RCS sound

[SpaceXray]

Where can I get genuine RCS sound effects? I especially like the ones which were in Interstellar, but I can't find any RCS sound mods for KSP. KSP is pretty boring without RCS sounds.

[kerbiloid]

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/52896-0-25-RCS-Sound-%28and-light!%29-Effects

[SpaceXray]

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/52896-0-25-RCS-Sound-%28and-light!%29-Effects

Already found it a long time ago, but the sounds aren't realistic as noted by many and for me the mod didn't even work!

[FishInferno]

Really, since space cannot carry sound, there is no sound when RCS thrusters fire. In Interstellar when they showed the docking scenes with RCS, there was no sound

[SpaceXray]

Really, since space cannot carry sound, there is no sound when RCS thrusters fire. In Interstellar when they showed the docking scenes with RCS, there was no sound

I mean the sound inside the cockpit. You can hear it inside, but not outside in a vacuum.

[Whirligig Girl]

It's more of a hissing sound IIRC.

[Overfloater]

Really, since space cannot carry sound, there is no sound when RCS thrusters fire. In Interstellar when they showed the docking scenes with RCS, there was no sound

You're O.K. with rcs not making sounds in ksp while all the other rockets do? o_O

[Guest]

IRL, RCS working (at least in atmosphere) produces short, sharp gunshot-like sounds when in pulse mode, and sharp loud hiss, when in continuous mode.

Cannot provide source, but I think there is a video clip on youtube, a kinetic kill projectile test with RCS working.

Ops. found it

[lajoswinkler]

Outside the ship, you can't hear anything, obviously. Inside the ship, it depends on the sound insulation between the listener and the source. Obviously, there is some insulation, so RCS powered by hypergolic fuels is very loud and would sound like a muffled gun in pulse mode, or deep hissing in continuous mode.

RCS powered by pressurized gas would be much less loud and "angry".

The video doesn't really give the credit to the actual sound, but it shows nitrogen dioxide fumes, which is interesting to watch.

[LordFerret]

IRL, RCS working (at least in atmosphere) produces short, sharp gunshot-like sounds when in pulse mode, and sharp loud hiss, when in continuous mode.

Cannot provide source, but I think there is a video clip on youtube, a kinetic kill projectile test with RCS working.

Ops. found it

Interesting... and noisy. Reminds me of something I was once told about an incoming GBU-28... the only thing you might hear is the "ticking" of the fins as it maneuvers - before you're obliterated.

Edited December 23, 2014 by LordFerret

[kerbiloid]

I guess, a the most noisy part of RCS is a pump, the actual sound inside a cockpit would be a buzz or something similar.

[lajoswinkler]

I guess, a the most noisy part of RCS is a pump, the actual sound inside a cockpit would be a buzz or something similar.

On the contrary, it sounds like gunshots. Ask people riding Soyuz capsules. Bangbangbang!

[kerbiloid]

On the contrary, it sounds like gunshots. Ask people riding Soyuz capsules. Bangbangbang!

Or like that, yes.

I mean: not that lovely "pfffshshsh..."

Btw: the same confusion as with helicopters. In games in movies it sounds too cool: "fftrr-fftrr-fftrr-fftrr-fftrr", but inside a real cabin you just hear a mechanical roaring.

Edited December 25, 2014 by kerbiloid

[Camacha]

Reminds me of this video, which should not differ that much from a technological point of view. It seems to be pretty violent, even though the recording masks most of the sound volume.

Edited December 25, 2014 by Camacha