Kit (Landing Pad)

Kit (Landing Pad Basic)

Constructing Options	Landing Pad,Landingpad Data And Power
Properties
Stacks	Yes (10)
Recipes
Electronics Printer	1g Copper, 5g Steel

Landing Pad

Smallest Landing Pad needed for a Trader to land
Operation
Construction
Placed with	Kit(Landing Pad Basic)
Placed on	Large Grid
Requires Frame	True
Is Airtight?	False
Stage 1
Next Stage Construction
Constructed with tool	Welding Torch
Constructed with item	1 x Steel Sheets
Deconstruction
Deconstructed with	Angle Grinder
Item received	Kit (Landing Pad Basic)
Stage 2
Deconstruction
Deconstructed with	Wrench
Item received	1x Steel Sheets

Note

This page is out of date including the recipe, and under revision. For now please refer to the ingame stationpedia.

Purpose

The Landing Pad provides a place for Trader shuttles to land. It can be placed on any support structures and must be outside.

The smallest Landing Pad that works is a 3x3 square, and it needs a centrepiece in the middle. When a Trader shuttle arrives, it lands right in the middle of the centrepiece. The centrepiece has an arrow showing which way the shuttles come and go. It's really important to make sure nothing blocks the arrow's path. That way, the shuttles can move smoothly without any problems. The shuttles usually land and take off at an angle of about 30 degrees.

Once your Landing Pad is ready, you can check the computer terminal to see what size landing pad each available shuttle needs.

There are six types of shuttles, including small, medium, and large ones, with normal and gas options. Shuttles can either use a runway or make a vertical descent to land. Small shuttles need a 3x3 pad, medium shuttles need a 5x5 pad, and larger shuttles needing up to a 9x9 pad. Having different pad sizes lets you trade with more Traders who visit your station.

The Trader Waypoint allow the Trader's planes to not crash while landing. It can be configured so that planes do not crash into buildings or mountains while descending or ascending.

If you want to trade with human Traders, you'll need to create a hangar with air they can breathe. Large shuttles and planes sometimes have human Traders inside. These Traders won't come out and trade unless there's air in the hangar. So, make sure you build a pressurized hangar to accommodate them. Landing pad sections are not airtight, so need to be built on a sealed frame floor. A landing pad needs to be one contiguous structure, and walls cannot separate them. However, Hangar doors across extra 'bridging' landing pad pieces can be used to have ancillary equipment such as storage tanks, power and data, and gas/liquid input/output, outside of the pressurised space.

Data Parameters

These are all parameters that can be written with a Logic Writer, Batch Writer, or Integrated Circuit (IC10).

Parameter Name	Data Type	Description
Activate	Boolean	Activates the Landing Pad when set to 1.
On	Boolean	Turns the Landing Pad on when set to 1. Turns the Landing Pad off when set to 0.

Data Outputs

These are all parameters, that can be read with a Logic Reader or a Slot Reader. The outputs are listed in the order a Logic Reader's "VAR" setting cycles through them.

Output Name	Data Type	Description
Power	Boolean	Returns whether the Landing Pad is turned on and receiving power. (0 for no, 1 for yes)
On	Boolean	Returns whether the Landing Pad is turned on. (0 for no, 1 for yes)
RequiredPower	Integer	Returns the current watts of power required by the Landing Pad.
Error	Boolean	Returns whether the Landing Pad is currently flashing an error.