Maximum Angle of the Klaw

[Kerbolis]

Does anyone here know the maximum angle at which a Klaw could grab. So in other terms, how many degrees of gimbal does the Klaw have.

[Claw]

Hmm. If nobody knows, perhaps you can set up and try your own experiment?

Maybe hold one with a launch stability enhancer (launch clamp). Then drop a plate (with a torque module) onto it from above. Then you can twist it back and forth with the torque and eyeball the angles.

[Oafman]

On a related note, does anyone know the impact velocity range at which the claw will grab? I've made it work at around 1.2m/s, so that is definitely within the range

[nli2work]

the config has settings of

captureRange = 0.05

captureMinFwdDot = 0.866

captureMaxRvel = 1

maximum range is 0.05m

MinFwdDot is most likely the dot product of the two vectors: your klawn node and the surface normal. fairly safe to assume that 1 means perpendicular. 0.866 works out to be 30 degrees.

MaxRvel, max relative velocity. self explanatory.

Edited July 20, 2014 by nli2work