What would be the best part to imitate as a hinge?

[nighttimeninja314]

I've been trying to imitate a hinge for a while now, but I can't seem to find something that works for my needs. Can somebody please direct me towards a part or a mod that will help me achieve this?

[sal_vager]

Well you could try the new claw part, the guy here did pretty well with it

[nighttimeninja314]

Hmm, i'll give it a shot, any other ideas?

[nighttimeninja314]

Hmm, i'll give it a shot, any other ideas?

[Dkmdlb]

Infernal Robotics has actual hinges.

[How2FoldSoup]

Infernal Robotics has actual hinges.

This. IR is an awesome mod and I highly recommend it if you want fun parts to play with. People have managed to make pretty amazing things....a gundamn and a zoid being two that come to the top of my head. You can find them if you poke around in the spacecraft exchange.

For a little self promotion here's one of my recent prototypes using hinges

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[Dust]

Magic Smoke Industries Parts & Infernal Robotics has several hinges an a ton of other useful gadgets.

[Pecan]

A version of IR compatible with 0.23.5 has just been released too, although it's not completely guaranteed.

Downloaded it myself yesterday, having been waiting for a working version. Now realise I haven't the faintest idea how any of it works. Anyone know some good tutorials - preferably not videos?

[BudgetHedgehog]

A version of IR compatible with 0.23.5 has just been released too, although it's not completely guaranteed.

Downloaded it myself yesterday, having been waiting for a working version. Now realise I haven't the faintest idea how any of it works. Anyone know some good tutorials - preferably not videos?

Ahem, cough cough..

The best place to ask about a specific mod is in that mod's thread

[Pecan]

Hehe - I wish I'd said that.

It was an afterthought that seemed on-topic for this thread plus the IR one is a bit 'busy' with proper work, lol. Nevertheless, you are right.

[BudgetHedgehog]

Hehe - I wish I'd said that.

It was an afterthought that seemed on-topic for this thread plus the IR one is a bit 'busy' with proper work, lol. Nevertheless, you are right.

Ahh I'm only kidding.

Short tutorial:

Telescopic rods push stuff away. Designed to be stacked inside each other for maximum effect.

Hinges - self explanatory. Use the 90 degree one when you want to attach something at 90 degrees to its parent.

Rotatrons - spin stuff. Can be toggled with an action group to carry on spinning once key is released.

Docking washers - designed to be put between a docking washer and its parent. Helps with rotating docked crafts (e.g. if you came in at a nasty angle and have something block the thrust of an engine in front of you)

Adjustable Rail moves stuff up and down.

Gantry (and Variant) is basically an industrial sized adjustable rail, but is stack mounted, not surface attached like the other parts. The Variant has the base and platform swapped as the fixed point.

All are surface attachable unless otherwise stated and some have node attachment points. Otherwise, the only limit is your imagination. You can make really compact rovers that fold out, a huge satellite that expands, a giant solar array with extendible arms... Just be warned, you can't operate the servos in the VAB/SPH so a lot of testing is required.