Question regarding tank joining

[ICYHOT]

Hi to all the Kerbonauts on this forum.

Not really a newbie, but after some time I gave KSP a second try and got properly hooked. I guess y'all know what I'm talking about.

 

What I'd like to know (cause I can't find that info anywhere or maybe I just don't know the correct wording) is whether it's possible to join tanks the way they are joined in the "To the Mun I" training scenario? In that you start out with a rocket that has two tanks overlapping or clipping into a third (centre) one. Is it possible to do the same in the vanilla game, and if so, how?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Cheers

[Dman979]

Hi, @ICYHOT, and welcome aboard!

To be honest, I have never played that scenario, so I don't know what you're referring to, However, based on "clipping" and "overlapping," I'd say you should look at the offset tool. It allows you to move parts a limited amount in the X,Y, and Z axes, which will probably give the result you're looking for. Back in the old days, we had to use combinations of cubic struts to do the same thing, or use the "cheats" menu to attach two parts to the same location.

Hope this helps!

[qzgy]

Yeah, looking at the image it seems like the tanks were radially attached and then offset into the main tank. The offset tool is accessed by the hotkey '2'.

[ICYHOT]

Hi guys, and thanks for the quick responses. That was exactly what I was looking for, this opens up a whole new set of opportunities. So I'm off to build me some nice offset components.

 

Thanks again and see you later.

 

Cheers

[qzgy]

Also, don't forget there is the rotate tool, which allows you to do even more things.

[ICYHOT]

Right, I played around with those tools a little more and they are very handy indeed. (Whu would have guessed )

The rotation tool is briefly mentioned in one of the tutorials, but for aligning a craft pre launch. So I never really looked into those till now. But they surely make balancing your stuff a whole lot easier.

 

Also had a look at your craft gallery, some nice layouts in there. Took some inspirations for airplane designs.

 

Cheers