Feedback #15125
Small engines between bigger parts should use a faring sized for the bigger parts
Description
It's quite typical to want to use a small, light engine for an upper stage. But if the upper stage needs to be wider than the engine, KSP uses farings the width of the engine not the width of the attached node.
Typical example: payload with science jr (1.25m), 1.25m fuel tank, 0.625m "Spark" engine, decoupler, another 1.25m tank.
The result is ugly and un-aerodynamic (if KSP notices), and needs a secondary faring.
Now that procedural farings are supported, it'd be wonderful if mounting a smaller engine on a bigger upper node generated a faring with a diameter scaled the upper node automatically.
History
#1
Updated by im_made_of_jam over 7 years ago
Updated by this is not a bug. squad have not added it yet (they might never add it). this should have been on the suggestions page
#2
Updated by cw193 almost 7 years ago
Updated by So much this! I mean, really shroud size should be user-selectable. If it were fully customizable like a fairing part you could even angle it if the engine were between two differently sized parts, for example.
#3
Updated by ringerc over 6 years ago
Updated by 
- Status changed from New to Moot
This is now irrelevant, as engine plates provide a fairly sensible way to achieve it. Yeah, there's a mass penalty, but there should be with a bigger faring + structure too.