ISS D.O.O. (my docking space station-module)

[Stogas]

I have just docked my docking station ISS D.O.O. upon the 'old' ISS:

My new 'Interkerbinal Space Station', orbiting at ~85km above Kerbin:

Stock parts, except additional 'crewpod' from Damned Aerospace.

Edit: The first rendezvous of this station is here! http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/index.php?topic=16964.0

The ISS D.O.O. (pronounced "two", stands for Docking Optimized Orbiter) consists of 67 parts, has 1200 liters of liquid fuel in the orbiting stage, seven (!) RCS fuel tanks, weights 43.19 metric tons, is capable of housing 18 crew members, includes two communication antennas, one regular radio antenna, one satellite dish shaped for video and data transfers, and a dedicated docking port with holding gear, thus not needing to put the gear on docking vessels.

Everything is stock, except the Crew Tank from Damned Aerospace.

The old ISS is scheduled for deorbiting, two of the three present crew members were transferred for duty on the ISS D.O.O.

Edited August 31, 2012 by Stogas
adding a photo, including a full name

[Jeebs24]

Looks good! Man I hope they add true docking system on the next version.

[Giggleplex777]

I tried to make docking legs but the part that it clamps on to floats away after a while and rips the legs off.

[Stogas]

Looks good! Man I hope they add true docking system on the next version.

According to this, they aren't planning on implementing it yet in 0.17:

http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/showthread.php/15757-KSP-0-17-Update

I tried to make docking legs but the part that it clamps on to floats away after a while and rips the legs off.

I expected that when i was building, but i was surprised it didn't happen. It probably depends on how tight you set the legs to clamp, how often you stabilize both vessels (my stations tend to start spinning while not being controlled, since sas doesn't stay on), and if you warp (I didn't)

[NetBlitzer]

Nice space station! I could never figure out how to dock parts together using landing legs, but I can see how you did it in the pictures.

By the way, I believe weight in KSP is measured in tonnes. Either that or just tons.

[Stogas]

Nice space station! I could never figure out how to dock parts together using landing legs, but I can see how you did it in the pictures.

It's actually my first docking (aside from a test variant configured exactly as the D.O.O), I just happened to get the exact amount of grasp on my first try

The way I view it, it's just a bit closer to the vessel (at the building phase) than the configuration in which the legs' "feet" are exactly parallel to the vessel (as if a straight upwards leg would be 0 degrees, and shift + wasd would change the orientation by 5 degrees (example), then the legs are positioned at 5 degrees (or -5, depends on how you look)

By the way, I believe weight in KSP is measured in tonnes. Either that or just tons.

Thanks!

[Bioman222]

Man, when I saw that on the Awesome Pictures thread, I wondered How you got that whole thing up there, being so unbalanced! But, This explains it!

[Stogas]

Seamless stability while docking light rockets:

Also, I have incorporated a ladder-only crew transfer, based on someone's idea on the forum: (works good only from rocket to D.O.O., though)

Also, Solo image added to the first post.

Edited August 31, 2012 by Stogas