Just feel like sharing a screenshot.

[Whackjob]

I'm dabbling with lander legs that can handle several times the weight I normally work with.

[John FX]

Hehe, welcome back. Good luck!

[monstah]

1 hour ago, Whackjob said:

several times the weight I normally work with.

This. Is. Scary.

[Guest]

This whole thing is a single leg, right?

Edited November 17, 2016 by Guest

[Whackjob]

The outside columns are actually combination lander legs and thruster cores.  

In landers past, while I'd have reinforcement thick like I usually like, there would still be just one main reinforced "spar" going out to the leg.   I've gone multiple in that regard.

I'm exploiting engineering's greatest secret:  Triangles.

[monstah]

Oh, good. I, too, thought this was a single leg. Also,I was thinking, "how many teraflops are we talking, here?"  

Duuude, I just noticed the hitchhiker down there. I suppose there's a large ladder extending from it? That is so great!

[Whackjob]

Yes!  That's one of my favorite design innovations.  Putting the crew container on the cheeks end of the rocket.  Why climb all the way from the top?  Just gotta put the actual engines safely out to the side.

[Matuchkin]

6 hours ago, Whackjob said:

Yes!  That's one of my favorite design innovations.  Putting the crew container on the cheeks end of the rocket.  Why climb all the way from the top?  Just gotta put the actual engines safely out to the side.

It's gonna be the coolest thing ever, if the kerbals have to scale the rafters of the lander structure to get down to ground level.

EDIT: Oh my god, I just had a great discovery. Land this thing on the mun, then dock base modules to the rafters. Tree house much?

Edited November 17, 2016 by Matuchkin

[Heckspress]

ayyyyy welcome back whackjob

[Firemetal]

I notice that you called it "untitled spacecraft". What a great name for a craft like that.  

Fire

[Azimech]

Well ... you probably know what they say about arches and triangles.

Edited November 18, 2016 by Azimech

[Whackjob]

6 hours ago, Matuchkin said:

It's gonna be the coolest thing ever, if the kerbals have to scale the rafters of the lander structure to get down to ground level.

Well, I *did* have a rover like that once.

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Edited November 18, 2016 by Whackjob

[Matuchkin]

7 hours ago, Whackjob said:

Well, I *did* have a rover like that once.

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What is that thing meant for?

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[Whackjob]

 

22 hours ago, Matuchkin said:

What is that thing meant for?

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Engineering exercise.  It never left Kerbin, but with it, I learned how to move about large masses on wheels in a stable manner.

Edited November 19, 2016 by Whackjob