Looking for an RCS ring

[TheCardinal]

I can remember a mod in the past which had a part with rcs ports in the X, Y and Z plane but I can't remember the name of that mod.

Every time i'm building a spacestation the number of parts soars up. Every stationmodule needs 8 RCS thrusters for manoeuvering. An RCS ring could replace 4 thrusters and would reduce the number of parts considerably. Hence the required rcs ring.

Does a mod exist with such a ring or could someone create such a ring (preferably 2.5 m)?

[Guest]

Try FTT. It has a SAS+RCS part, but its octagonal.

[smjjames]

I know Novapunch has an RCS ring of sorts, but it's kind of designed for the top of the Freya command module in that modpack and is definetly not station sized.

I don't know of any mods that have a generic RCS ring.

Edited February 20, 2015 by smjjames

[Sampa]

I know Novapunch has an RCS ring of sorts, but it's kind of designed for the top of the Freya command module in that modpack and is definetly not station sized.

I don't know of any mods that have a generic RCS ring.

Do you know if it works with Tweakscale?

[smjjames]

Do you know if it works with Tweakscale?

No idea, I don't use tweakscale myself.

edit: the tweakscale thread has novapunch as a supported mod, so it should work.

Edited February 20, 2015 by smjjames

[Sampa]

No idea, I don't use tweakscale myself.

edit: the tweakscale thread has novapunch as a supported mod, so it should work.

Then, I would say that the rcs ring MIGHT work for a spacestations, so long as tweakscale is used to scale the said part up to needed ...well...size!

[Starwhip]

I'd suggest an RCS tug instead.

RCS Tug Tutorial

[tater]

The ring would be used to build an RCS tug, only one with 8 fewer parts than the one you link to (if RCS/ASAS were combined in the same ring, otherwise the savings is 6 parts). His real point was to reduce part count.

Note that such rings would drop the count on every ship ever near a station by 2-3 (you'd still need individual parts to get the RCS near the CM in many cases).

Actually, that gives me an idea. Is it possible to have dynamically balanced RCS systems? That might be a nice later addition to the tech tree. The craft would adjust the RCS thrust if you have multiple sets of RCS such that it always rotates about the current CM...

[Enceos]

The Hangar mod here http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/88933-0-90-0-Hangar-v2-2-1

Has a very big 5 way station RCS port which is scaleable. Only 2 of those is enough to move everything.

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If you use KAS addon, you can stick stock RCS on the sides and when you're done moving, go EVA remove them and store in a container for future use.

Edited February 20, 2015 by Enceos