International construction ISS in Kerbal orbit.

[WCOLE360]

So don't the solar panels also spin on the axis. Effectively what you're saying is that instead of making the solar panels rotate to the sun, they should be still and the station should be what's rotating? (Not necessarily towards the sun, but you get what I'm saying)

[WCOLE360]

I'm really bored so I'm working on an ISS project video, any ideas on the song it should have? legal rights remember also..

[XNerd_Bomber]

I'm really bored so I'm working on an ISS project video, any ideas on the song it should have? legal rights remember also..

Rocket man.

[WCOLE360]

PM me a link, I'm currently optimizing all the ingame film for insert. I love iMovie and it's ability to do movie trailers.

[Netris]

So don't the solar panels also spin on the axis. Effectively what you're saying is that instead of making the solar panels rotate to the sun, they should be still and the station should be what's rotating? (Not necessarily towards the sun, but you get what I'm saying)

According to wikipedia, the panels are spinning on 2 different axis, one of the is the Solar alpha rotary joint

The Alpha joint is the main rotary joint allowing the solar arrays to track the sun; in nominal operation the alpha joint rotates by 360° each orbit. One Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ) is located between the P3 and P4 truss segments and the other is located between the S3 and S4 truss segments.

[spawnofbill]

So don't the solar panels also spin on the axis. Effectively what you're saying is that instead of making the solar panels rotate to the sun, they should be still and the station should be what's rotating? (Not necessarily towards the sun, but you get what I'm saying)

The solar panels IRL do move independently of the truss structure. For sun tracking purposes, when the ISS is on the night side they move "edge on" in order to reduce atmospheric drag, and when there is a visiting vehicle approaching I believe they're oriented "vertically" to minimize chances of damage to the arrays.

[Devo]

I'm really bored so I'm working on an ISS project video, any ideas on the song it should have? legal rights remember also..

Chris Hadleys major tom.

[WCOLE360]

Good idea devo, but the song imovie but on default actually happens to match the rythm of the song. Plus I won't have to deal with the copyrights and such! Also devo, I need a pic of Cupola in game sent to my inbox asap, I need one more part for the video before I can finish it. Not ingame, in the SPH/VAB.

EDIT: Make it as a 3.1second viewing, like circle around it or something like that. If it's more than 3.1s iMovie crops it out.

[WCOLE360]

Uploading first trial now to youtube..I'll post link when it's done. In iMovie it's very low quality, if youtube doesn't increase it, I'll go into iMovie and personally enhance it..I don't have a very good screenrecord system.

Updated video with edits for the community

Bobcat, if you want me to take it down, PM me.

I know I could've done better on the part scenes, it's all in progress.

Edited May 26, 2013 by WCOLE360

[MichaelVonBraun]

Chris Hadleys major tom.

I believe you mean Chris Hadfield's Space Oddity.

[Netris]

Uploading first trial now to youtube..I'll post link when it's done. In iMovie it's very low quality, if youtube doesn't increase it, I'll go into iMovie and personally enhance it..I don't have a very good screenrecord system.

-snip-

Bobcat, if you want me to take it down, PM me.

I know I could've done better on the part scenes, it's all in progress.

Nice one

[Devo]

I believe you mean Chris Hadfield's Space Oddity.

Do you like pancakes?

[XNerd_Bomber]

Do you like pancakes?

I think this mod has finally broken him.

[lyndonguitar]

nevermind, solved my problem

[romanhabibov]

Is PMA fixed?

[WCOLE360]

No, devo is australian, wait another day possibly..

[Kerbal01]

What size are Unitys docking ports, I can't dock a Soyuz to them.

[WCOLE360]

Good, that's good. You need to dock to the Russian Segment. That's intentional.

