How to add bouyancy to a part?

[lextacy]

I need to get airbags so a capsule will float in water. My Mercury capsule from FASA seems to sink underwater. I want to apply "airbags" to the FASA floats. How can I accomplish this? From what I hear the water in KSP now can accept buoyancy from parts, but I dont know how to code a part to do so.

[Guest]

You change the mass. Simple as that.

[lextacy]

[quote name='CliftonM']You change the mass. Simple as that.[/QUOTE]

no , bad idea

[Mecripp]

Klockheed Martian Special Parts had some floats SDHI Service Module System used and even FASA has some.

[Guest]

[quote name='lextacy']no , bad idea[/QUOTE]
You could also add a resource and change the density.

[Mecripp]

All you would have to do is add a Tweakable Resources and found out how much you would need to get what ever to float.

[NathanKell]

look at the Squad Mk1 pod's part cfg for how to increase buoyancy artificially.

[Mecripp]

[quote name='NathanKell']look at the Squad Mk1 pod's part cfg for how to increase buoyancy artificially.[/QUOTE]

HEHE O didn't see all the new little setting in the cfg's [code]CoPOffset = 0.0, 0.5, 0.0
CoLOffset = 0.0, -0.35, 0.0
CenterOfBuoyancy = 0.0, 0.5, 0.0
CenterOfDisplacement = 0.0, -0.3, 0.0
buoyancy = 1.5
buoyancyUseSine = False
[/code]

[lextacy]

good eye mecripp !!

buoyancy = 1.5
buoyancyUseSine = False


will use that code to have FUN!!!

[Mipe]

You mean you're going to edit those values to extremes and try reaching the orbit by popping out of water?

[lextacy]

[quote name='Mipe']You mean you're going to edit those values to extremes and try reaching the orbit by popping out of water?[/QUOTE]


Ill leave that one up to DannyK :)