Getting this into orbit

[montyben101]

Now I'm making a lander to go to duna and at first I was going to send up two ships and have them dock in orbit. But since the transfer stage is quite small it would be almost pointless doing that. So I am trying to get this into orbit but the top fuel tanks on the first stage sometimes "break" and leave me spinning out of control. Since their on top of each other its impossible to add struts in between them. Any ideas? Suggestions?

Edited August 27, 2013 by montyben101

[Radam]

Well maybe use imgur to snap a picture for us, as it is kinda unclear how are you building things.

But I do strut things even if they are connected trough a docking port. And you can add struts between 2 same tanks.

[Amoun]

Hey Monty,

You can still add struts between the tanks, it just turns into a precision job.

But post us a flight log and a few pictures so we can deduce as to what exactly is happening.

[Spyritdragon]

You can add a cubic octogonal strut on the side of one of the tanks. You then have a point to attach struts to reinforce your ship :-).

[montyben101]

Ah ok I don't know how to add photos but i think i'll try spyritdragons idea. Thanks!

[Spyritdragon]

You can hit f1 to take a screenshot ingame. The screenshot will be put in your KSP folder, where you can pick it up and upload it to a site like imgur.com. You can then embed the photo in the forums using the [ IMG ]<imgur URL of your picture>[ /IMG ] tags, but without the spaces.

Alternatively, you can use the [ imgur ]<imgur album URL>[ /imgur ] tags to embed an album of imgur pictures on the forums.

[Andr0s]

When I first ran into problems connecting 2 stacked stages with struts (very finicky proposition), I figured out the easy workaround is to slap a winglet on one of the stages and run the strut from the side or tip of winglet to the next stage. After a dozen test flights with various stacks, I haven't noticed any aerodynamic or structural issues with that...