Ladder
A Ladder (officially called Mobility Enhancers) is a parts that kerbals on EVA can use to climb up, down, or around crafts. They are mostly used for getting kerbals into a ship landed on the ground, or to prevent them from drifting away from the ship in orbit.
Kerbals can mount a ladder by standing or floating near it and pressing F, and release it by pressing the spacebar. Once on a ladder, they can climb up and down with the forward and backwards keys, and if they are near a command module's airlock they can enter it by pressing F again. Moving off one end of a ladder will cause a kerbal to lose its grip and fall or float away from the craft. Kerbals can smoothly transition between ladders placed end-to-end on the surface of a craft, and even climb sideways along ladders mounted perpendicularly through the use of the left and right keys.
At the moment, three ladders are available. Two of them have to be extended before they can be used, while the third is stationary and can be used at any time. It is possible to extend the ladders while the craft isn't controlled. In addition to the standalone ladder parts, all manned command modules (except aircraft-style cockpits) have small ladders mounted near their airlocks, to facilitate kerbonauts on EVA grabbing hold of them and boarding.
Available ladders
Image | Part | Radial size | Cost () |
Mass (t) |
Max. Temp. (K) |
Tolerance (m/s) |
Tolerance (g) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pegasus I Mobility Enhancer | Radial mounted | 100 | 0.005 | 2 000 | 8 | 50 | |
Kelus Mobility Enhancer | Radial mounted | 350 | 0.005 | 2 000 | 8 | 50 | |
Kelus-LV Bay Mobility Enhancer | Radial mounted | 440 | 0.005 | 2 000 | 8 | 50 |