Decoupler Weight

[SelectHalfling0]

I have been pondering the gameplay mechanics of decouplers. I have built an asymmetric vessel, that has a spent decoupler on one side. The other part of the decoupler is on a probe it launched somewhere on the Mun. I am wondering how the weight of these sections is distributed. Is the weight divided evenly to the 2 parts? Does only 1 section have all the weight? Is the weight distributed according to the size of the decoupler parts?

If you are wondering what I mean by 2 "parts" a decoupler, when it detaches, leaves a small section on the surface it detached from and a larger section on the surface it was detaching.

Edited January 13, 2015 by SelectHalfling0

[DeMatt]

To the best of my knowledge, the mass of a decoupler entirely goes with the vessel that is detached, as does the official "part" for recovery purposes.

So, looking at the TT-70, the mass of the decoupler is on the "plate" side, not the "feet" side.

[SelectHalfling0]

That helps alot! Thanks.

Also, I built a rover with a spent decoupler plate on it. It would often lean to that side in lower gravity.