Rovers and Cargo Bays.

[AtilaElari]

Droping the rovers down is exiting, is it not? But sometimes one wants to do it in more subtile way: to put it in a cargo bay of a bigger ship, safely land and gently roll out from it's confinement into freedom.

But the problem is: it's rather hard to attach a rover in a cargo bay in VAB. If you just attach it to surface, it will stick and won't detach. You can use decouplers, but at least some part of them will stick to the rover. It's not a big problem with big or medium sized ones, but it completly ruins micro cars like DEMV Mark 3 EX http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/demv-mark-3-ex-2/

So, how do you solve the problem of attaching a rover in a cargo bay?

[luckyhendrix]

Stock I use a decoupler that I attach to a small cubic truss on the rover, and then strut a lot.

With mods I'd use KAS and quantum strut to secure the payload.

[Cartz]

TR-2c Stack Separator seperates from both surfaces when it decouples.

If you're really anal about it, it becomes debris that you can then terminate from the tracking station.

[AtilaElari]

Thanks for the tip, it is indeed helpfull. Though, as long as we have this thread, might as well post some more ideas. For example, if there is a radially-attached decopler that doesn't stay on one of the sides?

[annallia]

I think all of the radial decouplers would do that (if attached to the ship instead of the rover) though you would need to run a strut from the ship to the rover otherwise when you decouple it could slam your rover into the ground.

[AtilaElari]

No, at least a little bit of each default radial decoupler would stay on both sides. May be there is some mod with a "clean" decoupler?

[Talisar]

No, at least a little bit of each default radial decoupler would stay on both sides. May be there is some mod with a "clean" decoupler?

Actually,yes http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/43720-21-Radial-Stack-Separator

[AtilaElari]

Thanks! That's exactly what I need.

If someone has more tips on the issue, they are wholeheartedly encouraged to share!