Mk3 Cockpit

	Mk3 Cockpit
	Cockpit by ; C7 Aerospace Division;
Radial size	Small, Mk3
(dry)	9 880.00
(dry)	3.124 t
Drag	0.1
Max. Temp.	2700 K
Impact Tolerance	50 m/s
Research	Heavy Aerodynamics
Unlock cost	50 000
Since version	0.15
Part configuration	mk3CockpitShuttle.cfg;
(required)	1
SAS level	× None
Pitch torque	40 kN·m
Yaw torque	40 kN·m
Roll torque	20 kN·m
0.025	⚡
	s·kN·m
Experiment	Crew Report
Collectable	No
Rerunnable	Yes
Resettable	Yes
Electricity required	None
Antenna type	Internal
Antenna rating	5 km
Inventory Slots	4 slots
Volume limit	800 l
Monopropellant	100
Electric capacity	500 ⚡

The Mk3 Cockpit is a large Space Shuttle-style cockpit for a crew of four Kerbals. It is designed to have Mk3-sized parts attached to its back. It has the highest impact tolerance of any crew module in the game.

Product description

“

A cockpit for those die hard explorers. Especially useful when transporting extra crew to a remote rock to save the day.

— C7 Aerospace Division

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Usage

Mk3 Cockpit IVA view from the left rear seat

The Mk3 Cockpit is generally placed at the front of the craft. On the front, it has a small radial size attachment point, where parts such as RCS tanks, SAS modules, nose cones or the Clamp-O-Tron Shielded Docking Port can be attached. Its back has a Mk3 shape and size, making it useful for Mk3 Fuselages to be attached.

The Mk3 Cockpit is larger, supports one more Kerbal, and carries more monopropellant than the Mk1-3 Command Pod, and has a mass of 3.9 t compared to the Mk1-3 Command Pod's 2.72 t.

The properties of this cockpit fit its role well. Its powerful reaction wheels are useful for big spaceplanes. It can hold 500 units of electric charge and 100 units of monopropellant, enough for a experienced pilot to do the procedures of take off-docking-landing of the typical SSTO missions.

While in IVA, there is a large 2D attitude indicator located in front of both the pilot and copilot; however, this indicator is purely decorative and remains in a frozen state. Other indicators, like the SAS panel, heading indicator, and [[navball] work.

The Mk3 Cockpit is considered to be a take on the Space Shuttle cockpits and is used by many players to make Space Shuttle replicas.

Trivia

The description is a nod to Bruce Willis, who starred in the action/adventure movies Die Hard and Armageddon (among many others). In the latter, he and other heroes fly to a killer asteroid in a modified Space Shuttle, in order to destroy it.
Like the Mk2 Cockpit, the IVA view of the Mk3 Cockpit features a screen stating that a fatal exception occurred in k-OS. This is a nod to the blue screen of death crash screen from Microsoft Windows.
Despite its shape, the Mk3 Cockpit's center of mass is aligned with its rear attachment point.