Decouplers taking off everything else around it

[Man Voyage]

I have a question. I have a large rocket group, and if I add decouplers to it my whole outer assembly falls off when I use them! Say I have six boosters surrounding one, when I go to decouple all the rockets attached to the main booster just fall off. Why is this, and how can I prevent it? I'm getting tired of using struts to support my outer boosters...

Edited October 20, 2013 by Man Voyage

[sparty48]

Cant tell if troll.. Pics would help...

[GamerMitch]

ya i would need a screenshot to help you

[Man Voyage]

First I want to say: wow, really? Accusations of trolling for having a problem? Great community here.

Second, I have screen shots attached. Real help would be appreciated instead of calling someone a troll.

[AletzN1]

daylight pics would help...

[Man Voyage]

[Bacterius]

First I want to say: wow, really? Accusations of trolling for having a problem? Great community here.

Agreed, that is really rude.

[Sirine]

I believe your stage#2, already 'loose/disconnected' due to the force push from stage#3.

Think some support struct from decouplers to fuel tank at stage#2 would help.

[Man Voyage]

Didn't work. Still getting the same thing.

[Sirine]

Didn't work. Still getting the same thing.

Mind to share your craft file?

[Man Voyage]

Sure, how do I upload it?

[Steve-S]

I'm guessing that either the radial decouplers are in the same stage as the linline's or you need to strut the outer oranges to the central stack on top of the inline decouplers. Not sure why they would be sheering off unless the lower tanks are helping to support them and then once that additional support is gone...... Struts really are your friend.

[Sirine]

go, to , register an free account, and click upload file, and select your craft file under your KSP save folder.

[Man Voyage]

I tested it with a lot of struts supporting, and it's still a no go. This also doesn't make sense because the lower tanks are supported by less, yet still don't sheer off.

[Man Voyage]

http://www./?2y6u0b2f97ra692

[Sirine]

having trouble getting your file...

ok, gimme a minutes. testing your craft.

[SDIR]

Check to see if your staging is in the correct order...sometimes KSPs auto stage formatting tends to screw things up. Also, a little of patience and co-operation is appreciated around here. It may be days before your problem is fully solved.

[SilentStile]

Tested your craft file. Your top radial orange tanks are not attached to the Girder like you would expect. I imagine that something went wrong with symmetry, either you attached the bottom tanks to the central tank first, or KSP decided to redo the connections.

Either way, take the outer tanks off, attach the upper tanks first, then attach the lower tanks and strut them to the central tank. You are not going to be able to use the girder for the lower stage as KSP does not allow for more than one attach point(besides the strut).

[Sirine]

Problem found...your upper "square frame" are not connected to the rocket (Orange tank).

You should build from up to down...

http://www./download/bn7abp4y3og1j9z/Big_Rocket_Test(2).craft

Edited October 20, 2013 by Sirine

[Man Voyage]

Thanks guys, going to give this a shot.

[Man Voyage]

Wow, that did the trick! Plus rep to all those that helped.

How do I now changed this to answered

Edited October 20, 2013 by Man Voyage
change from unanswered to answered

[Johnno]

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/48073-Forum-FAQ-%E2%80%93-Answers-for-New-Users?p=637061#post637061

[Man Voyage]

Thanks! Anywhere that has that information all in one spot so I can read up a bit on the forums and how they work?