EAS-1 External Command Seat
| EAS-1 External Command Seat | ||
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| Command pod by Kerlington Model Rockets and Paper Products Inc | ||
| Radial size | Radial mounted | |
| Cost | (total) | 235.00 
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| (dry) | 200.00
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| Mass | (total) | 0.144 t |
| (dry) | 0.050 t | |
| Drag | 0.05 | |
| Max. Temp. | 1200 K | |
| Impact Tolerance | 6 m/s | |
| Research |  Field Science
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| Unlock cost | 8 100
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| Since version | 0.20 | |
| Part configuration | externalCommandSeat.cfg | |
| Crew capacity | (max) | 1 
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| Packed volume | 70 l | |
The EAS-1 External Command Seat is a Command Module for one Kerbal crew member during their mission. Unlike all others, this module is not a capsule, but a seat that can, for example, be attached to rovers. Thus it has no interior, integrated SAS module or electrical storage capabilities and has no pilot in it when the mission starts.
The mass of a seated Kerbal affects a vessel. This may cause problems when steering small rockets or rovers.
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Usage
This module is designed mostly for rovers, but can also be used to control any other kind of vessel.
Before it can be used to control a vessel, you need to move a Kerbal from a manned command pod into the seat. To do this, make him perform an EVA, move him close to the seat and right-click it. As long as a Kerbal is sitting in the seat, it provides full command-module functionality.
When you want a vessel which is controlled solely by a seat and has no other command pod, you need to get a pilot from somewhere. There are two ways to do this:
- You launch just a manned command pod, get the pilot on an EVA, walk him out of the launchpad area and then launch the vessel with the seat.
- You add the command pod with the pilot to the vessel itself, but construct it in a way that the pod can be decoupled before starting.
Description
| “ | The EAS-1 External Command Seat provides all the controls needed to fully operate a spacecraft, just like a command pod, but without such needless frivolities as "pressurized interiors", or "seat belts". It's bare-bones, pedal-to-the-metal efficiency at its finest. — Kerlington Model Rockets and Paper Products Inc. |
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Trivia
- Despite being a Command Pod, it cannot be a craft's central part, because it can only be attached radially.
- Unlike other Command Pods, boarding the seat with a Kerbal does not refill the Pack Fuel of the Kerbal's EVA suit.
Changes
- Initial Release
