Fun mach effects

[Provisional Name 2]

I made a thing with broken mach effects. it's fun. https://kerbalx.com/Ilovetrump/broke-mach-effects

Edited June 22, 2017 by TheTrumpster

[swjr-swis]

26 minutes ago, TheTrumpster said:

I made a thing with broken mach effects. it's fun. https://kerbalx.com/crafts/30232/undefined

You have a broken link in there. It should be https://kerbalx.com/Ilovetrump/broke-mach-effects.

And I already responded to you on that page, with the analysis/solution (struts without endpoints are the cause, see the imgur album).

[Provisional Name 2]

22 hours ago, swjr-swis said:

You have a broken link in there. It should be https://kerbalx.com/Ilovetrump/broke-mach-effects.

And I already responded to you on that page, with the analysis/solution (struts without endpoints are the cause, see the imgur album).

Replaced the link, and I checked each of the struts and redid them, it still seems to be happening. I moreso posted this just because it was fun and something I haven't seen before. not so much seeking a solution, thanks anyway.

Edit: just was moving some parts around and fixed it somehow, very confusing.

Edited June 22, 2017 by TheTrumpster

[swjr-swis]

1 hour ago, TheTrumpster said:

Edit: just was moving some parts around and fixed it somehow, very confusing.

I tried to be as clear as I could on the screenshots, even circled the locations.

I guess a video might be clearer:

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Am I guessing correctly that you imported this craft from a previous version of KSP? It might explain why I wasn't able to reproduce it by simply creating new endpoint-less struts in 1.3.0.

 

Just a FYI: you don't need a single strut for this plane. Remove all the struts, enable autostruts on a few key places (ends of stacks and wing sections) and you get a cleaner, less draggy build with much less mach effect 'polution' in flight. For that matter, the fuel ducts don't appear to have much of a function either; you could remove those too (rocket engines draw fuel the same way as jet engines now).

Also, a pair of canards at the nose would improve pitch handling... the FAT control surfaces are almost useless for pitch, being so close to the CoM (you get almost all of your control authority from the Vectors' gimbal alone). And you have roll set the wrong way around (the outer ones are much more effective).

In fact, I would.... wait, why is the sun already up?