Placing your rocket on the ground in the VAB

[VFRHawk]

Hi,

Been playing around with using the launch supports, and I've noticed that if you build your craft slightly off the ground in the VAB, when you go to the launch pad and release the supports the ship drops to the ground.

Is there an easy way when you finish building a ship to move the bottom of it's lower-most section so that it's in contact with the ground? It's not always easy to tell whats touching the ground and what isn't in the VAB, especially with some of the more (moar!)... ahem... "ambitious" designs!

You could then just add the supports last if there was simple solution.

Graham

Edited October 25, 2013 by VFRHawk

[Taki117]

It really doesn't matter if your ship is touching the ground or not (It is actually better for it NOT to touch the ground, less chance for damage) If you want your ship touching the ground but don't want damage to the engines, if you put a decoupler under your engine (If you have them, assuming career mode) followed by a structural support and then set the decoupler to fire at the same time the rockets do you are fine. IF you are using the Launch Stability enhancer, be sure to stage it so that it decouples at the same time your engines fire (Be sure your throttle is all the way up) this way as soon as you fire your engines you will decouple and rise skyward (Assuming you have a Thrust to weight ratio greater than 1)

[VFRHawk]

Ah, hadn't thought of putting it in the first stage, so I was releasing them manually!

Thanks for the reply Taki.