Damn Air stream shells!!

[Tim_the_Plumber]

They look great!

But the thing just does not want to work. I put it on and then open the base bit, move the next section up, click endlessly to try to get it to accept the position, it very rarely does and will not get any further 99% of the time. Just will not accept the clicking of the left mouse button.

Swear swear swear!

Edited May 30, 2015 by Claw

[Grumman]

If you're talking about fairings, try rotating your view around a bit. When I've had this problem, the cause has been some corner sticking out and getting in the way, but not visible from the angle I was working from.

[Jesrad]

Keep an eye on the text indication that appears in the bottom center screen while building the fairing: it'll turn orange if the current position you're trying to add is obstructed by your ship, green once the position is clear (then you left-click and go add the next level). You need to give it a little leeway or else it'll refuse to add your point.

[Tim_the_Plumber]

Ah! Ok, but the thing will work for the first stage of it with the occaisional wheel sticking out a bit. I'll give it a try!

Cracked it! It's off center but hey, you can't have everything!

Thanks!

Edited May 28, 2015 by Tim_the_Plumber

[Murph]

Ah! Ok, but the thing will work for the first stage of it with the occaisional wheel sticking out a bit. I'll give it a try!

Cracked it! It's off center but hey, you can't have everything!

Thanks!

Hmm, "off centre" sounds a little concerning, to be honest, but it depends just what you mean. Off centre mass or drag is a terrible thing in rocketry, it's a major cause of control issues and failure. A wider and heavier faring would almost certainly be a much better idea than an off centre fairing, or significant off centre payload, if either of those are what you did to fix it.

[Tim_the_Plumber]

Hmm, "off centre" sounds a little concerning, to be honest, but it depends just what you mean. Off centre mass or drag is a terrible thing in rocketry, it's a major cause of control issues and failure. A wider and heavier faring would almost certainly be a much better idea than an off centre fairing, or significant off centre payload, if either of those are what you did to fix it.

That would need more tech than I have.

This is the budget version of getting to the stars. Well OK, all those resources in the various bits of rock floating around up there.

The wheels of the rover are making the whole thing need to be off center to allow the encasement but I am now working on the next bit getting the center of the link on mass center if not exactly the center of the flairing.

P.S. The thread is answered, thanks to the mods and al who have posted.

[Murph]

That would need more tech than I have.

This is the budget version of getting to the stars. Well OK, all those resources in the various bits of rock floating around up there.

The wheels of the rover are making the whole thing need to be off center to allow the encasement but I am now working on the next bit getting the center of the link on mass center if not exactly the center of the flairing.

P.S. The thread is answered, thanks to the mods and al who have posted.

Well, if I was building it, I'd adjust the position of the rover if its mass was low enough to allow that. I'd then flare the fairing outwards below it to clear the widest parts of the rover, while keeping the fairing perfectly centred. You shouldn't really need the next size up of fairing for that (which I guess is what you're meaning by needing more tech), rather just expand the existing fairing outwards, unless the rover is really huge and hits the max expansion width of the fairing. If need be, move the fairing base down the rocket, or place spacers on it to give sufficient vertical distance between the fairing base and rover, so that it can expand sufficiently to clear.

I'm just thinking "gee, I really don't fancy Tim's job flying a banana shaped rocket into space…" ;-)

[Tim_the_Plumber]

Well, if I was building it, I'd adjust the position of the rover if its mass was low enough to allow that. I'd then flare the fairing outwards below it to clear the widest parts of the rover, while keeping the fairing perfectly centred. You shouldn't really need the next size up of fairing for that (which I guess is what you're meaning by needing more tech), rather just expand the existing fairing outwards, unless the rover is really huge and hits the max expansion width of the fairing. If need be, move the fairing base down the rocket, or place spacers on it to give sufficient vertical distance between the fairing base and rover, so that it can expand sufficiently to clear.

I'm just thinking "gee, I really don't fancy Tim's job flying a banana shaped rocket into space…" ;-)

If the flairing was going to cover the rover it would have been off center to the center of mass of the rover.

The whole lot was then centered, mass wise, to allow it to be attached to the base of the lifting rocket and rest of the lander unit. It is currently attached to the low orbit collection of empty fuel tanks and stuff. The tug is now also there and I have to reassemble the correct stuff from the station to make the passage to the Mun and possible Solar orbit happen. Maybe a refuel from Minimus....

Nice to have a well worked out plan before you set off.

[Vectura]

Why do you write in blue? Kinda makes it hard to read.

[Tim_the_Plumber]

Why do you write in blue? Kinda makes it hard to read.

Really? I find it easier.

It's so I can see the bits I have written at a glance.