Best compact bearing?

[Vectura]

Just wondering what designs are out there!

[TheXRuler]

Stock or modded?

Assuming you're talking about stock bearing I have no idea, since I have a really bad mod addiction but you might just find what you are looking for in the [thread=43086]Open Source Design Thread[/thread].

If you do not limit yourself to stock you could just install [thread=37707]Infernal Robotics[/thread], I would be very surprised if it was possible to build one more compact than in this mod.

Edited April 4, 2015 by TheXRuler

[capi3101]

The stock game doesn't come with any bearing parts of its own. That said, I've gotten "bearing-like" results before utilizing Cubic Octagonal Struts and connecting them directly to launch clamps...

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[Vectura]

I do mean stock. I am just seeing if I can make a decent stock helicopter. Would be towered by basic jets, spinning a fan that is attached via an axle to the rotors. The best result I have had so far is with the small round tank and landing gear. It tends to explode though when it loads on the launchpad.

[ddenis]

I am just seeing if I can make a decent stock helicopter.

Have no idea about bearing, but have you searched for ksp helicopters? Existed designs could give you a push in the right direction...

Just some of all that google found.

[capi3101]

Yeah, helicopters are pretty much out if you're going solely with stock parts. However, VTOLs are quite possible in stock. Let me point you to DocMoriarty's KSP Space Plane Construction and Operation Guide, which has an extensive section on VTOLs with stock parts and stock aero. It was written for 0.24.2 but the principles are still applicable to 0.90.

[Vectura]

I am trying to build a heli for the awesomeness and ridiculousness, not for actual utility