Helium Magnetometer Boom hitbox does not match visual state of part.

[njits23]

When the helium magnetometer boom (used for Magnetic Scan 2) is retracted, its hitbox extends far past the visual model.
This causes it to clip into fairings if mounted horizontally, or into stages above or below if mounted vertically.
Once the fairings or stages decouple, the clipping causes the two parts to get stuck together and damage the craft.

The hitbox moves whenever the magnetometer boom gets extended.

[siimav]

Yes, the collider is extremely bad on that part. Needs to be fixed at model-level though so not much we can do about it. :(

[njits23]

Where is the current part model from? I recall the magnetometer 2 part having a different (perhaps slightly less detailed) model before which did not have this collider issue.

I think I might have reported this before, closer to when the part model changed, but I've not been able to find a previous issue about it that I made.

[njits23]

I went and dug up my old 1.12.11 RP-1 install, and it has this magnetometer boom model:

This model never experienced the part clipping problems that the newer model does.
I don't know where this older part model is originally from, but it's listed as GameData/RP-0/Parts/Science/Assets/magneto2.mu and says it's originally by Akron for Coatl Aerospace.