than enough to handle big boosters.
God damit son of a ...... I'v put 130+hrs into KSP and I FINALLY find a scalable rocket platform that lets me lift crazy things...and it does not work any more. Just my luck.
Yeah, that method is obsolete. Just use radial decouplers.Which radial decouplers are you talking about? There are at least 3 different versions.
Edit: The cool thing about thrust plates is (as demonstrated in the video) is that you can strut from the lift stage to the payload stage and the struts will remain the whole time. If you just use radical decouplers then as you discard stages you lose stability and could start to "banana" quickly.
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This is a cross post from Reddit because I thought it might more eyes here.
I discovered Thrust Plates the other day and watched Allmhuran's video (
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It appears to happen for outer columns as well. It looks like something changed with the physics and thrust plates are not as stable any more. That, or I am missing something. https://imgur.com/eXmmyTa [3]
I uploaded my craft file to dropbox: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/30067887/Duna%20Retreival%20-%20Lander%20-%20No%20Mod.craft
I think I removed any mod parts I was using so you should be able to load it into any game. If you go full thrust strait up you will see the outside stack start to bend the i-beams and plates up.
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Yes, all of the parts are available in the tech tree. The tech tree has been around for enough versions of KSP that nobody writes sandbox-only parts any more.
To be fair, the OP still says: "this is a pre-release, so there are still some minor texturing adjustments being made, as well as proper tech tree integration." which leads people to believe it is not in the tech tree yet.
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It looks like the MSV-500/1000/2000 Ore and Rocket Parts Containers have their attachment nodes in the wrong position (the green spheres in the VAB). They seem to attach correctly, there is just empty space between where they are attached and the graphics for the modules.
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Hi,
I installed this addon because Infernal Robotics said I need it. However, when this mod is installed and I go to make a new ship in the VAB I lose all UI functionality after I add a command module. I can't rotate the view, I cant exit the VAB, I can't remove the command module. The only thing I can do is click to add a part but when I click the part, instead of being able to drag it it just appears behind the part list and I lose control of it.
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Kethane fixed, let's have some fun with it.
"And flop it"....Kaboom!
Your Kethene rover is alot more compact then my first attempt. Maybe I was just using too big of a tank as the base.
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If it's installed correctly, it should be a little boxy-looking thing under the 'control' tab.
So is there only one part now? I only see the "MechJeb 2 (AR202 case)" in the control section. I dont see the good old "eye" part from the last version.
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I love how you are getting the atmospheric reentry effect while LEAVING the atmosphere.
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I just had one and I really wish I had hit print screen.
I made just a simple space plane (first time with the editor). Managed to make it take off, did a U-turn and started to land. I got to about 200m and the windows sticky keys notification pops up. Next thing you know I\'m sending the clean up crews out once again.
[PART, 1.0.2] Anatid Robotics / MuMech - MechJeb - Autopilot - Historical thread
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I'm getting a 404 with that link.