Just found some awesome way to land on low-g worlds with KAS

[cicatrix]

I'm feeling dumb right now because I have no idea WHY didn't I think of that earlier. It's fairly obvious, after all. I've been using KAS for months and 'invented' this simple solution only just now.

Here, just fire these hooks at touch down, no matter how unstable your station is now it's safe and secure:

[Sampa]

I'm feeling dumb right now because I have no idea WHY didn't I think of that earlier. It's fairly obvious, after all. I've been using KAS for months and 'invented' this simple solution only just now.

Here, just fire these hooks at touch down, no matter how unstable your station is now it's safe and secure:

http://i.imgur.com/aHLw9Rw.png

Wow...that is TRULY creative! As a fellow KAS user...I commend you for that idea! Have some rep!

[monstah]

It's the Philae way, right?

Pretty awesome.

[Bill Phil]

Seems legit.

Could probably be used on any moon, especially if the ship is tall.

I mean, we use it for towers, right?

[SelectHalfling0]

It's the Philae way, right?

Pretty awesome.

Exactly what I wanted to say!

BTW, It looks very cool.

[Asharad]

has anyone tried the claw?

[Frank_G]

The claw only works with craft and asteroids. No chance to grab landscape.

[katateochi]

I've used the grappling hook to anchor cranes to the ground, I'd never thought of using it to anchor a lander. nice 1!

[Meraco]

Just like they did for the movie Deep Impact. They tethered onto the comet.

Edited April 7, 2015 by Meraco

[zxczxczbfg]

Brilliant, the good old shark fisherman's solution. However, accidentally retracting the cables might crush your lander. Would it be possible to grapple onto the underside of, say, one of the arches in the R&D Facility?

[cicatrix]

I should probably add that they can also save you when landing on a slope.

[1of6Billion]

I need this on Pol. Great idea

[Voculus]

An excellent idea. I used to do the same thing with my old Munar Kethane refineries, but they were never intended to take off again. Just don't retract the cables by accident! Or at least quicksave before you do!

[cicatrix]

An excellent idea. I used to do the same thing with my old Munar Kethane refineries, but they were never intended to take off again. Just don't retract the cables by accident! Or at least quicksave before you do!

Actually that was the first thing I tried Still on the launch pad though. Just to see what happens. The Kerbal way! Since I didn't have an action button for retracting all of them at once, I did it one by one. I managed to blow the thing up finally, but only when the fourth one started retracting the cable.

Anchors tear off at some point.

[Brofessional]

I did something similar a while back.

[Beduino]

Securing yourself with hooks is actually very useful if you want to set up a crane in low gravity.

The crane can be very small and low mass and still lift huge massive parts.

[monophonic]

I did something similar a while back.

http://i.imgur.com/JchzP7Jl.jpg

Is that... Is that space ship called Gulliver?

[-RanZ-]

I should play with KAS, looks like a really sweet mod. Cranes would be uber useful for base construction. Do a lot of you use KAS? I am thinking when 1.0 is out I will start my new save with it. Fuel pipes should be put in stock!

[anarkhon]

anno 2013

[Axelord FTW]

I use the anchor or the hook to save my rovers whenever I find that it will crash or tumble or flip if I don'T stop it RIGHT NOW.

Reaction wheels on rovers are for chumps.

[Renegrade]

I should play with KAS, looks like a really sweet mod. Cranes would be uber useful for base construction. Do a lot of you use KAS? I am thinking when 1.0 is out I will start my new save with it. Fuel pipes should be put in stock!

KAS is awesome, I strongly recommend it, and almost always have it installed. It, or similar functionality, should really be stock (especially as glitchiness is better addressed from Squad's side of the fence than ours, I've heard that the modding API is..limited).

[cantab]

How do you "fire" the cables?

[-RanZ-]

Squad should make fuel pipes stock, the other KAS stuff is really useful but pipes are probably the most useful.

[Jarin]

How do you "fire" the cables?

If you have the claw-part (I forget the name; shown in the OP screenshot) attached, "eject" should cause it to shoot out and grab the nearest thing in front of it.