Senior or Standard

[Rhyunix]

Dead simple vote:

I'm redesigning my Munbase - SESEOR - and I want to know, irrelevant of if you've used them the way I have or at all

Senior Docking Port

Or

Standard Docking Port

The vote is on!

Please?!

Edited July 30, 2013 by Rhyunix

[Scarecrow88]

For something that is ground based, I have found the standard ports perfectly adequate. Senior ports work better for me when used on space based structures.

[bigdad84]

I tend to just use the regular docking ports the whole time. The senior docking ports kinda eliminate that "modular" look to a space station...

[CosmicX1]

Uh oh, I just made it a draw

[Rhyunix]

I used bi-couplers and fafed around until they were at the standard ground level. The thing is, I fear that there will be an IVA that will use the already sideways (for me) storage can.

[Rhyunix]

I tend to just use the regular docking ports the whole time. The senior docking ports kinda eliminate that "modular" look to a space station...

I see what you mean there

Goddamn evenness!

[Sma]

I choose senior, not for any particular reason, though it seems like it'd be fitting for ground base stuff. I haven't use sr for anything other than space stations, but plan on making a small base on kerbin, up in the mountains that'll use the sr ports. Mostly though I can see senior being used for connecting sections to, and standard for docking ships, large rovers and other movable items. Small rovers and/or probes i usually use the jr port.

Really, I think you can get away with both though. I don't think I'd use more than 1 sr port connection. Maybe just couple two orange tanks then have it go to a standard connected to a hub or whatever.

Edited July 30, 2013 by Sma

[Rhyunix]

So what your suggesting is that I mix and match?

[Jesrad]

It actually stands for "Serious docking port"

[rryy]

I chose Senior, but a combination of both could be used. The Sr. could be used as the connection for habitation and where Kerbals are meant to pass through, and the standard as the connection for utility things like fuel or solar panels.

[dlmarti]

I have not been able to get a senior one stable under load. So I just use the normal ones.

[Sma]

So what your suggesting is that I mix and match?

That's what I do. On my station I started in 0.20 I used standard for places I planned on docking ships, and jr on places where I thought about maybe adding modules, like additional solar arrays, batteries, etc. I had was actually thinking about adding small ion drives to the station to raise its orbit slowly, though I ran into part lag so that particular station is on hold. Plus now with 0.21 I'm starting from scratch soo...

[Rhyunix]

That's a nice idea rryy...

[Rhyunix]

I think I'll mix and match - I'll probably use the standard docking port for connecting small parts and the large docking port for habitat modules and large tanks etc

[DisarmingBaton5]

I like to work with smaller parts; 2m modules are annoying. Standard Docking Port.

[DChurchill]

So what your suggesting is that I mix and match?

Yep. I have both on my station, depending on what I'm intending to plug into it. Big fuel tanks get a senior, then I have modular solar power modules, think: standard port - 1K round battery - roundy pyramid girder thing - long girder segment with 4 large solar panels - roundy pyramid girder thing - 1K round battery - standard port. I can stack those up for any length and don't really require a senior port.

You can sort of see it on the end, there. This one died with .20 but the new one I have is similar.

Edited July 30, 2013 by DChurchill

[Zeroignite]

I like to use Standard docking ports for space stations, since often I'll find myself later designing a vehicle to dock with it and I don't want to restrict myself to 2m modules/launches.

[SpaceSphereOfDeath]

Senior for space stations, and standered for ground bases

[Rhyunix]

Its a ground base though spacesphere, although its still 50/50 at this time on the votes

[Rhyunix]

You guys aren't making this decision easy, still 50/50! I foresee the poll being like this a long time

[Rhyunix]

Honest to God you guys are trying to make me torn between decisions! I'm gonna put this comment and its gonna move this up so more votes to break the 50/50!

[leax256]

me=tie killer

[PrivateFlip]

me=tie killer

Me = tie maker. Surprised through because i thought most people would use standard. The two occasions I did use seniors I had serious issues getting them to dock.

[Geschosskopf]

I find that the standard size is totally unsuitable for any sort of load-bearing joint, due to its proclivity to telescope and wobble so much. Thus, it's a non-starter for anything that will ever move while docked without benefit of struts, like a multi-part ship that must be assembled in orbit and then separate at the destination. You can, however, use it where you can strut around it, like for a rover on a 1-shot rocket.

So, I use senior almost exclusively. I only use standards if the body diameter is too small for a senior, and then only if 1) I can strut around it, or 2) the standard is only a docking port and not a structural connection.

[ComradeGoat]

I build my stations and interplanetary motherships (basically stations with nuclear engines on the back) using the Sr docking ports. I then add a docking module populated with standard and junior ports for landers, spaceplanes and launches.