landing legs jettisoning off in orbit?

[magnemoe]

Very strange bug, using an lander who consist of the small Octo 2 core, an 180 liter fuel tank, one of the new 48-S7 inline 20kN engines, and four of the medium landing legs, also have a two batteries and solar panels. Mecjeb and three containers for sample return on top. Sent this lander as part of an probe carrier to Jool, landed it on Val, Pol and finally Bop, accent with mechjeb from it and went out of warp for the circulation burn, suddenly the landings legs is jettisoned off.

No I did not have decoplers on them they did not fall off but moved away like I had used some weak decopler.

Never seen anything like this, not that I cared, after docking I would decople the lander from the sample containers and deorbit it.

But is this common?

[Read have Read]

Very strange bug, using an lander who consist of the small Octo 2 core, an 180 liter fuel tank, one of the new 48-S7 inline 20kN engines, and four of the medium landing legs, also have a two batteries and solar panels. Mecjeb and three containers for sample return on top. Sent this lander as part of an probe carrier to Jool, landed it on Val, Pol and finally Bop, accent with mechjeb from it and went out of warp for the circulation burn, suddenly the landings legs is jettisoned off.

No I did not have decoplers on them they did not fall off but moved away like I had used some weak decopler.

Never seen anything like this, not that I cared, after docking I would decople the lander from the sample containers and deorbit it.

But is this common?

I have had this happen with the mini legs, also with the legs in the scenario. Only seems to happen on physics load however.

[Mattasmack]

I tried using those legs on an orbital-debris-cleaning craft, where the legs could extend to form a sort of cage to hold debris that doesn't have a docking port. I never got to even try capturing any debris. Three craft in a row, when switching to the vessel in orbit the landing legs broke off and floated off at ~10 m/s. (I then switched to using the electromagnet in the Kerbal Attachment System. That fourth cleaner craft worked, and most of the debris it had to clean were those !?#! landing legs!) I don't know where the bug lies (physics engine? loading routine? part model?) but there's definitely a bug; it's not just you! I now avoid using those legs at all; so far the smallest- and largest-size legs haven't given me any grief.

[Apollo1391]

that is called general kraken it spoiled some of my mun landings info here l http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Kraken#General_Kraken <- v

[strongest_2hu]

I've only ever noticed it when I load the craft or enter time warp with the legs extended, they seem safe if they're in the retracted position.

[magnemoe]

I've only ever noticed it when I load the craft or enter time warp with the legs extended, they seem safe if they're in the retracted position.

Yes, landing legs was down and I was exiting time warp.

[Markarian421]

I wonder if this is related to the landers exploding on load problem?

[Vanamonde]

That has happened to me a couple of times, going back 2 or so versions. It only happens when the legs are in the extended position, though, so keep them folded until you're ready to land.

[Brofessional]

The medium legs are extremely wobbly and unstable, they were the first legs added to the game and they really need to be updated/replaced.

The small ones are wobbly as well, but not as bad, and it's less of an issue because they're only good for lightweight probes anyway.