Tobbs

They can be set/used as "Link Reciever for relay". Are they supposed to be used as standalone relays?

Another observation on Beamed power. Basic setup is: One Station with a mw generator and a "Multi Bandwidth Dish Transciever (Large)" as transmitter. Wall to beam @ 45GW One recieving craft at KSP with a Multi Bandwidth Dish Transciever (Shielded). One Relay satelite with: Multi Bandwidth Dish Transciever (Large) at default size. (power capacity 50 000MW) Microwave Phased Array Relay Transciever at default size (power capacity 10 000MW). Microwave Phased Array Relay Transciever at default size (power capacity 10 000MW). Microwave Phased Array Relay Transciever scaled up (power capacity 40 000MW). Situation a: Feeding directly of the station, the target craft recieves about 8000MW. Situation b: Relayed with #2 as linked reciever for relay and #1 as relay -> 260MJ recieved at target. Situation c: Relayed with #2 as linked reciever for relay and #3 as relay -> 4MJ recieved at target. Situation d: Relayed with #2 as linked reciever for relay and #4 as relay -> 4MJ recieved at target!? Situation c: Relayed with #2 as linked reciever for relay and #4 + #1 as relay -> 1500MJ recieved at target!? Situation d: Relayed with #2 as linked reciever for relay and #4+ #1 + #3 as relay -> 5678MJ recieved at target!? Expected result in scenario d would be slightly less than scenario b (around 200MJ, perhaps?). Expected result in situation C and D would be ???? My conclusion is that when only using the scaled up #4 as relay - it does not use the scaled up values, only the default/normal ones. Also, there seems to be some weird multiplying going on when using one linked relay reciever and several relay transmitters.

Issues with Tory. I find that using two Tory engines always makes my craft unstable. It appears to be because the amount of intake air differs between them even though they are symetrically placed. I suspect this is not intentional? I built a test-rig consisting of fuel tank, cockpit, and two Torys. The tests show that even on the ground the amount of intake Atm between the two sides differ. This gets worse as velocity increases. Screenshot shows intake atm differing by 0.2 with full throttle and stationary on the ground. Edit: Oh, and the temperature also differs..

I've been mucking about with beamed power now for a couple of days, testing interactions between different transmitters and their resulting power with different distances. I've come a cross quite a few "bumps" so far that defy my logical senses and thus suspect are actually bugs - or "undocumented features" One of these could be phrased as an easy question: Are MicroWave relays supposed to not be affected by size or direction of its trancievers, as it is stated in the wiki? My experiments show a drop from 8000MJ recieved power to 20MJ (both night & day) when the actual powersource is occluded and one or more of my relays take over. I replaced one of my "microrelays" (2x small phased arrays) with a "MegaRelay" (2x Multi Bandwidth Dish Tranciever (Large)) which bumped up the input power to ~200MJ whenever it was in line of sight. As for the other issues I will compile more detailed reports. Thanks for the BEST KSP mod out there