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[Blazer Ayanami]

What do I need to do Blazer?

Well, I don’t see anything that needs rework. Just test it on a mission and you’ll have the shuttle badge (remember to take a screenshot of your safe landing).

 

[Mars Pathfinder]

Bob, why dont ya try to remove the struct on fairing (not on the top but on the side, so your payload have more space) and also clip it

 

[bobbblair123]

Bob, why dont ya try to remove the struct on fairing (not on the top but on the side, so your payload have more space) and also clip it

Been trying to hide it and fill gaps. Fairing wants to stick for some reason which is f'ed up. Usually anything attached to fairing slides right off. Hey it's a WIP I don't think it will ever be as pretty as yours. No editing yet. I know I shouldn't try to barely squeeze by. It should look better. Right now I can honestly say it's about the ugliest shuttle I've ever seen. I'm always pleasantly surprised how well it handles when I get the engines balanced. Though landing does require a little coordinating

 

[Mars Pathfinder]

Been trying to hide it and fill gaps. Fairing wants to stick for some reason which is f'ed up. Usually anything attached to fairing slides right off. Hey it's a WIP I don't think it will ever be as pretty as yours. No editing yet. I know I shouldn't try to barely squeeze by. It should look better. Right now I can honestly say it's about the ugliest shuttle I've ever seen. I'm always pleasantly surprised how well it handles when I get the engines balanced. Though landing does require a little coordinating

wait imma show you later how my shuttle detaches and locks up

 

[Blazer Ayanami]

Well, is a working shuttle. And that is all the challenge demands.

 

[Mars Pathfinder]

Well, is a working shuttle. And that is all the challenge demands.

Yea

and also, did you made a "how to create workable payload bay" early days of 1.5 right? idk if its your SSTO thou, when you've demonstrated it?

 

[Blazer Ayanami]

and also, did you made a "how to create workable payload bay" early days of 1.5 right? idk if its your SSTO thou, when you've demonstrated it?

Yes I did. Is my shuttle, my first and only 1.5 shuttle, the Stalwart Chimera. I didn’t recommend it to Bob, cause I didn’t want people to say I’m trying to impose my building style.

 

[Mars Pathfinder]

Yes I did. Is my shuttle, my first and only 1.5 shuttle, the Stalwart Chimera. I didn’t recommend it to Bob, cause I didn’t want people to say I’m trying to impose my building style.

but it works

 

[Blazer Ayanami]

but it works

Yes.

 

[Mars Pathfinder]

Yes.

well some of my payload design have similarities-ish from that (after i've firstly literally abused clipping on 1.5 )

 

[bobbblair123]

Yes I did. Is my shuttle, my first and only 1.5 shuttle, the Stalwart Chimera. I didn’t recommend it to Bob, cause I didn’t want people to say I’m trying to impose my building style.

I totally appreciate that. I agree. Designing rockets is like any other creative field. Sure engines on one end hopefully pointy on the other. Lots of stuff in the middle to reflect the individual. I daresay i can recognize a TtTOtW shuttle in a group.
It's not only that I'm lazy that I don't copy others rockets. When you see something I've built I want you to know it.
I just read the intellectual property piracy act and if someone is dumb enough to copy verbatim they don't need to be reproducing anything. Especially children.

 

[bobbblair123]

wait imma show you later how my shuttle detaches and locks up

I eagerly await enlightenment.

 

[Marmilo]

Hey, want a hinge?

Raw mechanism

Example payload bay.

Open by tapping the fairing, then the docking port. Use RCS or probe torque to move door.
NOTE: move the port on the door up by 0.1m or it might not close.

 

[Blazer Ayanami]

Hey, want a hinge?
View attachment 57693
Raw mechanism
View attachment 57694 View attachment 57695
Example payload bay.

Open by tapping the fairing, then the docking port. Use RCS or probe torque to move door.
NOTE: move the port on the door up by 0.1m or it might not close.

That’s really nice Marmilo

 

[Marmilo]

That’s really nice Marmilo

Thanks!
There are two cons of this design though. The first is that it needs bp editing to move the port, and secondly you cannot time warp with the door open in space or it'll fly away.

 

[Blazer Ayanami]

and secondly you cannot time warp with the door open in space or it'll fly away.

That is normal for most (if not all) mechanical systems in this game.

 

[Marmilo]

That is normal for most (if not all) mechanical systems in this game.

True
It would be cool if we had like integration mechanisms...
Like flexible parts to join one part to another but with freedom of movement remaining...

 

[Blazer Ayanami]

Like flexible parts to join one part to another but with freedom of movement remaining...

Like a hinge with a docking port in one end?

 

[Marmilo]

Like a hinge with a docking port in one end?

not really...
more like a cord connecting the two so they stay a one craft...

 

[Blazer Ayanami]

not really...
more like a cord connecting the two so they stay a one craft...

You’ve seen TtTOtW ’s Canadarm replica? That’s more or less what you are describing.

 

[Marmilo]

You’ve seen TtTOtW ’s Canadarm replica? That’s more or less what you are describing.

kinda, but not really.

 

[bobbblair123]

Hey, want a hinge?
View attachment 57693
Raw mechanism
View attachment 57694 View attachment 57695
Example payload bay.

Open by tapping the fairing, then the docking port. Use RCS or probe torque to move door.
NOTE: move the port on the door up by 0.1m or it might not close.

That is good work Marmillo. I know mechanical components can be created. Just takes a little ingenuity. thanks to everyone for their valuable advice. I just may make a good looking shuttle yet!

 

[Mars Pathfinder]

That is good work Marmillo. I know mechanical components can be created. Just takes a little ingenuity. thanks to everyone for their valuable advice. I just may make a good looking shuttle yet!

 

[bobbblair123]

That is normal for most (if not all) mechanical systems in this game.

Is that the problem? LMAO. I wondered why attached payloads would fall out the back of the shuttle when it was closed.

 

[Blazer Ayanami]

Is that the problem? LMAO. I wondered why attached payloads would fall out the back of the shuttle when it was closed.

Yeah, basically when you timewarp, the game stop considering the physics. So, if you have an unattached payload, it will just ghost through your container. Same with every other object.