Revamp: Variable Length Launch Clamps

[klesh]

Hi,

A suggestion I would like to make is that when the time comes to update the Launch Clamps, that the variant system is used to give us variable lengths for the horizontal arm that attaches to the rocket. 

The same way that you use the variant system to provide various lengths to the structural tubes, clicking "short, medium, or long" variants would keep the attach point against the rocket the same, and the user would see the arm length change and the launch clamp base correspondingly move as well.

 

A system like this would allow a launch tower to be built with a single footprint while reaching out further to hold the rocket as the rocket's diameter decreases with height. 

 

 

Edited July 5, 2020 by klesh

[RealKerbal3x]

Agreed, better launch clamps that can be used for proper launch towers would be a fantastic addition.

And while we're on the topic of launch clamps, they really need a visual redo. I mean, look at them...

[Gargamel]

I mean, yeah, they're better than the old tower (seen pictured above), but they could use a slight rework.   While I've never needed variable length arms on the clamps, there have been many times I have wanted them and have been forced to work around the issue. 

A simple drag and drop method, with snaps to the top of a lower clamp would work nicely. 

[kerbiloid]

Isn't this about that?

 

[klesh]

Yes, that is a mod about launch clamps.