Struts not intended for large craft?

[Fullmetal Analyst]

 

so as you can see, we are not supposed to use struts to keep large craft from wobbling and falling apart

now my question is: how are we supposed to make large craft if we cant eve use struts on them properly?

EDIT: after launching and reverting, the game decided to make weird struts and fuel lines, just not in the places i wanted it to

now if you are assuming that these struts actually work and i found some useful bug, ure wrong, they dont

Edited March 12, 2023 by Fullmetal Analyst

[twich22]

Yea struts are really buggy. You can’t have struts or fuel lines on merged craft or else you get the bug that you have in your screenshot. They all decide to attach to the first ‘root’ merged vessel. 

If you are implying that struts are not intended for larger craft due to the length limitations, there are solutions for that. You can build extensions using the girders or other building material so that you can connect pieces that are farther away via struts. This was the same in KSP 1. However as you suggest struts are very bugged and break your craft easily if you are not very careful when placing them.

Edited March 12, 2023 by twich22

[Chilkoot]

There are apparently "large struts" in the game files, but *not available for use in the public build.  I guess we'll see what they do.

Edited March 12, 2023 by Chilkoot

[Streetwind]

You can take a page out of the book of the legendary Whackjob, and strut your rockets with modular girder segments

[MechBFP]

Not sure about KSP2 but using struts to connect boosters together usually caused “bad things” to happen in KSP1. I generally just connect 1 or two struts from each booster onto the main core instead and that is usually much more stable. 

[Alexoff]

You don’t need to build big ships, you need to make planes and fly around the space center (sarcasm)

[Fullmetal Analyst]

20 hours ago, twich22 said:

here are solutions for that. You can build extensions using the girders or other building material so that you can connect pieces that are farther away via struts.

that would add alot of unnecessary parts and weight though, and probably make the whole craft even more unstable

17 hours ago, Streetwind said:

the legendary Whackjob

excuse me?

16 hours ago, MechBFP said:

just connect 1 or two struts from each booster onto the main core

my problem with that is that it leaves behind ugly nubs after decoupling

14 hours ago, Alexoff said:

You don’t need to build big ships, you need to make planes and fly around the space center

based.

[cocoscacao]

3 minutes ago, Fullmetal Analyst said:

my problem with that is that it leaves behind ugly nubs after decoupling

I haven't checked that behavior in KSP 2, but try doing it in reverse. Strut "knobs" stay on the target element, so just hook them from main core to boosters

[KSK]

Ohhh - go do a search for threads started by Whackjob in the KSP1 forum, for a masterclass in utterly insane designs.

There are implausibly large rockets. There are rockets that are so large that Jeb would think twice about strapping himself to them…

Then there are Whackjob rockets. For when lift-off is too hard and it’s easier to just push that inconvenient planet out of the way.

 

 

Edited March 13, 2023 by KSK

[Streetwind]

16 minutes ago, Fullmetal Analyst said:

excuse me?

Whackjob is a player who used to post about his construction efforts here on the forums. Not sure he's still active.

His main aim seemed to be to find the limits of what could be built, and then designing ways around those limits. Try this thread on for size.