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[Sean Mirrsen]

The RCS thrusters used to do several highly different things depending on where they were placed in relation to the craft's center of mass. That's the "lever arm compensation". They tried to exert less force the further out they were (so that the torque would not be excessive), and exert more force the closer they were. But this didn't exactly work, giving us surface-launched interstellar probes on one tank of RCS, and subpar performance of RCS on large craft.

[Lightning4]

Nothing like saving a near-disaster of a Mun mission, and setting the lander down on the Mun safely...
Then splattering Jeb all over the Munar surface while on EVA.

The lander will now remain for all eternity as a testament to my failure.

[ank]

Ok, i think i found a fix. you just gotta close the patcher window, and the actual patcher will appear!

[Rose]

When you run the patcher, it shows you a dialog saying it has to update. Click that, it'll close and re-open. then it'll show the dialog box again. Don't click anything, just wait. It'll download the new patcher in the background, not showing a progress bar, and eventually finish. If you click okay, it'll die.

[ank]

Their patching service clearly needs more struts!

[da_nang]

Spoiler: Almost finished (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Meanwhile... (click to show/hide)

[Mephansteras]

Nice! What's the purpose of the super-ship/station?

I just got my remote landers to the Mun in the new version. Now working on a space station in Kerbin orbit so that I can create a reusable interplanetary cruiser. The Station will work as both the dockyard for assembling it as well as a refueling station.

[da_nang]

It's one big space towboat.

[Rose]

Is it possible to connect to two different docking ports at once?

Also, is there a way to snap the angles when docking, or do I just have to eyeball that?

[Supercharazad]

Yes, you can and no, there isn't.

[Rose]

Just to clarify, I mean two pairs.

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Like this. Will this make a stronger link, or will only one actually connect?

[BigD145]

I see people using 2's 3's and 4's all the time. Never tried it myself.

[ank]

yup, i use 4 docking ports on the Circularium, they are not giving much extra stability though

[Aseaheru]

and im still using fueltanks as landing legs...

[PTTG??]

That works. You can even have a tricoupler set full of clamps and it works fine.

I've never docked myself :I

I docked once. I docked a rover to a stationary lamppost thing and moved it around.