A nice addition to launch pads and service towers would be flexible umbilical cables attached to spacecraft on the pad. You've seen films of rocket launches in which power cables fall away when the rocket takes off.
Just a thought.

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    @OldCoach I think you meant @yopo

    +1 5.2 years ago
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    514 OldCoach

    @Gabepasc I use the modular launch pads by MarioG. I attach the base of the rocket to the pad with an inter stage part. I set up my staging so that the rocket engines start and then "stage" the rocket off the launch pad. I've found that if your rocket is heavy I need to set the stability modifier on the inter stage all the way to max. That is found in the "advanced" section in the part menu that you can call up while constructing your rocket.

    +1 5.2 years ago
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    8 yopo

    Yes, great suggestion!!! Perhaps some modular/procedural dedicated launch tower docking clamp parts that can be resized from tiny to huge, with different attachment types, one of which could be dock-clamp plus fuel/oxidizer/power umbilical hoses, and some just to support the rocket on the launchpad vertically, so it doesn't have to rest on its engines on the ground. It would be awesome to be able to assign a stage for the clamps, umbilicals, etc... so they could detach in sequence automatically just as engines are firing. :)

    5.2 years ago
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    @OldCoach Not on the forums pages, up near the simplerockets2 logo at the very top of the page it may appear when you press the blue square with three lines in it or you may just be able to see it depending on your device.

    +1 5.2 years ago
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    514 OldCoach

    @Gabepasc At the top of what? I don't see sandboxes anywhere on the forums pages.

    5.2 years ago
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    @OldCoach at the top near the "sandboxes".

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    514 OldCoach

    @Gabepasc Where is the "stuff" button located?

    5.2 years ago
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    @OldCoach press the stuff button, then go to suggestions, then press new suggestion.

    5.2 years ago
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    514 OldCoach

    @Kell Where am I supposed to suggest this. I made this suggestion in the suggestion part of the forum.

    5.2 years ago
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    You are suggesting at the wrong place

    5.2 years ago
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    3,201 CASXA

    And fuel line

    +1 5.2 years ago

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