Reaction wheel torque limiter

[zarakon]

Just like engines have an adjustable thrust limiter, it would be nice if reaction wheels would have an adjustable torque limiter.

Small early-game probes/satellites using the stayputnik are extremely hard to control, not just because they lack SAS, but because suitably small reaction wheel for them.

A small probe with the stayputnik, FL-T100 tank, 48-7S engine, and a small inline reaction wheel has about 3000 m/s delta-v, more than enough to put it anywhere in the Kerbin system, and enough to explore most other planets. But holy hell, that reaction wheel is just too strong. Even with fine controls activated, it's nearly impossible to keep it straight and avoid massive over-corrections.

A torque limiter similar to the engine thrust limiter seems like a simple thing to add

[sal_vager]

I heard this is planned to be tweakable, we'll see what happens in 0.91

[prophet_01]

I heard this is planned to be tweakable, we'll see what happens in 0.91

I rly hope so. That would be nice. I just tried to do a satelite deployment contract and was close to punch my monitor after failing to keep that damn satelite straight during the burn (had to build an asymetrical stayputnik + basic sas due to part count). And it wasn't my first attempt, I already tried to do a manned mission and just decouple it, but hey: massless parts and the late unlock of smaller decouplers made it impossible as a simple decoupling altered it's course by many km...

[Bill Phil]

This would be really helpful, that and putting the Stayputnik earlier in the tech tree.

[BudgetHedgehog]

This is why I like TweakableEverything. Lets you tweak reaction wheel strength right down.

[Bill Phil]

This is why I like TweakableEverything. Lets you tweak reaction wheel strength right down.

Sounds like it should be implemented...