Errol Posted Wednesday at 02:38 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 02:38 AM I'm not sure if this is a bug or not, but it is certainly not what I expected to happen, unless I missed something. If not, is there any way to make precision mode not completely disable all my rcs thrusters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfluous J Posted Wednesday at 08:33 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 08:33 AM Does it disable them for translation? I thought it just did so for rotation. The easy solution is to bring a reaction wheel with you. In a perfect world you should never use RCS for rotation anyway (unless you're trying to mimic real life where they have to due to pesky things like reaction wheel saturation) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GluttonyReaper Posted Wednesday at 02:13 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 02:13 PM The intended behaviour is that precision mode tries to "balance" your RCS for translation by scaling the thrust of each thruster based on how far from the COM it is. The other thing it seems to do is "ramp" your RCS thrust - if you just tap a translation key, it'll only do the tiniest of bursts, you need to hold it for higher power. In general though, it tends to result in lower RCS thrust overall anyway... I'm not sure how it behaves if you have a really weird RCS layout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Errol Posted Wednesday at 06:47 PM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 06:47 PM 10 hours ago, Superfluous J said: Does it disable them for translation? I thought it just did so for rotation. The easy solution is to bring a reaction wheel with you. In a perfect world you should never use RCS for rotation anyway (unless you're trying to mimic real life where they have to due to pesky things like reaction wheel saturation) Reaction wheels are not an option for me for the exact reason you listed. I also play with engine ignitor and ullage simulation. Anyway, upon further investigation I've figured out that precision mode doesn't actually cut all thrust for rotation. It just seems to reduce all rotation thrust inputs down to about 10% from what I can tell. I like precision mode for how it makes my aero-control surfaces handle when using the keyboard for input, but yeah, I didn't realize before that it was also going to nerf my RCS control so hard for when I reach space. Guess I just have to remember to switch out of precision control once I'm out of the atmosphere, and also maybe think about investing in an analogue controller, so that I'm not so heavily reliant on precision mode for aerodynamic flight. Thanks for the replies guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadJohn Posted Wednesday at 09:32 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 09:32 PM 2 hours ago, Errol said: so that I'm not so heavily reliant on precision mode for aerodynamic flight If you use mods I highly recommend AtmosphereAutopilot. Fly-by-wire mode smooths out keyboard input and improves stability so that you might never need precision mode nor SAS for aerodynamic flight. AA also has cruise mode for holding a set altitude and speed, and angle of attack mode which I love for spaceplane reentry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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