Landing Skids?

[ElR0acho]

Ive been experimenting with designs using landing skids instead of wheels on my crew return vehicles as they glide in to land and aren't meant to take off again. Currently, I'm using I-Beams as the skids but these are very heavy and throw off your crafts CoM.

Would someone be able to make landing skids like the X15 or Arado234 has? Maybe so when they contact the ground they produce a certain amount of drag to help slow your craft down.

p.s. It would be an interesting mod to have landing gear failures or popped tires past certain speeds, and maybe using skids or other types of landing gear would have different pros and cons.

[SpannerMonkey(smce)]

Hi i've made a set of proof of concept landing skids for snowmobiles and aircraft that are available through Kerbal foundries.

RE popped tyres

and gear failures, these can be simulated by using custom gear that does not use the standard landing gear module but is constructed following the rover wheel method, I make loads of these for my own stuff and it;s not difficult to to once you get your head around all the transforms etc.

[Las-pen]

I think LLL has something like that

[nli2work]

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/41290

[Abdu]

I think LLL has something like that

i can't find it can you please give me the link ?

[CaptainKipard]

@Abdu

Lack Luster Labs

[zekes]

you know, i bet just using a stock I-beam might do the trick. I'll try it when i get home.