I've read up on the forums about this and have tried what has been talked about concerning docking but am not having any success.
I have a Galactica style battle cruiser with a ship hanger in the aft section of the ship. The premise is that my smaller core ships should be able to fly into the hanger, drop their landing gear and dock. I'm testing this out on the ground because I thought it may be easier, plus I don't want to kill myself and/or destroy my ships. I've tried flying my ship into the hanger and dropping my gear. I tested this by using the maneuver tool on the parent ship and the child ship falls through the bottom. I then decided to use the maneuver tool and move the child ship into the parent ship and with the gear down I drop it inside the hanger. I then tested this out using the maneuver tool on the parent ship and it looked like I had a good dock. I then went into the pilot chair of the parent ship and just had a mild hover. The child ship dropped through the bottom of my hanger.
What am I missing here? Not sure what else I can do to make this work. Any help would be appreciated.