Dr. Jet's Chop Shop (Chop)

By
zer0Kerbal

Dr. Jet's ChopShop is an eclectic collection of special parts and reconfigurations mainly focused on rover missions. For Kerbal Space Program.

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They are at the same time: nosecones, decouplers and retro-rockets.

Smoothly looking side mounts with stock-alike painting.

Duna Lander launching back to space with LTS-2 lander tank system.

Some more SPP parts.

Both RTG Rover and Rugged Rover were severely rebuilt.

Lander Tank System and adapter for using Aerospike engine in upper stages.

More SPP rear parts

Now in 2.5m size! And i literally mean "in" - it's fully inline when retracted.

Smart Solar Panel part to replace experimental ISP-1. DAS-1 as a replica of real world CubeSat double-dipole antenna.

Parts that Porkjet was planning to do but never did.

Mechanical soil sample retriever. Still WIP, but it works.

Intake Nosecone and frontal view of Wide Tricoupler

Now with new lovely texture and a unique normalmap flavor of beaten tin can! =^_^=

Description

Dr. Jet's Chop Shop (CHOP)

Dr. Jet's ChopShop is an eclectic collection of special parts for Kerbal Space Program.

Parts are mostly self-explaining - either in Imgur album or in game.

By `zer0Kerbal`, originally by @Dr. Jet

Here is what you're generally getting:
- Deployable skycrane in two sizes.
- Easy to use modular parachute system.
- Solar panels.
  - Double-axis
- Multistage Lander tank systems.
- Tiny electric impeller for atmospheric drones.
- Rover Family
  - both manned and unmanned
  - Also a fix for stock rover body orientation.
- Mk2 spaceplane extension parts - mostly butts and some noses.
- Primitive unmanned soil sampler.
- Antenna replica.
  - CubeSat double-dipole
  - Real world
- 2.5m hubs.
- Aerodynamic blisters.
- Opening heatshield, allowing protection for your bottom docking port.
- Small tweakable weight to finely balance your tiny probes.

See More

See our Parts Catalog for part pictures
For more images, see our Marketing Slicks
Discussions and news on this mod: See Discussions or KSP Forums
Changelog Summary for more details of changes : See ChangeLog
Known Issues for more details of feature requests and known issues : See Known Issues
GitHub Pages : See Pages

Youtube review by `GrunfWorks`

Parts are describes correctly here, which I think is very nice.

Though... LTS-1 side tanks were abused again...

They were specially designed to provide asparagus fueling capability to LTS-1 system and not as rover attachments.

Youtube review by `Kottabos Gaming`

It's 0.6.4 version thus some nasty bugs are seen.

Blister decouplers are for boosters, not for engines.

Also don't follow Kottabos style of attaching LTS Mk1.

Side tanks must be strapped on Core tank side nodes. Strictly in couples. That's it.

Help Wanted

Compatibility patches

Contracts for these glorious parts

Variant Textures

Model updates to Unity 2019

Have a request? Glad to have them, kindly submit through GitHub.

Localization

English

German (Deutsch)

Spanish (Español)

Russian (Русский)

your translation here

HELP WANTED - See the README in the Localization folder or the Quickstart Guide for instructions for adding or improving translations. GitHub push is the best way to contribute. Additions and corrections welcome!

Installation Directions ¹

Use CurseForge/OverWolf App (currently does not install dependencies)

Whilst I agree CKAN is a great mod for those that can't use zip tools. I take no part, nor am I interested in maintaining the CKAN mod metadata for my mods. Please don't ask me about it but refer to the CKAN mod thread if you are having issues with CKAN or the metadata it maintains. Beware, CKAN can really mess up though it tries very, very, very hard not to.

Dependencies

Kerbal Space Program ²

Supports

Either ³
- Module Manager
- Module Manager /L
On Demand Fuel Cells (ODFC)
GPO (Goo Pumps & Oils') Speed Pump (GPO)
Connected Living Space
Community Tech Tree
Engeneering Tech Tree as a temporary patch until it's GitHub source is updated
NEAR-FAR is supported. (Hopefully... haven't checked it for years.)
JSI Advanced Transparent Pods
Either:
- Modular Fuel Tanks
- Real Fuels RealFuels is recommended.
Either:
- MOARdV's Avionics System
- RasterPropMonitor
RemoteTech
Textures Unlimited

red box below is a link to forum post on how to get support

Be Kind: Lithobrake, not jakebrake! Keep your Module Manager up to date

Credits and Special Thanks

@Dr. Jet for creating this glorious parts addon!
see Attribution.md for more comprehensive list

Legal Mumbo Jumbo (License provenance)

Current (1) - `zer0Kerbal`

Forum: Thread - Source: GitHub
License:

Disclaimer(s)

All bundled mods are distributed under their own licenses
All art assets (textures, models, animations, sounds) are distributed under their own licenses