How can I get fuel to be able to flow with these two crafts?

[Gunnar123abc]

I have a two stage lander thing, like in the Mun scenario (with a command pod and a lander pod). I like doing this kind of landing, relaunch dock and return to kerban.

alas, i have never been sucessful, thanks to my old design that I put an rcs booster on the dockign port, and they never docked (i assumed iw ould be able to move fuel from the lander to the command, because i was very low on fuel in the command pod)

so, with the new patch, i tried again and made another two stage lander or whatever it is called. but, I cannot get the fuel from the lander to get in the fuel tank for the command pod!

here is a picture of it and showing where i want the fuel to go, after i redock after landing on the mun:

http://i.imgur.com/x8UdrFN.png

and yes it is not finished or whatever yes i know it does not have landing gears blahbalhblagh

so, is there any way to get the fuel between the two to move? (or do i just not know how to move fuel from one tank to another?)

Edited July 26, 2013 by Gunnar123abc

[stupid_chris]

Normal fuel transferring by alt+clicking the two tanks should work since they're connected through dockingport.

[gtrx]

was the background so top secret?

[troyn123]

What stupid_chris said... Or, if you want it to flow automatically, you can switch from stack separators to docking clamps. Docking clamps will allow fuel to automatically flow through an active ship, unless you right click and "Disable Crossfeed" manually. The stack separators don't flow unless you move fuel manually. Another method would be to stretch a fuel line down there...

[Mr Shifty]

FYI, your design looks very similar to this one, which is one of my all-time favorite vessels to fly. Very forgiving and great for doing Mun runs. It might give you some ideas.

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/37722-Munar-lander-with-rover

[Gunnar123abc]

Normal fuel transferring by alt+clicking the two tanks should work since they're connected through dockingport.

hey! You're right! um... looks like I just didn't know how to transfer fuel

was the background so top secret?

It's the Area 51 of Kerbalkind. actually, I was going to paste a picture of the Mun and Kerban in there, but I am bad at the new microsoft paint layout and gave up. besides, the white makes it easy to draw the arrows.

What stupid_chris said... Or, if you want it to flow automatically, you can switch from stack separators to docking clamps. Docking clamps will allow fuel to automatically flow through an active ship, unless you right click and "Disable Crossfeed" manually. The stack separators don't flow unless you move fuel manually. Another method would be to stretch a fuel line down there...

I just assume that it was because of the stack seperators, the one I was using said not cross feed compatable, so I went bonkers! but it all turns out I did not know how to actually move fuel... ;p at least I think... I cannot test the craft I made, I am just testing theo ne in the mun landing scenario now. my save seems to have broke and I cant use the assembly building

(talking about it here: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/42063-Can-t-click-ANY-buttons-in-the-Vehicle-Assembly-Building

FYI, your design looks very similar to this one, which is one of my all-time favorite vessels to fly. Very forgiving and great for doing Mun runs. It might give you some ideas.

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/37722-Munar-lander-with-rover

I like that! And it even has a rover!!! Wow! (I am really bad at rovers, don't even know where to start...) I wonder if that build works in the new patch? but I will just try to take some of his wonderful ideas and put it on my ship for now. my ship is basically just copying the one in the mun scenario, I find it fun to do the docking thing, for practice and stuff since I'm really bad at it. (although I am still always having trouble building a rocket which can bring it to the mun )

thank you for that link!

now if only I knew how to change the thread to "answered"...

[troyn123]

now if only I knew how to change the thread to "answered"...

Click the "Edit post" link on your original post... Cheers. :-)

[lammatt]

alt+right click