Controll surfaces moving in vacuum, engines gimbaling without thrust..

[kiwiak]

This just looks stupid.

[allmappedout]

Well. Yes, it doesn't make sense, but on the other hand, you are giving control input, so it's doing what would be expected. Whilst it doesn't provide any benefit, it doesn't hurt at all.

[r4pt0r]

try decoupling your batteries and your command pod.

in all seriousness i suggest keeping it as is. i can already see bugs where control surfaces cease working in atmosphere cropping up if this is implemented.

Edited February 5, 2014 by r4pt0r

[Arran]

use the tweakables, you can turn pitch/yaw/roll/gimbals off add them to an action group.. Problem solved.

[astropapi1]

It'd be cool if they disabled automatically as soon as you reached vacuum.

[Nuke]

make them use power and make them tweakable so you can toggle them.

[RSwordsman]

Is this really an issue to some people? Spaceplanes notwithstanding, I usually ditch my control surfaces with an early stage and don't even notice engine gimbal. But even if I did, two clicks will turn it off.

[Serratus]

Is this really an issue to some people? Spaceplanes notwithstanding, I usually ditch my control surfaces with an early stage and don't even notice engine gimbal. But even if I did, two clicks will turn it off.

I'm with him on this one. Who cares? Well obviously someone does because we got this thread. But You can already disable control surfaces in RMB menus, and same for engines.

[thereaverofdarkness]

It'd be cool if they disabled automatically as soon as you reached vacuum.

No it wouldn't. They move through input, and when you give turn input they move. This is expected and realistic. It is strange to you because you expect it to be otherwise, but your opinnion is not the default view. Implementing that could easily cause problems and there is no need for it.

[Nuke]

you can already toggle gimbals and rcs thrusters on and off, idk why the same rules couldnt apply to control surfaces.