texasyojimbo Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 Is there a way to use RCS thrusters for translation (forward, backward, side-to-side) and not just for rotation (pitch, yaw, roll)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasyojimbo Posted October 9, 2011 Author Share Posted October 9, 2011 Nevermind, if I had RTFM I would have realized that it is I J K L. 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerDanger75 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 and H (forward), N (backward) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasyojimbo Posted October 11, 2011 Author Share Posted October 11, 2011 Terrific! Only a matter of time before I blast almost off the pad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illectro Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 I can\'t get the rcs to do anything right now - is there some other feature I need to enable to make them active?(test is cluster of 8 rcs units on a single rcs tank) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarnis Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 I can\'t get the rcs to do anything right now - is there some other feature I need to enable to make them active?(test is cluster of 8 rcs units on a single rcs tank)You did press 'R' to activate them, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Ivanovich Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 ...aaaaand include an RCS fuel tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panichio Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 I also had a quick question about the RCS thrusters: Can you use them to deorbit? Or are they too weak?I just want to deorbit my pod and a small fuel tank. Is it possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RulerOfNothing Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 I think* RCS on a fuel tank and pod should give you at least 100m/s of velocity change, so it should be possible.*this is just my extrapolation from how much I can change the velocity of a pod using RCS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illectro Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 1m/s change in orbital velocity works out to about 1km change in orbital altitude at the opposing node, RCS has more than enough oomph to get you down (unless you\'re using RCS to drive more than just a capsule)....I figured out I\'d broken my config file - that;s why R wasn\'t working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alchemist Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 I also had a quick question about the RCS thrusters: Can you use them to deorbit? Or are they too weak?I just want to deorbit my pod and a small fuel tank. Is it possible?In orbit thruster can\'t be too weak. There can only be insufficient fuel.And with several RCS tanks on a not too big orbital ship you can even circilarise from highly eccentric trajectory an then deorbit back after releasing payload. Example Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
defiler86 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 I was curious about this too. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordherrmann Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 The other day I needed them to deorbit.I was in a extremely eccentric orbit with 455kmx154000km and i had no fuel left so i used my RCS for a retrograde burn at apoapsis and i landed the thing.[move] 8) ??? : ;PI love the move feature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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