[Netris]

Is anyone planning on making Strela and ERA ? It could be great. And Romfarer told me it would be easy to implement with his plugin. I'll do it if I had the habilities, but I'm a noob in this demesne :-/

[WCOLE360]

Devo said no strela as there's no point right now. All it is is tethering in eva, which Romfarer has removed. I could work on ERA though. I'm extremely bored. All part authors send me video clips of your upcoming parts in action if you want a video as well.

[Netris]

Devo said no strela as there's no point right now. All it is is tethering in eva, which Romfarer has removed. I could work on ERA though. I'm extremely bored. All part authors send me video clips of your upcoming parts in action if you want a video as well.

What about beauty of a nice crane ?

[Devo]

No, devo is australian, wait another day possibly..

Bobcat asked us to send him original mesh, I did.

I email bobcat and asked to resize the PMA to the diameter he needs (I DON'T HAVE BOBCAT ORIGINAL MESH FOR CBM DOCK!)

So I am resizing and sending him copies to test? If he has original mesh, he can resize with the CBM in his modelling program

and have them match up perfectly.

He has both original meshes.

I do not, I only have my PMA.

I am simply guessing the size. No matter what I use, and test in game - there is some hardcore NASA fan that is not happy with it, so you guys pick the size and

it will get fixed ok?

I am not creating a part, then sending it to Bobcat to see if he is happy with the size, then repeating that process until its right. I sent him the original meshes like he asked,

I'm assuming so he could make the adjustments himself?

I sent him the mail on the 25th, and we have sent the original meshes to him a few times now.

He can resize it, save it and send it back to me - all it needs is a simple game object put in in unity for the dock, which either of us could do. but then when thats done it needs to be put back in this pack

and until I have a message from Bobcat saying "OK IS GOOD SIZE NOW" Then I'm not doing anything on it.

[MDBenson]

I'm trying to re-assemble the station as per your picture. got a couple of questions:

- What docking ports are you using between the NASA/ESA/JAXA nodes? I used the MIR ones on Russian nodes butt here doesn't seem to be one for the US nodes.

- According to the diagram I am looking at, Zarya (the FCB) has solar panels, any ideas which ones to use?

- What exactly is broken on the PMA1? Is it just a size issue or is it unsuable?

Otherwise this is awesome work, I am a huge ISS nerd and really love the chance to reassemble it on orbit in KSP. It's already taught me crap-ton about how ISS is constructed. I'd love to help but my mod skills are next to nothing, I know you said you don't need testers but if you want to throw anything at me you aren't sure about to try I'll gladly do so, including flying it and docking it etc. to see if it is functional.

[Good_Apollo]

I'm trying to re-assemble the station as per your picture. got a couple of questions:

- What docking ports are you using between the NASA/ESA/JAXA nodes? I used the MIR ones on Russian nodes butt here doesn't seem to be one for the US nodes.

- According to the diagram I am looking at, Zarya (the FCB) has solar panels, any ideas which ones to use?

- What exactly is broken on the PMA1? Is it just a size issue or is it unsuable?

Otherwise this is awesome work, I am a huge ISS nerd and really love the chance to reassemble it on orbit in KSP. It's already taught me crap-ton about how ISS is constructed. I'd love to help but my mod skills are next to nothing, I know you said you don't need testers but if you want to throw anything at me you aren't sure about to try I'll gladly do so, including flying it and docking it etc. to see if it is functional.

The PMA doesn't work because it doesn't contain a docking module. There's CBMs for the US/ESA/JAXA modules. The Zarya solar panels aren't in the pack because they get folded up anyway. You can just use the Mir ones if you really want to. Personally I'm holding off on assembling it as there's just too many bugs atm.

[Netris]

The Zarya solar panels aren't in the pack because they get folded up anyway. You can just use the Mir ones if you really want to.

Talking about the panels of Zarya. Sjno (Firespitter pack) made a new module that allows to have more than one animation.

I've made a new module to replace the stock moduleAnimateGeneric, which can have EVA actions, start in the deployed state, custom animation speed,, and can handle more than one animation on a part, which was a problem.

Maybe it could help.