New large docking port

[Virtualgenius]

Can somebody tell me which way these things go around cant figure it out bloody stupid not having them multi directional

[Crush]

Can somebody tell me which way these things go around cant figure it out bloody stupid not having them multi directional

I just made a picture for the wiki article:

[apfelbeck]

Can somebody tell me which way these things go around cant figure it out bloody stupid not having them multi directional

The side with the handle on it is the side that sticks out.

[DerekL1963]

I've never been able to dock using that system, but I've been badly wanting to add them to my stable. So last night I hacked a Zeus and an Olympus with the Clamp-o-tron Sr, docked them, and firewalled the throttle on the Zeus... and there was only the tiniest bit of wobble. (Or maybe I was imagining it...) It did take a couple of tries launching Olympus to work out proper strutting though. (I.E. I added struts until it stopped blowing up.)

FWIW, I was playing around last night and locked all the outer gimbals on the Zeus... and the wobble went down to nearly imperceptible.

[Virtualgenius]

Awesome thanks very much Crush for providing that pic and i am guessing large ports only dock with large ports smalls with smalls mediums with mediums

[elkar]

Yes, i would say so. Like in real life, you need those docking ports same. Also for docking its useful to get rotation of that docking port right so when you press L for translation you actually move to side not up or so.

[ComradeGoat]

Yes, i would say so. Like in real life, you need those docking ports same. Also for docking its useful to get rotation of that docking port right so when you press L for translation you actually move to side not up or so.

That's what chase mode camera is for!

[nimbim]

It is very stable. I could run this thing at 100% thrust, with the medium docking ports this would wobble with just nuclear engines.

[elkar]

That's what chase mode camera is for!

Chase camera is useful, i use it all the time but When you have payload on top of the lifter then you need those docking ports rightfuly orientated with your RCS and if you are using docking camera it also matters.

[chrischambers]

I just made a picture for the wiki article:

thanks for the information, been having issues docking using the above docks, through it was me, installing them wrong, as all I am doing is pushing the station away then I try and dock.

edit: Update. I found that you have to be right on top of the other dock to "5m or less" for the other one to grap it and pull it in, and also you have to he dead centre

Edited July 3, 2013 by chrischambers