sas controlled starship fins prototype

[Flying dutchman]

 

[Vanamonde]

Interesting. Does it have a purpose or just for funsies? 

[Flying dutchman]

2 hours ago, Vanamonde said:

Interesting. Does it have a purpose or just for funsies? 

well, the idea behind it is that it is normally impossible to make a starship controlled by sas in ksp. if you were to attach the normal control surfaces sideways they would not move. another idea is that you use the hinges from breaking ground and couple them with action groups to the pitch axis. you'll find however that, while you can then move those control surfaces, sas has no influence on them so they can only be controlled manually which makes controlling the vessel very difficult. so to somewhat automate this process i've used an aileron to power a set of levers and hinges that will move the fins the same way as starship does but controllable with sas.

Edited August 9, 2020 by Flying dutchman