[0.24] Special Technologies Tri-Hexagonal Structural Trusses (THST) v1.0 (7/19/14)

[noonespecial]

THST is my take on the concept of Tri-Hexagonal Trusses. It was inspired by the original THSS by Semni, but I have taken it in a new direction. My concept revolves around the idea of modularity. This release only has a few modular components, but those will be expanded in the future.

Parts included in this release:

Tri-Hexagonal Components

Tri-Hexagonal Trusses in Four sizes (Large, Medium, Small, and Mini). TweakScale is used to expand the default 1.25m to 0.62 (probe) sizes as well as 2.5m sizes. So a possibility of 12 different configurable sizes.

Tri-Hexagonal Fuel Modules in Three Sizes (Large, Medium, Small). Radially attached fuel modules that work with the Truss system. Don't expect too much fuel, they're small. TweakScale enabled.

Tri-Hexagonal Battery Modules in Three sizes (Large, Medium, Small). Radially attached battery modules that work with the Truss system.

If a truss is equipped with three fuel modules and three battery modules, it will be equal in size and appearance to a standard 1.25m fuel tank

Various Adapters to meet various construction needs. TriHex to 1.25m adapter. TriHex to 2.5m adapter. 5 Directional TriHex Hub. 6 Directional 1.25/TriHex Hub. 2.5m to Dual TriHex Adapter.

Tri-Hexagonal RCS and LFO Trusses.

OctoSeries Components

OctoSeries Large LFO Tank.

OctoSeries to 1.25m Adapter.

OcotSeries 1.25m x 5 Engine Block.

The OctoSeries uses

Starwaster's Reflection Plugin Continued

. If you don't like, or you find it bothers your machine. Simply delete the plugin from the SpecialTechnologies directory.

Download (Curses)

Source (GitHub)

If you prefer the more classic version of THSS, SpeedyB has released a version that is more faithful to the original. Check it out.

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License

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

Edited July 18, 2014 by noonespecial

[Aurora-Aerospace]

Hi, great looking structure set, looking forward to putting it to use in my .24 space station.

[munseeker]

This looks great - I really like the design, a nice fresh breath of air for large orbital structures. Perfect for my next attempt at creating a large Duna station.

[Melcom]

Would be nice to see some example carfts.

[Klingon Admiral]

What are the dimensions of the octo parts? Will they fit into a non-procedural fairing? Are the prices adjusted to .24? WOuld be nice to know this, especially the second question.

Also, if I may suggest a part, a Tri-Hex <-> Tri-Hex Docking port might be quite useful, if it is possible.

[noonespecial]

Would be nice to see some example carfts.

I agree! Hopefully someone will post some. I'll throw something together, but my designs tend to be straight forward and functional. Nothing elaborate.

What are the dimensions of the octo parts? Will they fit into a non-procedural fairing? Are the prices adjusted to .24? WOuld be nice to know this, especially the second question.

Also, if I may suggest a part, a Tri-Hex <-> Tri-Hex Docking port might be quite useful, if it is possible.

Q1: The dimensions are roughly the same as the original octo parts. Roughly 4m wide, 2m deep, and 7m high.

Q2: Will they fit into non-procedural fairings? Highly unlikely.

Q3: They have prices, but I wouldn't say they are balanced with .24. I'm currently playing .24 to get a feel for what the prices should be. The trusses prices will pretty much be the same as comparable stock truss prices. The other parts, I have to figure out.

As far as a Tri-Hex docking port. I'm looking into HOW to make a docking port, and once I figure it out, there will be a docking port. Currently, I'm trying to get solar panels and a storage bay with open/close doors working first.

[GunTuga]

This is a nice mod, keep up the good work

[Explorator]

Pretty interesting, what makes this different than the other tri-strut mods? besides the extra parts

[positivewun]

this looks great. I always did like the THSS mod and was sad to see it go untouched .. so I am stoked about this mod. Thank you

[Entropius]

Is there any chance that you'd ever increase the impact tolerance of these trusses to be on-par with the stock girders?