Rotational Momentum and Velocity?

[Pwolf]

I'm working on a proof-of-concept project and I'm trying to figure out how to set the rotational momentum and velocity of a vessel. For pure basics, I want to make a vessel rotate at a specific rate along an axis when I press a key.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

[tobyb121]

Have a look at vessel.angularVelocity, it's a Vector3 so I would imagine that the x,y,z components are the angular velocities in x,y and z. Not sure if they are degrees/s or rad/s but that should be pretty easy to work out.

[EndlessWaves]

Vessel is a collection of independent parts rather than a single entity so unless you can find a helper method you may have to calculate and apply the appropriate force to each part (assuming you want minimal stress).

[Pwolf]

So vessel/part/debris rotations are calculated and applied in realtime based on forces (gravity, thruster, torque, drag, etc...)? Hmmmmmmmm, alright then. Thanks for your help EW.

[Pwolf]

Have a look at vessel.angularVelocity, it's a Vector3 so I would imagine that the x,y,z components are the angular velocities in x,y and z. Not sure if they are degrees/s or rad/s but that should be pretty easy to work out.

I want to say I looked at angularVelocity and angularMomentum already... but I'll take another look.