Reserve Ac for Stability while running Ion drive.

[Bryce Ring]

Is there a way to Run heavy electrical Ion drives without it depleating a designated Ac needed for Stability.

I want to run time warp while running Ion drive full power setting with solar panels up (that are not effective due to distance from sun) until the panels are effective while holding prograde, but the Ion drive will take all power from the Stability Reaction wheels and the heading attitude will end up changing and cause unwanted changes in the velocity vector due to attitude changes.

Or. Can anyone tell me when the solar panels become effective, is it a wall or do they start to fade in.

Is there a way to set an alarm for this event.

Bryce Ring

[worir4]

To set an alarm you can use Kerbal alarm clock.

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/24786-0-90-Kerbal-Alarm-Clock-v3-2-2-0-%28Jan-11%29

Solar panels work depending on how much of it is exposed to the sun. You can right click on a panel to see how much exposure it has.

I don't think you can designate batteries to different parts but i suggest you just bring more or bigger solar panels.

If you are too far from the sun for solar panels to be efficient, use the RTGs These will produce power always and distance from the sun doesn't matter.

Edited January 14, 2015 by worir4

[UmbralRaptor]

Stock solar panels do not follow the inverse square law, and are >1/3 effective at Eeloo's distance. At Jool they're ~1/2 effective.. Actual reserve when you have panels amounts to having enough charge to reach drain/max_frame_rate. The rules for minimizing jet engine flameout should also apply if you have a bunch of engines. (place a panel, then an engine, then another panel...)

[Bryce Ring]

Is there a way to Run heavy electrical Ion drives without it depleating a designated Ac needed for Stability.

I want to run time warp while running Ion drive full power setting with solar panels up (that are not effective due to distance from sun) until the panels are effective while holding prograde, but the Ion drive will take all power from the Stability Reaction wheels and the heading attitude will end up changing and cause unwanted changes in the velocity vector due to attitude changes.

Or. Can anyone tell me when the solar panels become effective, is it a wall or do they start to fade in.

Is there a way to set an alarm for this event.

Bryce Ring

Thanks.

I have 25 of those mounted. and my panels are the largest I could find in the NEAR Future Solar Pack https://kerbalstuff.com/mod/346/Near%20Future%20Solar

I am Just waiting for the

[0.25] Near Future Electrical

to become

[0.90] Near Future Electrical

I have Kerbal Alarm clock. it is fantastic. but I think it currently dosnt have an Altitude/distance alarm, seems to be just time calculated at current Velocity. since I will be Accelerating, that time will change. So I wonder if there could be a Distance/altitude alarm that once set will change time to alarm if acceleration occurs.

Bryce Ring