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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.
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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.
  
 
== Usage ==
 
== Usage ==
This module is designed mostly for rovers. While it can be used to pilot spacecraft, it does not start with a Kerbal in it.
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This module is designed mostly for rovers, but can also be used to control any other kind of vessel.
  
To make a Kerbal take place in the seat, make him perform an EVA, move him close to the seat and right-click it.
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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.
  
As long as a Kerbal is sitting in the seat, it provides full command-module functionality.
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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:
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# 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.
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# 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 ==
 
== Description ==

Revision as of 11:31, 27 May 2013

EAS-1 External Command Seat
Part image
Command pod by
Kerlington Model Rockets and Paper Products Inc

Radial size Radial mounted
Cost (total) 200.00 Funds
Mass (total) 0.05 t
Drag 0.05
Max. Temp. 1200 K
Volume  ?
Impact Tolerance 6 m/s
Research Field science.png Field Science
Unlock cost 8 100 Funds
Since version 0.20
Part configuration externalCommandSeat.cfg
Crew capacity (maximum) Crew

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.

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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Changes

0.20
  • Initial Release