Parachute Affected by Force

[TriggerAu]

I was gonna try and do some mucking around with having forces affecting the stock Chutes, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to apply a force to the parachute part of the model. I can apply a force to the capsule and then the parachute drags behind it, but anyone know how to apply a force to the canopy part?

[Daid]

I don't think the chutes are a "lose" object, but instead, they are a part of the whole model of the part. And when the chute is deployed, the rotation of the chute is updated each frame to match the inverse velocity of the ship. As chutes "flip" around very quickly if you go from one velocity direction to another.

[Agathorn]

I don't think the chutes are a "lose" object, but instead, they are a part of the whole model of the part. And when the chute is deployed, the rotation of the chute is updated each frame to match the inverse velocity of the ship. As chutes "flip" around very quickly if you go from one velocity direction to another.

You sure about that? It always feels to me like the other way around. Once the chute is deployed, the ship itself often changes orientation to be correct with the chute. Not to mention that you can very easily force rotate your vessel to not be along the vector of the chute.

[TriggerAu]

I'm not which end is wagging which just wish I could find how to reference the two parts of the model

[Daid]

ModuleParachute parachute_module = [ref_to_module];

Transform transform = parachute_module.part.FindModelTransform(parachute_module.canopyName);
//Now modify the transform to point at the proper direction

This might help? I'm worthless with how the transforms work from Unity at the moment (still learning, all the coordinate systems in KSP don't help). But I think this will allow you to point the parachute in different directions.

[TriggerAu]

Yeah that got me there. Thanks Daid