Clamp-O-Tron Sr. won't let go?

[Nikolai]

Has anyone else had a problem getting a Clamp-O-Tron Sr. docking clamp to let go? I keep right-clicking on the clamp and clicking on "Undock" in the context menu that appears, but nothing happens. This has worked for other docking clamps, so I have to ask: Has anyone else had this problem? Is it possible that my docking clamp has sustained damage and won't let go? How can I tell?

Thanks to anyone who can provide insight into this problem.

Edited June 9, 2013 by Nikolai
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[Startreader]

Yeah I've had that problem, try restarting KSP, that worked for me.

[DMagic]

This is a known bug, it affects all types of docking clamps, but it's a little tricky to repeatably trigger it. It's happened to me a few times, most of the time I was able to get around it by docking or undocking something else on the craft first, then the broken clamp reset itself and worked fine. But, obviously this isn't always an option.

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/31591-Clamp-O-Tron-Sr-won-t-undock

There are other threads on this as well, some of them are linked in that thread.

[Nikolai]

It's happened to me a few times, most of the time I was able to get around it by docking or undocking something else on the craft first, then the broken clamp reset itself and worked fine. But, obviously this isn't always an option.

Thanks. I tried this, and it worked well enough.

Now, how do I change the thread tag to "Answered"?

Edited June 9, 2013 by Nikolai
Follow-up question

[ImpulseSpaceCenter]

Now, how do I change the thread tag to "Answered"?

Edit your first post, go on advance edit and you can change it

[Jod]

Same thing happened to my orbital tug a while ago. I still have to tug around that little rockomax fuel tank module because nothing I do seems to unjam the damn Sr. clampotron. Good thing I had RCS ports on it, otherwise the tug would be uncontrollable. I can push the Undock button all day but nothing happens.

It happened when I rammed the 2 Sr. clampotrons at 0.3 m/s. Since then I approach carefully and nothing else jammed yet.

[Nikolai]

Edit your first post, go on advance edit and you can change it

Thanks. All set.

[Nikolai]

It happened when I rammed the 2 Sr. clampotrons at 0.3 m/s. Since then I approach carefully and nothing else jammed yet.

That's interesting. I didn't approach at those kinds of speeds, though; I'm paranoid about breaking stuff during docking.