Engine explodes on pad. Allways....

[Payload]

Well I have made several engines over the last few days just practicing. I have made a small Lander Engine that explodes on the pad every time. I have checked the collider and It\'s dead on. I have even changed it around some but nothing works. All my other engines are fine but, this one goes boom every time. It\'s strange.

I have included the blend file with it. See if you have the same problems.

[sarkun]

Check whether the origin of your part/collider does not fall through the terrain. If it does (cause it\'s positioned at the bottom of the object) then an insta-kill is summoned on the part.

[Payload]

It is actually centered. I guess the best I could do is move it to the top but I have other models that are even shorter that don\'t do this. hmm i\'ll try some things.. and report.

EDIT:

Well I tossed the model and made another one that does work. Not sure what bugged out on that one but it was even smaller than the one that didn\'t work.

[Technical Ben]

Sometimes if you forget to add a texture this can happen.

[aevionknight]

You need about 0.2m of collider below the origin in order to avoid insta-kills.

[Technical Ben]

Yep. That too. I\'ve found just about any modelling or part config error you can imagine will cause a part to explode. Very Kerbal.