Structural fuselages are now hollow!

[Robotengineer]

In 1.0.5 structural fuselages are hollow, and kerbals can walk in and out of them.

[Red Dwarf]

Oooh, that's pretty nice! I can see this being useful for people who like to construct interiors and sets and stuff.

[inigma]

Am I the only one thinking this looks like a kerbal canon waiting to be exploited?

[OddFunction]

Am I the only one thinking this looks like a kerbal canon waiting to be exploited?

I was trying to think of ways to use it to recover Kerbals but this sounds like a much more practical use.

[Alshain]

Now if we could just get cargo doors on them .....

[Red Dwarf]

Now if we could just get cargo doors on them .....

I dunno how useful that would be. Even most .625m payloads wouldn't fit in it, unless it was noodle thin.

[Alshain]

I dunno how useful that would be. Even most .625m payloads wouldn't fit in it, unless it was noodle thin.

Except for all science equipment in the game, except the materials bay, batteries, solar panels/fuel cells/rtg, should I go on? Mk1 isn't meant for lifting payloads, but cargo bays aren't limited to 'just for payloads' either and the service bays won't work because of the doors on the opposite side.

Edited November 10, 2015 by Alshain

[OddFunction]

Now if we could just get cargo doors on them .....

Why stop there?

Give us a hollow elbow and a hollow T with handrails throughout and let us use them as a ship-wide Kerbal-tube transport network @_@

[Enorats]

I used to have a mod that added a little cargo bay for 1.5m craft. Worked wonderfully for small space planes and whatnot for places to hide away science packages, batteries, drone cores.. basically anything and everything you'd normally be forced to strap outside the plane.

[Alshain]

I used to have a mod that added a little cargo bay for 1.5m craft. Worked wonderfully for small space planes and whatnot for places to hide away science packages, batteries, drone cores.. basically anything and everything you'd normally be forced to strap outside the plane.

I had it too, but it didn't get updated for 1.0 aero. Ven's has one, but we really need one in stock already.

[Red Dwarf]

Except for all science equipment in the game, except the materials bay, batteries, solar panels/fuel cells/rtg, should I go on? Mk1 isn't meant for lifting payloads, but cargo bays aren't limited to 'just for payloads' either and the service bays won't work because of the doors on the opposite side.

I stand thoroughly corrected! I guess I've spent too much time trying to maximize payload fractions. It's kind of hard to drop the preconception that cargo are only for payloads

[Rithsom]

I can see this being useful as a component in stock bearings. Unlike fairings, this is open on both ends.

[Red Dwarf]

Ooh, also, I bet these could be super helpful for building internal skeletons. Have them running along the inside of a large craft, with structural beams running inside them, strutted up for added strength. I think we've witnessed the birth of super-space-tape...

[selfish_meme]

Also with bearing the landing gear could go inside rather than on the outside

[Mad Rocket Scientist]

Oh yes, I will be trying this.

[Bubbadevlin]

Oh yes, this looks VERY useful. I can just imagine the large walk-around space stations now, as well as the EXTREMELY simple bearings....

[panzer1b]

Sadly they dont shield stuff inside em. I tried making a missile battery bu placing a railgun inside it (with a decoupler and nose cone atop that jettisions when attacking something). Anything inside there doesnt get shielded at all!

[I_Killed_Jeb]

Except for all science equipment in the game, except the materials bay, batteries, solar panels/fuel cells/rtg, should I go on? Mk1 isn't meant for lifting payloads, but cargo bays aren't limited to 'just for payloads' either and the service bays won't work because of the doors on the opposite side.

Indeed. Really hoping for a mk1 cargo bay at some point

[Superfluous J]

What do the service bays not do that a cargo bay would do?

Other than "only open on 1 side" I can't think of anything.

[Red Dwarf]

What do the service bays not do that a cargo bay would do?

Other than "only open on 1 side" I can't think of anything.

They look kinda funky in plane fuselages, especially now that all the plane parts are so shiny.

[Rath]

They are toooooooooooooooo short

[I_Killed_Jeb]

What do the service bays not do that a cargo bay would do?

Other than "only open on 1 side" I can't think of anything.

it doesn't even fully hide a small ore drill