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[Aseaheru]

Done by atleast three mods, Skillful, BD's Armory and Lazor weapons pack.

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Frickin ninja

[puke]

the blunted nose seemed to make the aerodynamics unusable.

Interesting.  The Wiki says that it does not reduce drag (as of some versions ago) but as of .22 nosecones make crafts "more stable in atmosphere".. Which suggests that there is no fuel savings, just stability enhancements?

Do the mods refactor the drag model based on... i dont know, cross section or silhouette?  Or do they just give the nosecones some sort of negative drag?

[Putnam]

E:
BTW, I remember there being a mod that allowed you to transfer resources between parts of your ship easily, but I forgot the name.

Ctrl+click?

[Graknorke]

E:
BTW, I remember there being a mod that allowed you to transfer resources between parts of your ship easily, but I forgot the name.

Ctrl+click?

*Alt

Also, Space Bananas.

[QuakeIV]

*alt + rightclick

[Putnam]

Thus the question mark I knew it was vanilla, just forgot which modifier key it was.

[PTTG??]

BTW, I remember there being a mod that allowed you to transfer resources between parts of your ship easily, but I forgot the name.

TAC Areospace fuel balancer. It's essential.

[BigD145]

BTW, I remember there being a mod that allowed you to transfer resources between parts of your ship easily, but I forgot the name.

TAC Areospace fuel balancer. It's essential.

Yup. Still works in .24. Also game breaking sorta as it does what stock parts won't do to some extent which is move some fuel across docking ports.

[miauw62]

BTW, I remember there being a mod that allowed you to transfer resources between parts of your ship easily, but I forgot the name.

TAC Areospace fuel balancer. It's essential.

Yup. Still works in .24. Also game breaking sorta as it does what stock parts won't do to some extent which is move some fuel across docking ports.

Thanks, that's the thing I wanted. Refueling stations aren't going to be very useful without it :V

E:

Spoiler: welp (click to show/hide)

You can't tell by the image, but I was spinning uncontrollably.

[jocan2003]

BTW, I remember there being a mod that allowed you to transfer resources between parts of your ship easily, but I forgot the name.

TAC Areospace fuel balancer. It's essential.

Yup. Still works in .24. Also game breaking sorta as it does what stock parts won't do to some extent which is move some fuel across docking ports.

Thanks, that's the thing I wanted. Refueling stations aren't going to be very useful without it :V

E:

Spoiler: welp (click to show/hide)

You can't tell by the image, but I was spinning uncontrollably.

I found out with control surface if you dont decrease their max angle in the VAB they tend to make your ship do crazy stuff at some point due to *resonation* Max attack i give them is about 5-6 instead of the whole 15

[miauw62]

The problem isn't resonation, my ship just seems to topple over whenever I put heavy things on top and the incontrollable spinning is an attempt to stop that.
Hmmmm.
I wish I had gimballed boosters.

[puke]

heavy things on top is part of your problem, but you also have a flexibility issue there, too.  Slap on some struts to tie the wide bulges together and reinforce that one skinny connection point where it is bending. 

I have made some top heavy designs also (9x lander carriers) and one of the keys is rigidity.  And a little RCS does not hurt to get through the atmosphere, but I usually fly without it.

If you have SAS or other control on the top, and a skinny little neck, then it will bend your rocket instead of steering your rocket.  the air resistance will tend to bend your rocket on its own, if you are at all less than perfect in your balance.  even with gimbaled engines.

Those tips about limiting control surfaces, I would have never thought of that.  Sounds totally reasonable, will have to try it out.

[Aseaheru]

strut strut strut strut.

[BFEL]

NO.

He must learn to pilot the S.S. Wet Noodle before he can go to space. It is now required.

[miauw62]

I HAVE lots of struts.
But I did put some SAS on top because I thought it would help, maybe I should remove that...