Flexible connectors - refuel, remove cargo fast and easy with flexible pipes

[Wolfhunter]

So this has occured to me (and probably many others before me), what if we could make a pipe/flexible connector that we can hook up to a lot smaller connector than the current one - to fuel up ships or to remove cargo? They could be not so small, but easily fitted in tight spaces.

Uses:

Imagine a carrier style ship with a massive landing bay. Having connectors set up everywhere can cause a havoc, but are currently the only way to refuel ships or refill/empty cargo.

If there were flexible style (think about like a rubber pipe or high volatage cable) that you can just pull out from one of the cablewheels and have a (fix maximum distance), bring it to the ship like you would in medieval engineers when you pick up a rock or something, then connect it up with the ship leaving a flexible lines of cable that basically uses gravity and stays on the ground or wobbles when kicked.

I mean this would make it not just look cooler, but enable designs much more user and space friendly (those small ship connectors are huge, plus whats the point of landing gears if you use connectors?) use landing gears and such. Pretty much make it like jet fueling in real life.

I am interested in your feedback, also if there is a mod like this let me know.

If there is not currently, I might start working on it, as I think it would be a nice addition.

[Medic5700]

What about something like the Tesla Charging Tentacle? Only larger, and able to move cargo (maybe just small cargo items).

For reference:
http://www.geek.com/chips/tesla-is-developing-a-robotic-charging-tentacle-for-electric-cars-1630497/

[BRRM]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=385778606&searchtext=hinge
sort of like this? btw this is an awesome mod.

[Wolfhunter]

Originally posted by Medic5700:

What about something like the Tesla Charging Tentacle? Only larger, and able to move cargo (maybe just small cargo items).

For reference:
http://www.geek.com/chips/tesla-is-developing-a-robotic-charging-tentacle-for-electric-cars-1630497/

Yes very much like this one. I think that it would be hard to make good, but would be a very nice addition.

Originally posted by BRRM:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=385778606&searchtext=hinge
sort of like this? btw this is an awesome mod.

Well more like a flexible pipe, however this mod is pretty awesome, I think I might introduce it to my server. I found it yesterday too, haven't tried it yet.Would be nice for my solar arrays too.

[andreykl]

I wonder, why devs did not implement anything like this already. We have a rotor, we have a piston, but we don't have 'joint' like in this mod.

P.S. also usefull for placing 'corner' text panels.

[Wolfhunter]

Originally posted by andreykl:

I wonder, why devs did not implement anything like this already. We have a rotor, we have a piston, but we don't have 'joint' like in this mod.

P.S. also usefull for placing 'corner' text panels.

I mean flexible fuel cables, or these hindges add so much variety to design. Devs implemented a tonn of awesome features, but I hope more of these great ideas make it to the base game. I don't like running mods on my server for the sole reason, that everyone has to download them and itakes a lot longer to join a server.

[BRRM]

Originally posted by WolfhunterHUN:

Originally posted by BRRM:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=385778606&searchtext=hinge
sort of like this? btw this is an awesome mod.

Well more like a flexible pipe, however this mod is pretty awesome, I think I might introduce it to my server. I found it yesterday too, haven't tried it yet.Would be nice for my solar arrays too.

its good! its more stable then a rotor IMO, but dont trust them too much. ;) also you can make folding landing gear with it quite well.

[andreykl]

Originally posted by BRRM:

also you can make folding landing gear with it quite well.

Nice Idea. But it looks like this block was misnamed a bit, should have been "Conveyoured hinges" or something that indicated that conveyour is a secondary function (have yet to use them as actual conveyour)
This really should be in vanila!

[Oneill_SFA]

Originally posted by andreykl:

Originally posted by BRRM:

also you can make folding landing gear with it quite well.

Nice Idea. But it looks like this block was misnamed a bit, should have been "Conveyoured hinges" or something that indicated that conveyour is a secondary function (have yet to use them as actual conveyour)
This really should be in game!

lol, I never use them for a conveyor myself, but they are a must have for any new world I make.