[1.2.x] Structural Tubing

[Fireheart318]

Hey, um, if you're reading this @DrunkenKerbalnaut, uhh.. just say something

[snkiz]

I hope @DrunkenKerbalnaut is ok. If he was injured  I'm sure ksp is the last thing on his mind. But I to would hate to see this fade so quickly. it's such a simple and useful mod. I'd say the licence allows for it to be forked and updated, but we don't have sources. 

[linuxgurugamer]

I've adopted this mod for 1.4.1, it's now using the new stock texture changer, new thread here:

 

[Daniel Prates]

An example on what you can do with those structural tubes. 

They are fully attachable, and with tweakscale, there's not limit on how and where you can use them. They are pretty light too. 

BTW, I use F.A.R., and those who use it know that it makes aircraft design that much harder. Drag is more dramatic, lift is less abundant, engines provide less power (proportionally to all else, that is. The part's specs remain the same). So weight-saving measures are necessary: those two crappy planes you see there barely lift the ground, given they underpowered engines. The first stalls at 50m/s or so, but has a top speed of 70m/s. So the structural tubings were not purely a cosmetic issue: with other parts, those planes would have been heavier and the design would not have worked.