Hands-free docking

[Pecan]

Inspired by this challenge I thought a little target-practice might go down well. This challenge is simple if you keep it simple but I'm sure you'll all do far more amazing things than I have so far :-)

Objective: Dock two vehicles from the greatest initial separation without controlling either of them. 'Controlling' here means applying thrust or rotation once separated from their launch vehicle(s). Range must be fixed or increasing when the second vehicle separates.

Scoring: Initial range at separation from launch vehicles.

Proof: Pic showing range between vehicles at second-vehicle separation. Another showing docked.

Proof of concept:

For the other challenge I used this vehicle at launch:

Once out of the atmosphere I decoupled the docking-ports so the forward vehicle moved ahead of the rest. After a delay I then separated the rear vehicle which accelerated faster than the forward one, caught up to it and docked. My 'record' for this is only 30m, which should be no problem to beat ^^.

Details, details:

There is no sub-orbital or landing requirement (as in the other challenge).

May be one or more launches.

The range that counts is when the second vehicle separates from its launch stage.

Use any mods you like, how you get the vehicles up there is your concern.

Once either vehicle separates from its launch stage it may no longer be controlled.

Yes, you can use the launch stage(s) to aim the vehicles at each other before separation.

[mythic_fci]

Just tried it, something strange happened. My ship, IMMEDIATELY after seperating, got pulled in by the other docking port and docked... I'll upload a youtube video.

[ihtoit]

yeah the clamptrons have a pretty ridiculous magnetic influence in proximity to each other - I've used it to nudge small asteroids (try it! It's a great effect, using the magnetic influence of a pair of clamptrons, you can in fact deflect an asteroid! With a large enough orbit you can even cause a Trojan to go terminal - using NO fuel)