The MK-III Wings and Landing Gear

[Starwhip]

I, and many others, have found the MK3 series of wings a disappointment. I walked in the metaphorical door expecting a huge set of huge wings similar to those available in 0.90, and found a meager three or four. They don't snap together, they don't blend together, they cannot be put end-to-end...

So how should they be fixed? What new pieces need to be added to the MK3 series of spaceplane wings?

I suggest some structural segments, similar to the rectangular small wings. The MK3 "Main Wing" can stay, but it only seems to serve the purpose of the rear of a wing or the only wing on the craft. And considering its size and ungainly shape, it simply is not fit for the latter of the two options.

Landing gear are missing a few touches as well. Their lack of steering is unfortunate. I would be fine with the big four-wheel model not having steering, but IMO the medium one should have at least a few degrees of freedom. The medium and large landing gear are also missing rolling animations.

[klgraham1013]

I was expecting the SP+ set scaled up. Same lego idea. Same geometric shapes. Than again, I was expecting wet wings.*

*So we got a few wet wings. That doesn't really help the issue.

[FishInferno]

i think they should make all of the wings contain fuel. even the small ones. and you should be able to put oxidizer in them as well

[Starwhip]

I was expecting the SP+ set scaled up. Same lego idea. Same geometric shapes. Than again, I was expecting wet wings.*

*So we got a few wet wings. That doesn't really help the issue.

Yeah, and the ones we got, I don't want to use.

I agree with FishInferno as well, that all wings should be able to have fuel inside of them. (Though not very much, in some cases)

[klgraham1013]

So, I made an MM file today based on FuelWings. It's a lot more basic (just adds the fuel values). Suppose I could post it somewhere if someone wants it. I also wouldn't mind hearing what people thought about the fuel values represented in the mod.

MAX FUEL CAPACITIES

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Connector A: 85

Connector B: 85

Connector C: 50

Connector D: 20

Connector E:20

Delta: 90

Small Delta: 50

Structural Wing A: 50

Structural Wing B: 50

Structural Wing C: 15

Structural Wing D: 7

Swept Wing A: 70

Swept Wing B: 85

Wing Strake: 14

Elevons have no fuel

edit: I'd also rather not "take" Tortoise's work if he's going to update the mod.

Edited April 29, 2015 by klgraham1013

[chrisb2e9]

I'll be going back to this:

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/29862-0-23-Procedural-Dynamics-Procedural-Wing-0-7

[Jetenginestar]

And also add lights to the landing gear too!

Personally, I hope that the landing gears have a larger steering angle, aircraft's I built with large wheelbases have terrible ground maneuverability current landing gears with small steering angle...

Maybe we can have a button to toggle between the current small angle deflections and the new larger deflections...

Edited April 30, 2015 by Jetenginestar