Open Source Construction Techniques for Craft Aesthetics

[WooDzor]

and it looks pretty.. I never really understood this blue-ish stuff inside the air intakes anyway..

[Gue__1]

Great example of outdated parts......

[kepicness]

1) Clipping control surfaces can help reduce the clutter of things and make them more controllable!!!

2) Clipping solar panels into the wings helps make it look better (and they still work).

Here's a little something I tossed up yesterday which illustrates it well (mini ion drones with integrated vertical take off system for the win ). It is meant to seamlessly blend into the fuselage of an exploration SSTO I'm going to make.

[GusTurbo]

Design idea for anyone who wants to give it a try: the new O-10 Monopropellant engine has a pretty low mass (0.09) and an interesting looking structure -- it may be useful as a structural part for aesthetic purposes.

Edited July 18, 2014 by GusTurbo

[kepicness]

Did I mention this? It actually has more thrust than the big rockomax engines

I know that the technique isn't new but I don't really see engines as compressed as these usually.

[Blue]

1) Clipping control surfaces can help reduce the clutter of things and make them more controllable!!!

2) Clipping solar panels into the wings helps make it look better (and they still work).

Here's a little something I tossed up yesterday which illustrates it well (mini ion drones with integrated vertical take off system for the win ). It is meant to seamlessly blend into the fuselage of an exploration SSTO I'm going to make.

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

If I wasn't on a video game hiatus, I'd try building that myself.

[It'snorocketscience]

Hey ho! I would like to join you guys, but how do I?

I've read all the designs you guys have posted and I have a ton of ideas... could I join?

[GusTurbo]

Sure, all you need to do is post something.

[sgt_flyer]

Hey ho! I would like to join you guys' date=' but how do I?

I've read all the designs you guys have posted and I have a ton of ideas... could I join?[/quote']

Everybody willing to share stock construction techniques is welcome here the thread is meant for that

[Redrobin]

If you have clipping on, and want a more powerful monopropellant engine, you can clip the O-10 engines on the bottom of something and if you angle them correctly, it will look like one bigger engine, like so:

[It'snorocketscience]

Sure, all you need to do is post something.

Alright! can't wait to do that!

[9t3ndo]

Design idea for anyone who wants to give it a try: the new O-10 Monopropellant engine has a pretty low mass (0.09) and an interesting looking structure -- it may be useful as a structural part for aesthetic purposes.

Maybe not the way you think how it would be used or in this case didn't used but 180° turned it provides a core for cool thinks.

at the moment [WIP]

stock near future energy core/generator subassemblie

part count: 36

here you can hopefully see the low backligthing from a hidden headlight to generate a little glow effect

Dynamic indicator for energy consumption

low throttle / low energy consumption

full throttle / high energy consumption

[Hydrazine_Soup]

Ignition system:

Just as real life rockets that need help to ignite its liquid fuel engines, I made a cool subassembly that adds that FX before taking off:

Edit: Images are lost :/

Instructions:

1. Place LV T-30 exhaust pointing at the rocket engines.

2. Space bar to ignite those engines

3.Throttle up and press X several times

4. Space bar to Ignite rocket engines.

5. Throtle at maximun

6. Space bar to release clamps and lift off

Edited March 5, 2020 by Hydrazine_Soup

[Mesklin]

Analog of weightless nose cone for command pod mk1 (good for spaceplanes) from small gear bays. Do not forget disable actions for lower gear bays.

[JackRyanPL]

Stock cargo bay

I want to show you mine cargo bay, with a tutorial, how to build it. Enjoy!

You can use it in your crafts, but please, post a link to my video, when you're posting craft using my cargo bay on KSP forum/reddit/steam.

Cargo bay

[Gue__1]

Stock cargo bay

I want to show you mine cargo bay, with a tutorial, how to build it. Enjoy!

You can use it in your crafts, but please, post a link to my video, when you're posting craft using my cargo bay on KSP forum/reddit/steam.

Wait a second I stole... ugh... lent this techology from Rune!

[JackRyanPL]

So he stole it from me. I post prototype of cargo bay door in april. About 3-4 days after 0.23.5 was released.

[9t3ndo]

My attempt of a cargo bay,

Download .CRAFT

early wip, based on vaganis suspension design. now i try to make it smaller

Edited August 2, 2014 by 9t3ndo

[9t3ndo]

Here are the smaller one

Download Cargo V2.craft

[JackRyanPL]

Mareczex333 posted it first in this video about SSTO few days ago.

Edited August 3, 2014 by JackRyanPL

[Vagani]

My attempt of a cargo bay,

Download .CRAFT

early wip, based on vaganis suspension design. now i try to make it smaller

http://i58.tinypic.com/11bj70m.png

http://i62.tinypic.com/2md552.png

http://i61.tinypic.com/vp7wqp.png

That's something I never thought my suspension would be for, awesome, gj 9t3ndo very innovative design.

[JackRyanPL]

Yeah, but it's not his idea.

[Vagani]

Yeah, but it's not his idea.

Well it clearly is, where as he uses landing gear, you use a claw and sas module, therefore the use of my suspension and landing gear combined is his idea

[Rune]

So he stole it from me. I post prototype of cargo bay door in april. About 3-4 days after 0.23.5 was released.

...and someone will soon post the first stock helicopter. Klaws as hinges have been talked about since there are Klaws. And the first thing I saw using a pylon as hinge was in 0.19, I think.

Rune. Just have fun with the game, would you? I hate people calling firsts and "I did this earlier".

[JackRyanPL]

OK, but I don't like when someone is stealing my ideas. And first stock helicopter was posted by MeticulousMitch.