KSC Floodlights Mk2 (KSCFLT02)

Yet another Floodlight/Lightning Arrester Tower for Kerbal Space Program & Kerbal Konstructs


Stone Blue's KSCFLT01 This Mod's KSCFLT02
KSCFLT01 KSCFLT02

Description

Using the mesh file so generously supplied by Stone Blue, I have remixed yet another version of the lightning arrester / floodlight tower for the launch pad as KSC.

Once installed alongside Kerbal Konstructs (and it's dependencies) it will create 3 towers around the launch pad with automatic dusk/dawn operation (originally added by Stone Blue). Each tower can also be manually toggled (with satisfying sound effects) by clicking on the tower it's self.

Changes from previous versions

It remains somewhat over-sized (my placements, like Stone Blue's, scales the towers to 0.7 of their original size), but I did make the following alterations:

Prototype Info

Tower Diagram In 2009, LC-39B saw the installation of three nearly 600' tall towers as part of a new "Lightning Protection System" at the historic launch pad. Previous uses for Apollo and the Space Shuttle did not have such comprehensive protection. These towers, meant to be a more attractive target for "Zeus", are by necessity significantly taller than the launch vehicles they protect. They are painted a light gray color from top to bottom and hold cables aloft to harmlessly redirect electrical discharges to the ground and away from launch vehicles.
Futher Reading @ NASA.gov https://www.nasa.gov/feature/lightning-towers-stand-tall-at-nasa-kennedy-s-launch-pad-39b

[^note]: Set up was performed with EVE, Scatterer, Parallax, and Waterfall MODs installed. If you do not have these MODs, YMMV.