Do crash test dummies exist anywhere? (proxy kerbal for the VAB)

[John FX]

I recently made a nice little craft, RCS well balanced, flies like a dream. It has a chair for a kerbal. When the kerbal sits in the chair he imbalances the little craft and it handles like a dog. Wants to spin all over the place.

Is there a sort of crash test dummy part anywhere that anyone knows of that weighs the same as a kerbal and has the same CoM so the VAB shows the right CoM when the craft is occupied so I can put my thrusters in the right place?

[kiwi1960]

When life on Kerbal is so cheap, crash test dummies are not used... they cost too much.

Actually.... what would be the point of using a proxy Kerbal? They would need to fly it sooner or later..

AND... check out the other site (I forget its name) because I saw some weights there for testing, maybe you could use one of them...

[Cby]

Just add another Kerbal on the other side.

[goldenpeach]

I remember the test weight mod,I don't remember if one of the weight was the weight of the kerbals(they all have the same mass because they all follow the same diet) but it will definitively help you.

Unfortunately,I didn't found it.

But I'm sure it's somewhere:I have used it not long ago(a few month before,to test what was,at the time,my heavy lifter).

[John FX]

I`ll show you my craft so you can see how a kerbal could affect the COM and also how there is not room for another chair.

I may have to just find/make a part that weighs the same...

[HeadHunter67]

I remember reading that a Kerbal on EVA weights 94kg. Not sure if that helps.

[Ballistic Idiot]

Just glue another one of the little cucumbers to the other side. They're probably cheaper than ballast anyway.