[1.0.4] Mk2 Essentials

[MaverickSawyer]

Noticed a slight misalignment in the Mk II battery pack...

Flipping it and rotating it did not clear the issue, so it appears that the nodes are slightly out of place. Not noticeable in flight, but it's very clear in the hangar or VAB.

[JoePatrick1]

Noticed a slight misalignment in the Mk II battery pack...

http://i.imgur.com/fSyhsOC.png

Flipping it and rotating it did not clear the issue, so it appears that the nodes are slightly out of place. Not noticeable in flight, but it's very clear in the hangar or VAB.

Thanks for pointing this out, I'll fix it later today if I get the time

[Castun]

Nice, these are great!

[ZewelVonLelek]

Nice work, JoePatrick

Please, would you consider making the same for B9's S3 fuselage system? It would be very helpful

[kiwiak]

Pretty usefull parts, kudos.

[battlefieldaces]

Now instead of simply dropping the engines you can drop the fuel tanks as well. Nice!

[JoePatrick1]

SAS Module has been added and the node positions of other parts have been fixed

Edited March 28, 2015 by JoePatrick1

[JoePatrick1]

Mk2 Jet Engine now added!

Available from download link in original post.

[Guest]

Mk2 Jet engine? I´m getting mad!

+Rep, again.

[Wanderfound]

What are the thrust/mass stats for the engine?

[JoePatrick1]

What are the thrust/mass stats for the engine?

mass = 1.6

dragModelType = default

maximum_drag = 0.2

minimum_drag = 0.2

angularDrag = 2

crashTolerance = 8

maxTemp = 3800

ignitionThreshold = 0.1

minThrust = 0

maxThrust = 280

heatProduction = 450

engineAccelerationSpeed = 0.2

engineDecelerationSpeed = 0.35

[Wanderfound]

Thanks.

Is it set up to work with the FAR engine nerf?

[StahnAileron]

Say, do you think you would be interested in modding some more Mk.2 parts? I've had the idea of modding the Mk.2 Cargo Bays to include Solar panels that work when you open them.

If I recall, Nertea made the Near Future Electrical mod which include curved solar panel that have "ideal" charge rates. I thought something like that could be applied to the inner side of the cargo bay doors. (Perhaps for the Mk.3 and Mk.IV bays as well.) Low-ish charge rate, maybe a bit more weight to balance the expanded versatility.

I love the Mk.2 System simply for the looks (though OPT's J- and K-Series parts are really nice as well), so it would be nice to expand the parts selection for it.I spent days designing RemoteTech Communication Satellites to fit into Mk.2 Cargo Bays just because. (I'm not a OPT J-Series design binge...)

[Crzyrndm]

Thanks.

Is it set up to work with the FAR engine nerf?

It's definitely not. This MM patch gives it the same velocity curve as the default FAR turbojet, although I don't think that's what JoePatrick would intend since it looks like everything has been stepped up slightly from the turbojet

@PART[mk2Engine]:AFTER[FerramAerospaceResearch]:NEEDS[FerramAerospaceResearch]
{
    !node_stack_bottom = delete
    @MODULE[ModuleEngines]
    {
        @maxThrust = 140 // This is what FAR defaults it to. Included for completeness
        @velocityCurve
        {
            @key,0 = 0 0.8 0 -0.00098
            @key,1 = 140 0.7 0 0
            @key,2 = 400 0.8 0.00049 0.00049
            @key,3 = 900 1 0 0
            key = 1800 0 -0.00098 0
        }
    }
}

EDIT

It also generates an absurd amount of drag (~50-70% highlighting with tint Cd == 1 @ Mach 1) with the open rear attach node. Updated to correct that (drag is still high, but it's better...)

Edited March 28, 2015 by Crzyrndm

[Mekan1k]

The jet engine needs hotrockets to be truly EPIC.

[robson1000]

Really nice parts.

Can you make something like circular air intake for Mk 2?

[jlcarneiro]

Great! I'm using these parts until 1.0 comes out.

Will you make mk3 equivalents?

[Dackstrus]

I would like to ask for Mk2 docking parts.

Then i could build a MK2 command "Pod" And change out the gearsets to what i need.

[bakanando]

Great parts that the game's been lacking since stock release of MK2 parts. Now the only part that is missing from the roster is a MK2 docking port that has the ability to attach only at 0 or 180 degrees relative to the other ship so alignment is required by the part, but I don't know whether that can even be supported by the engine.

Thanks for your work!

[NomenNescio]

Do these parts work the way they should with v1.0? Cuz I would imagine there would be problems with heat resistance and so on.

[antgeth]

i'm not even sure i will use any of these besides the battery one, but i just wanted to say that they are positively beautiful! superb stockalike look... well done!

[CptRichardson]

Do these parts work the way they should with v1.0? Cuz I would imagine there would be problems with heat resistance and so on.

Actually, the big issue seems to be that the old nodes don't work on Mark 2 parts from what I've seen.

[B-STRK]

The usual "change a 1.0 into a -1.0 in the bottom stack node code" in the pre-1.0 configs would do the trick to get these working for 1.0. That said, though, I really am hoping that this pack would be updated, the code cleaned up, and memory-optimized (yes, even if the file presently is about 10mb, I guess every bit counts?). There really is no other stock or mod replacement for these parts in 1.0 as far as SPP/Mk2 constructions are concerned (sure, I could plug a battery or two in a cargo bay or something, but it ain't like the dedicated Mk2-shaped batt that could also double as a bulkhead for the cargo bays.

[WissNX01]

An official update would be great, JoePatrick1.

[Mecripp]

If anyone needs, I could write a patch for the nodes and just thought couldn't you have any of the parts be a docking port ?