Modified Parts: ASAS Gone Wild

[Javamac]

Hey folks. After a year or so of playing with KSP and several addons, I decided to play around with the specifications of the stock parts to push the limits. I've stepped up the Poodle engine to 22000 and it's breaking force to 20000 to compensate. Also, the MK1-2 Command Pod has been altered to a crash tolerance of 4500. I've also modified the max temperatures of the parts. This makes for a ridiculously fast little rocket, but it has MAJOR control issues. Without SAS activated, it drifts, and any control attempts make it spin wildly out of control and break the ship apart. With SAS switched on, I can only engage the engines to maybe 5% power before it gets a major case of the shakes and wobbles.

I made an attempt to increase the torque on the large SAS ring to 3000, but upon activating it, the ship flies apart from the torque.

I'm wondering if anyone's had any success with a similar situation, modifying a ship to ludicrous speed and maintaining control.

Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.

[Kryxal]

I'm sorry, but ... ludicrous speed?

"Spaceball one ... they've gone to plaid!"

[RainDreamer]

I am pretty sure there is a limit of speed before the physics engine just throw its hands up and leave your fate to the krakens, and probably why the warp drive mod use translation, not speed, to get you places faster than light and not breaking things.

[Javamac]

Good to know, Rain. Thank you. Now it's just a matter of finding the appropriate limits. Don't suppose you've got some numbers off the top of your head?

[Jimbimbibble]

It sounds like with the increased thrust, the gimbal on the engine is causing the wobble. Try disabling the gimbal and using a sane amount of SAS for control.

[Javamac]

It sounds like with the increased thrust, the gimbal on the engine is causing the wobble. Try disabling the gimbal and using a sane amount of SAS for control.

It was exactly that. Disabling the gimble makes for a smooth ride. Thanks a lot! Now to push the limit.

[Vanamonde]

Since you are modding your game, this has been moved to Add-on Affairs, where the people who do that sort of thing hang around and can answer your questions.