@Schwarz Thanks man :D

Nice little ship you got

I see! I hadn't considered terrain. That makes much more sense.

@Mantha Yeah youre right in the first versions of this ship the bottom connector was level with the landing gear and the blast door blocks. The problem with it was that it was often damaged when landing because the ground isnt always perfectly flat. I also had it at the current position without a subgrid connection, but the huge drawback is that you either need a special docking port or a docking port with piston. By adding the piston you can connect the ship to almost every connector dock with a subgrid that is 100% stable because it only consists of two blocks on the subgrid. But it can be easily modified so that it doesn't use subgrids (might be important for people using speed of light mod). I hope that I could answer your question, if not feel free to ask anything that's on your mind I will be glad to answer :).

I think I phrased my question wrong. I know that the piston is there to help connect to ships/stations, but why not just have the connector built into the bottom of the ship, instead of relying on a subgrid?

@Mantha The piston on the bottom connector is there to easily connect to ships or stations as stated in the description. There are a few other tips about the ship in the description that may be worth reading.

Thanks a lot for your comments, I've put a lot of effort into that ship :)

Beautiful ship, even without the DLC blocks I fell in love at first sight. This will be the end goal of any solo exploration games I try from here on in, thank you so much!

This is a pretty nice ship! Can I ask what lead you to putting a piston on the connector though? That's an odd design choice.