radial mount seporators

[lukeoftheaura]

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[PikachuNL]

You mean something like this, right? :S

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[bv1]

Well, there is a difference between separators and decouplers: decouplers stay attached to one part, while separators simultaneously separate from both. There is currently no dedicated radial separator. To be honest, though, I can't think of a good use for one...

[Technical Ben]

[Avoiding messing rockets with left over decouplers on them because I'm soo picky!]

[PikachuNL]

Well, we've still got this ugly fella, it detatches from both parts, but has a microscopic hitbox and looks awful(imo)

[prophet_01]

I think this is something rather specific. I also have no idea what practical reason there is... can't you just take the tiny structural element as the root part and add the radials + rockets from both sides? Not good for more than one conection, but srsly what for?

[Tw1]

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/91964-0-24-2-Radial-Stack-Seperator

[p1t1o]

Seperators which decouple on both sides just create unecessary debris. I used to like them because it looked cool, but in a stack, they tend to get violently ejected by the ignition of the next stage and thrown, with explosive results, into the last (decoupled) stage.

[tomf]

My larger missions often include several smaller probes attached radially. E.g. my first eve mission was a mapper/relay sattelite designed to stay in orbit and two radially mounted impactors so one could land in the ocean and the other on land. However the weight of the still attached decoupler meant that the probes were unbalanced and irritating to fly.

[p1t1o]

My larger missions often include several smaller probes attached radially. E.g. my first eve mission was a mapper/relay sattelite designed to stay in orbit and two radially mounted impactors so one could land in the ocean and the other on land. However the weight of the still attached decoupler meant that the probes were unbalanced and irritating to fly.

I tend to use the junior docking ports for this - you can attach the probe in the vab without requiring another docking port, ie: you only need one on the mothership - probe comes off clean.

[ringerc]

No idea why this was bumped to top, but the feature exists in 0.25 now, with the radial decoupler rings that jettison everything attached to them.

[bv1]

No idea why this was bumped to top, but the feature exists in 0.25 now, with the radial decoupler rings that jettison everything attached to them.

What part are you referring to?