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Compact Hangar Door Mechanism

Ok. Thanks.

It's an alternative if you want to avoid pistons.

Is this still a practical design?

is any one able to tell me a simple hanger or blast door set up with Vanilla game (No Mods) or point me to where I could find one for the current build of the game as at 7th Mar 2015. ??? Much appreciated any help given.

Would be nice if you could rebuild it :) I'm to retarded to build things like this :c

A lot has changed with the rotors since this was made. Need to be rebuilt.

This wont work at all... i do acordingly to the steps from Sir Arthur but the doors move 1 inch and they stop...

This is VERY cool.

Here is what to do;

1) Sit and the control panel

2) Press K.

3) At the top select the *Hanger Doors* group

4) Toggle the block(s) as switched off in the group (this will shut off 4 rotors)

5) Set the velocity of the group to -3 (negative 3)

6) Select Rotor 2 & 4 and click reverse.

7) Repeat step 3, this time turning the blocks back on.

8) Press Escape (so you close the settings window)

TIME TO TEST THE DOOR!

9) Press G (whilst still sat at the panel)

10) In this new window; click groups.

11) Drag the "Hanger Doors" group to your toolbar (For example to slot 1)

12) A pop up will ask you what options you want. Choose "Reverse"

13) Press Escape again to close menu

14) Press assigned hotkey to triggers doors (for example 1)

These doors are very similar to my own; although the merge blocks as a purely aesthetic addon is something I like very much.

Anyway; this hasn't been well aimed at novice engineers. It's a great piece of work but not very user friendly. The problem with doors moving up or down is due to the inaccuracy of the speed sliders. You may for example have two that claim to be running at 1.5 rpm but in fact one is at 1.443 and the other 1.587 or some other such BS which causes problems.


Do this right and the doors will work. I do find a speed more than 3 does seem to make them a but more iffy.They may still sometimes be knocked off kilter and slide in a weird direction. Usually can fix this by re-closing the door. They are not as stable as my own designs but take less space.

See my next comment for instructions.

Nice work MK84.

Suggestion: Name the rotors next time. It makes life easier.