Ground crew - How do you load your spaceplanes

[Mighty1]

Problem solved but I would still like to see your loading solutions.

Original post: I have started to practice for 0.24 cost and recovery things. I am trying to make splaceplanes using mainly B9 parts and with ground personnel to service them so no returning to the SPH for refitting. Here is where the trouble starts. I can't find a good design for a loading crane. If I try to winch the cargo using KAS and just drop it in withouth docking a lot of times the cargo disappears as I close the cargo bay doors. If I dock it it hangs on the other end throug the fuselage but if I secure it with KAS struts the whole ship starts to bounce around.

So, what are your solutions for loading spaceplanes? I would like to see your designs. I will post pictures of my own when i get to my home PC.

Edited December 23, 2014 by Mighty1

[Hurry- Starfish!]

but if I secure it with KAS struts the whole ship starts to bounce around.

That should not happen. How many did you use and what does your ship look like?

[Deathsoul097]

I reckon KAS/IR cranes are the best bet really. Maybe use a bottom loader? I never really mess with SPlanes, and when I do it's usually a shuttle, not an SSTO.

[Mighty1]

That should not happen. How many did you use and what does your ship look like?

I used only 4 struts on 2 variants. 1st one is an in-line connection with a standard docking port and a pair of struts in the middle and at the end, the 2nd one is a docking port jr. in the middle connecting to the floor with a pair of struts on the ends.

Here are the pictures of the cranes i made, the smaller one has 2 satellites on it back to back on a seperatron.

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Eureka. The one in the dark is the latest iteration. It works like a charm. The problem was Jeb standing on the girders. Now I have a rotating crew cabin with a small crane for a mission impossible Jeb to connect the struts, the docking port goes straight down. It only turns rather sluggish but that is another story.

Edited June 10, 2014 by Mighty1
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