Capsule Escape System

[Danger2007]

Any ideas on how to recreate this? Everyone hates a capsule that's pinned to the top of a rocket lol

http://www.space.com/73-orion-capsule-emergency-escape-system-test.html

[SoldierHair]

Get the Soviet Pack.There is a premade one that uses this system.Of course , it is the Soyuz.

[Strategia]

I've recently seen someone who had the abort sequence also deploy parachutes on his launch vehicle, slowing it down enough for the capsule to actually be pulled clear of the rocket. How you'd go about it is up to you, but the most obvious solution would be a decoupler on top of the capsule, some structural elements, and Sepatrons to pull the capsule away. You could also (as the other person did) add a few more Sepatrons to pull the escape tower clear of the capsule after it fired, although it may not be necessary if the decoupler is powerful enough. You should also add a staging sequence just before your orbital insertion burn which decouples the tower and fires the Sepatrons to remove the LES when it's no longer necessary. For a soft landing, you should obviously have parachutes on your capsule as well, although they should be on a separate stage/action group - if they fired with the abort sequence they'd just anchor the pod to the rocket.

[razark]

I skip the tower and stick sepratrons straight to the capsule. It works for an escape, and I can also use the on reentry to drop my velocity.

[astropapi1]

KSPX has a very good one LES Tower for the big capsule, and you can design your own in a couple of minutes:

[Danger2007]

Yeah I guess you could put a little box with some separatrons. I'll do some tests!