Taking off with an asteroid attached

[the_bT]

Turned out I could remove enough of the cargo hold ceiling without losing structural integrity. Also dragging an asteroid with a KAS winch works remarkably well.

There was some glitchiness when the whole assembly (asteroid in cargohold) got loaded when I approached it with the truck to unload, had to turn on unbreakable joints for that.

I therefore conclude, using procedural wings and fairings + some of the large B9 structural elements, you can make a plane of sufficient size to carry an asteroid.

The trickiest bit was actually putting on the ladders so the cargo loading guy could get back into the craft. Airlock is 12m above ground...

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[Sirrobert]

Turned out I could remove enough of the cargo hold ceiling without losing structural integrity. Also dragging an asteroid with a KAS winch works remarkably well.

There was some glitchiness when the whole assembly (asteroid in cargohold) got loaded when I approached it with the truck to unload, had to turn on unbreakable joints for that.

I therefore conclude, using procedural wings and fairings + some of the large B9 structural elements, you can make a plane of sufficient size to carry an asteroid.

The trickiest bit was actually putting on the ladders so the cargo loading guy could get back into the craft. Airlock is 12m above ground...

http://imgur.com/a/J2eY0

That is very impressive

[Oafman]

Turned out I could remove enough of the cargo hold ceiling without losing structural integrity. Also dragging an asteroid with a KAS winch works remarkably well.

There was some glitchiness when the whole assembly (asteroid in cargohold) got loaded when I approached it with the truck to unload, had to turn on unbreakable joints for that.

I therefore conclude, using procedural wings and fairings + some of the large B9 structural elements, you can make a plane of sufficient size to carry an asteroid.

The trickiest bit was actually putting on the ladders so the cargo loading guy could get back into the craft. Airlock is 12m above ground...

http://imgur.com/a/J2eY0

Very well played!

Though tbh, I think your winch is OP...

[Hydrazine_Soup]

the_bT said:

Turned out I could remove enough of the cargo hold ceiling without losing structural integrity. Also dragging an asteroid with a KAS winch works remarkably well.

There was some glitchiness when the whole assembly (asteroid in cargohold) got loaded when I approached it with the truck to unload, had to turn on unbreakable joints for that.

I therefore conclude, using procedural wings and fairings + some of the large B9 structural elements, you can make a plane of sufficient size to carry an asteroid.

The trickiest bit was actually putting on the ladders so the cargo loading guy could get back into the craft. Airlock is 12m above ground...

http://imgur.com/a/J2eY0

Awesome!

Edited March 5, 2020 by Hydrazine_Soup