RCS on HubMax?

[Gilead]

Hi everyone!

I am currently in the process of designing a space station. I use a Rockomax HubMax Multi-Point Connector as core. I wanted to add RV-105 RCS Thruster Blocks on the HubMax, specifically 8 RV-105 on the 8 triangle-shaped faces of the HubMax.

That was the idea, but when I try to add RV-105s on the HubMax, they won't attach! Is it normal behavior? Is there a way to circumvent this?

Thanks for reading me.

Edited May 27, 2018 by Gilead

[bewing]

Hmmm. It does seem to be true that the Hubmax is not surface attachable. So it's normal behavior. I'm not sure it's intended though -- I can't think of any good reason why it should be set that way.

To circumvent it, you need to change the attachrules in the "StationHub.cfg" file to say attachRules = 1,0,1,1,0

 

[Gilead]

Thank you very much! It works almost fine.

Almost, because if I put the rcs on the circuclar parts of the HubMax, it behaves normally, but if I try to put it on the little triangles it goes trough. Nothing that can't be solve with a little use of the move and rotate tools.

So problem solved. Thank you again.

[Superfluous J]

56 minutes ago, bewing said:

I can't think of any good reason why it should be set that way.

 

40 minutes ago, Gilead said:

if I try to put it on the little triangles it goes trough.

That's probably the reason.

[Kesa]

Bear in mind that torque is proportional to the distance from the center to the place a thrust is applied. In other words, the core of your station is the worst possible place to put RCS thrusters. It is however, the best place to put reaction wheel, to limit the structural stress put on the station.

Edited May 30, 2018 by Kesa

[steuben]

My work around for this has been to slap an Advanced Inline Stabilizer, Z-1k, or FL-R25, on the open faces of the HubMax, and attach the RCS blocks to those, usually the reaction wheels. Then when I use them I'm tending to design some high mass module movers.

[StrandedonEarth]

On 5/30/2018 at 9:47 AM, steuben said:

Z-1k

Good idea. And you’ll have lots or power to boot