Magnetometer Mass - What is is made from and why is it Osmium?

[Poodmund]

The new Magnetometer part is listed as 0.5t, being the heaviest science part in the game (including DLCs) apart from the large Science Laboratory part yet it is very small, similar in size to the Barometer and Gravioli Detector which only weigh 5kg (0.005t) albeit they do not extend out.

So... is this just a typo, an oversight or maybe the Magnetometer is made of some crazy high density material like Osmium (or Kerbal equivalent). What are your thoughts?

Edited July 4, 2020 by Poodmund

[RealKerbal3x]

@Poodmund The devs know about it:

On 7/3/2020 at 10:29 AM, JPLRepo said:

Yes that's a known issue. It should be 0.05t.

 

[Rodger]

It doesn't even have "PhysicsSignificance = 1" in the cfg, like the other small science parts, so it'll mess with the COM position so much.

 

[Poodmund]

44 minutes ago, RealKerbal3x said:

@Poodmund The devs know about it:

 

Party pooper... can you not suspend the sense of disbelief for a minute?  

[Xurkitree]

well i know what's ill be fixing today.

Didn't realise this was a thing tho.

[problemecium]

Obviously, because it's made using metals mined from Kerbin, which is also made of Osmium, or honestly something far denser.

[Souptime]

10 hours ago, Poodmund said:

Osmium (or Kerbal equivalent).

Kosmium?

[fourfa]

Wait wait wait... before we fix this - can this be used as ballast to make submarines sink?  Gotta be the densest part in KSP

[Gargamel]

55 minutes ago, fourfa said:

Wait wait wait... before we fix this - can this be used as ballast to make submarines sink?  Gotta be the densest part in KSP

Better yet.... changing mass position to alter rotation speed?      That's a lot of mass to be shifting around that easily... Assuming the CoM moves with the arm.

[MAFman]

I created a quick little ModuleManager config to fix the magnetometer mass.

 

@PART[Magnetometer] {
  @mass = 0.005 // 5 kg
  PhysicsSignificance = 1 // Makes the part physics-less
}

 

[KerikBalm]

@MAFman if @JPLRepo's post is accurate, you have 1 zero too many, and it should be 50 kg, not 5 and not 500

[MAFman]

7 hours ago, KerikBalm said:

@MAFman if @JPLRepo's post is accurate, you have 1 zero too many, and it should be 50 kg, not 5 and not 500

Oh, thanks. Correction made!

[antipro]

hi,
if I've got it well, in order to fix the magnetometer mass, I have to create a "magnetometer_fix.cfg" text file this way:

@PART[Magnetometer]
{@mass = 0.05
PhysicsSignificance = 1}
 

and then just copy the file in the main directory so the Module Manager Mod will load it at every start.
is this correct?

Edited July 26, 2020 by antipro

[The Aziz]

MAKE YOUR BACKUPS (if you for some reason want to keep the magnetometer this heavy), the patch is here!

[James M]

On 7/7/2020 at 7:08 PM, Gargamel said:

Better yet.... changing mass position to alter rotation speed?      That's a lot of mass to be shifting around that easily... Assuming the CoM moves with the arm.

It most certainly does. The few satellites that used this tool can attest to that.