Mobius RocketWorks - Engine Mounts and Parts

[Mekan1k]

That looks... ~ 10 times more stable than normal mounts.

[Teirusu]

New version up! Check out the first page.

 Version History â€â€

1.1

ADDED: 4-point Mini engine mount

ADDED: Up-scaled Rockomax Hub

ADDED: Up-scaled Radial Decoupler

CHANGED: Snugged in the upper plate of the engine adapters so they fit more seamlessly against the bottom of 2.5m tanks.

CHANGED: Added floating nodes to the bottom of many of the adapters so you can more easily use them in upper stages of a rocket.

[Whirligig Girl]

That looks like the standard tail, anybody could part clip it on.

Unless I mis-understood and it's all one part.

It's all one part.

[Whirligig Girl]

Merge the Skipper engine bell with the poodle engine, so we can have a proper stockalike CSM Engine.

[InteNs]

hey, can you implement this particular engine cluster? it fits my rockets perfectly.

right click and copy url

(new to the forums)

Edited July 12, 2013 by InteNs

[Hawkstorm]

Great mod.

Any chance of making radial mounts that bend at 90degs so they allow you to fix engines on the side of tanks?

[MDBenson]

Is there any chance you could provide scaled versions of the larger clusters (say 6 and larger) to fit 3.75m and 5m tanks? These are a really cool idea but I rarely use 2.5m tanks these days!

[Teirusu]

Great mod.

Any chance of making radial mounts that bend at 90degs so they allow you to fix engines on the side of tanks?

...You mean something like this?

Is there any chance you could provide scaled versions of the larger clusters (say 6 and larger) to fit 3.75m and 5m tanks? These are a really cool idea but I rarely use 2.5m tanks these days!

You mean like KW and Nova stuff? Well, for the moment, I'm trying to stick to stock sizes while trying to keep the parts.. fairly balanced against what's already in the game. Nor do I make any rockets of the 3.75 or 5m sizes myself, so I'm not quite sure how I'd 'clusterize' them. I'd also figure if your going 3.75 or 5m, you're doing so, partially, to avoid a high part count in the first place.

Still, it isn't out of the question, but not in the near future.

hey, can you implement this particular engine cluster? it fits my rockets perfectly.

right click and copy url

(new to the forums)

Hi, welcome to the forums InteNs! But, uhh, whatever you tried to post did not go through. ^^;

Merge the Skipper engine bell with the poodle engine, so we can have a proper stockalike CSM Engine.

This would require modelling work that I currently don't really know how to do.

That looks... ~ 10 times more stable than normal mounts.

I had originally created them for the added spacing between 2.5m tanks. (And also something that actually -looked- like it could radially mount such a big tank!) I didn't think that they would be stronger then the TT-70, but after testing them, they do appear to be.

[Teirusu]

Updated the upload, added that radial mount from above. Also added more of those mini cluster mounts!

1.2

ADDED: 3-point Mini engine mount

ADDED: 2-point Mini engine mount

ADDED: Radial rocket engine mount

[Sid]

Brilliant work - I can experiment with some Soviet style designs now.

I'm not going to ask for a 30 engine cluster so I can build an N-1 though

[InteNs]

ah, i got it to work

anyway, lets hope you like it:

[Teirusu]

New update for the new game update!

Here is your requested mount InteNs

And here's some 2.5m couplers! For all your giant rocket making needs!

The bottom 'quad' coupler as a super-awesome-extra-special-secret.. on the bottom.

[InteNs]

nice thanx alot!

[Captain Sierra]

Does this pack have a name? Regardless, since I can't make those clusters by clipping myself, downloading!

[Ratzap]

Looks good, I'll give it a go over the next days and see how it works out. Will post any response.

[HeadHunter67]

I slapped a 9x on the bottom of a Jumbo, could only get 8 engines around the outside but couldn't put one in the center.

Also when I try to launch, the engines don't have fuel - in spite of the part being crossfeed capable.

Do I need to run fuel lines? and how am I going to do that with this kind of setup?

[JeBuSBrian]

I tried these yesterday and found them finicky for engine placement, as well. Even with part clipping, it was hard to get them attached. I found it easiest to place the center engine first, then try to get the outer ones on.

[HeadHunter67]

It's finicky enough to get the mounts on in the first place. But I love what these parts do, it beats cubic struts.

[mrluckypants96]

I just DL'd and was so confused by this, the lack of model and texture files made react like: "umm, wha????". The fact that it shouldn't slow down my heavily modded game any more than it already is is even better .

[Teirusu]

I slapped a 9x on the bottom of a Jumbo, could only get 8 engines around the outside but couldn't put one in the center.

Also when I try to launch, the engines don't have fuel - in spite of the part being crossfeed capable.

Do I need to run fuel lines? and how am I going to do that with this kind of setup?

No, you shouldn't need any fuel-lines to make them work. What might have happened, is that you attached the adapter to the tank from the bottom center node, where the center engine goes. These parts won't cross-feed fuel from the bottom nodes, which all the engine nodes are labeled as. But yes, they are a bit finicky to place correctly on the tank since all the nodes are soo close together. The way I found that works fairly well, is to center the camera angle on the bottom lip of the tank, (So you can't see the bottom, barely.) then float the adapter up from the bottom. Sometimes, angling the camera between where the engine nodes are on the part, helps as well.

Also, yeah, I usually place the center engine first, then the outside engines. That usually works the best.

I never really came up with an official name. Mobius RocketWorks Parts sounds good enough to me, but I'm open to suggestions.

[HeadHunter67]

That would explain why I couldn't mount a center engine. But I'm not clear on what you mean - I mean, where else would you attach the adapter? It was hard enough to get it to snap to that. I had to actually turn the tank sideways to get that to work at all.

I'll keep trying.

[p1t1o]

That would explain why I couldn't mount a center engine. But I'm not clear on what you mean - I mean, where else would you attach the adapter? It was hard enough to get it to snap to that. I had to actually turn the tank sideways to get that to work at all.

I'll keep trying.

There are actually two centre nodes - one on either side of the plate - they are quite close together so its hard to tell but if you look close you should see.

[codepoet]

Is there any plan to update this to integrate it into the tech tree with 0.22?

[InteNs]

It's very easy to do it yourself:

1.go to here: F:\Steam\SteamApps\common\Kerbal Space Program\GameData\MobiusRocketWorks\Parts\Structural

2.open the part.CFG with notepad

3.scroll down until you see this:cost - <amount>

4. insert this line: TechRequired - start

start can be any node on the tree you want.

hope it helps

[The Spacemonkey]

Release for 0.23 NOW.