Controllability suggestions. ( with pictures)

[CaptainTurbomuffin]

Welcome.

I have got some ideas for new parts to the controll section.

Firstly, here's the Advanced SAS.

It is 2.5 m wide, but still it's only as strong as any 1.25 m reaction wheel. Maybe this is because there are those advanced computery thingies near the smaller reaction wheel. So it both contains ASAS and a smaller reaction wheel wich is making it useful.

The idea is a new 2.5 m, simple reaction wheel, with the heavy torque of 80 ( like 4X1.25 m reaction wheel ). It would be useful for me, as sometimes I use quad-couplers with reaction wheels to have strong SAS in a vehicle.

And if we're at ASAS, how about a thrust-controller system included in it or a new ring part, wich automaticly adjusts the trust of the vehicle's engines that the Center Of Thrust will be pointing towards the Center Of Mass? Here's an illustration:

Here, the green arrows are the engines' thrusts. They could be adjusted by the mentioned computer that their summarized vector, the purple Center Of Thrust is pointong towards the Center Of Mass. The skipper engine's thrust will be reduced by this computer as fuel is being drained from the main tank and as the COM is moving towards the shuttle, making the COT moving backwards too.

Normally, with shuttles, this adjustment is made manually, by right clicking the engines. Also, lots of RCS are requied too for balancing. An adjuster modul like that would help A LOT.

Another way for shuttles is using the structure of the STS, where all engines are reusable in the shuttle, and balancing can not be done by lowering an engine's thrust. There, you have to counter the flipping of the craft by giving an angle to the COT.

How about a gimbal unit, wich could angle the engines you mount on them to make the COT pointing towards the COM? This could help those who would like to build the legendary shuttle.

What this unit would do is turning the engines -and the COT with them- towards the COM. Of course to not make this an op-gimballer unit, this couldn't be used for moving, like the built-in gimbal of engines, this could only be used for making the vehicle balanced, and not be fliped by unbalancedness.Could not be controlled to not help in manouvers, and changing direction.

How do you like them?

Edited July 15, 2014 by CaptainTurbomuffin

[BudgetHedgehog]

In short then, an even more OP large reaction wheel and high-gimballing engines. Got it.

[CaptainTurbomuffin]

In short then, an even more OP large reaction wheel and high-gimballing engines. Got it.

why, at big crafts, I mean very big crafts, you ( or I mean I ) run out of RCS very quickly, and do not have enough space for small reaction wheels. I use very strong wheels from mods, but a less stronger could come handy in stock too. About the gimbal: yes, In the original idea, I tought about not making it very overpowered, just frogot to write it down how. Edited. At least, thank you for warming for that.

Edited July 13, 2014 by CaptainTurbomuffin

[Whirligig Girl]

I just want the ASAS module revamped, the current ASAS to be an RGU, and high-gimbaling engines.

[MR4Y]

The current ASAS is more of a very crude auto pilot than something that's supposed to give you authority control over the craft.