BossBobcat

Hi Again, I also noticed you were looking at how to approximate drag effects for small angles of attack. I'm not sure how KSP calculates drag or lift, and I'm certainly not considering anything like the bernuli effect, turbulence or flow seperation, but if you do a simple force balance on a plate, then you'd get the following: Front Face: Drag = q*A_front*Cos^2(theta) Lift = -q*A_front*Cos(theta)Sin(theta) Side Face: Drag = q*A_side*Sin(theta)Cos(theta) Lift = q*A_side*Sin^2(theta) where q is the dynamic pressure per square meter, A is the area of the front aspect or side aspect, and theta is the angle of attack. Hope that helps!

Hi Arrowstar, I wanted to thank you for making such a great app for KSP. I've just begun using it and I'm really impressed. I have some professional experience with Matlab, so I was excited to see you using it for this. I do have a feature request for you. I've been working on building efficient communications satilite constellations, and I was wondering if KSPTOT could integrate a RemoteTech constellation planner. I'm imagining a user could define a body, an orbit, and a number of satilites in the orbit, their range, and cone of influence, and then get information about what bodies could be covered, and when blackouts would occur. Again, thanks for making such a great tool!