Kerbals Not Shielded by Fairings

[Particle_Wave]

It’s been an issue for a long time now. Kerbals that are sitting in external command seats cause drag even though they are inside a fairing. The fairing DOES shield them from heating, but doesn’t keep them from causing drag. I haven’t seen this mentioned anywhere surprisingly. Is this a known bug, intentional, or has no one noticed this? Does anyone know of a workaround for it?

Thanks ahead of time

Edit: Just found out it’s a known issue. I’m still curious if there is a workaround for it of any kind.

Edited April 30, 2018 by Particle_Wave

[GrouchyDevotee]

PS4 player here, how are you getting Kerbals into a command seat under a fairing?

[Particle_Wave]

2 minutes ago, GrouchyDevotee said:

PS4 player here, how are you getting Kerbals into a command seat under a fairing?

Just clip the camera into the fairing to pull up the action menu for the command seat. Then move your kerbal close enough to it and the “board seat” command will pop up. Click that, and you’re in.

[Serenity]

36 minutes ago, GrouchyDevotee said:

PS4 player here, how are you getting Kerbals into a command seat under a fairing?

Thats a good question, i though you cant EVA if you are inside a fairing, mod maybe?

On 4/30/2018 at 8:37 PM, Particle_Wave said:

Edit: Just found out it’s a known issue. I’m still curious if there is a workaround for it of any kind.

Did you try placing the seats inside or under something then clipping them straight up to the fairing(hold shift when you move a part for far distances)?

Not sure if it will work.

Edited May 1, 2018 by Boyster

[Particle_Wave]

It doesn’t matter what the seat is in (fairing, cargo bay, service bay, etc.), the kerbal always causes drag even though no parts inside with it (including the seat) cause any drag. The drag caused by kerbals isn’t too bad when they are seated vertically, but if you lay them down, it increases by nearly 10x. Basically the bug is that kerbals in command seats (but not the seat itself) cause drag no matter where the seat is, even if it should be shielded by something.

And I don’t have any mods. I’m not going into EVA from inside the fairing. I’m coming from outside the fairing, clipping the camera into it to see the command seat, then getting close enough to board. The kerbal basically just teleports through the fairing. But the only thing that would keep you from being able to EVA from inside a fairing is if the fairing wall is too close to the crew hatch. Also, if you EVA from a command seat from inside the fairing, you just get shoved out of the fairing.

[Serenity]

15 hours ago, Particle_Wave said:

Just clip the camera into the fairing to pull up the action menu for the command seat. Then move your kerbal close enough to it and the “board seat” command will pop up. Click that, and you’re in.

Ahhh nice, i didn't think that.

Also i am curious to test the EVA again with a bigger fairing.

Edited May 2, 2018 by Boyster