Delay fuze for solid rockets, decouplers, and whatever else

[bs1110101]

Basically the idea is a simple plugin that adds an adjustable delay for stuff. I got the idea when trying to figure out how to make boosters separate better, and thinking that being able to make one separation rocket fire a second later, pulling the stage straight away, then pushing it over would be far better then having to fire all the rockets at the same time.

Other uses being staging complex sets of boosters, say have a ring of 8 srbs peal off 2 at a time instead of all at once, or even have them work like a Delta 2 and only light some at launch, and light the rest in the air.

Remember how everyone was using tiny solid rockets to flip stuff over like the Brahmos? That would be easy to do with this, just have one rocket fire when staged, then the other a half second later, then the decoupler fires another second later, as does a rocket to pull off that bit that turned it. And all of this could be pre-timed, in one stage or action group, instead of the 3 you'd otherwise need.

[ultrasquid]

Smart Parts probably has the thing you're looking for.

[bs1110101]

Smart Parts probably has the thing you're looking for.

It really doesn't, mostly by being limited to having every set of actions needing a stage or an action group, my way would be simpler, and have no new parts, and thus use less memory.

[hab136]

>mostly by being limited to having every set of actions needing a stage or an action group,

How is that an problem? You need to define the firing order somehow - that's the staging system.

>being able to make one separation rocket fire a second later,

Make two stages:

- Sepratron + timer for 1 second, set to execute next stage

- Sepratron

>have a ring of 8 srbs peal off 2 at a time instead of all at once,

4 stages:

- 2 decouplers + timer for 1 second, set to execute next stage

- 2 decouplers + timer for 1 second, set to execute next stage

- 2 decouplers + timer for 1 second, set to execute next stage

- 2 decouplers

>Just have one rocket fire when staged, then the other a half second later, then the decoupler fires another second later, as does a rocket to pull off that bit that turned it.

Stages:

- one rocket + timer for 0.5 second, set to execute next stage

- other rocket + timer for 1 second, set to execute next stage

- decoupler + rocket

Smart Parts does exactly what you asked for.