Project Hius Interstellar craft for 2010P1 development

[mc_]

Why not?

just can't understand why they should move? IMHO thrust position itself is enough - there is not much difference between these two positions to add huge moveable stuff there.

Or, maybe, i just don't understand the idea?
//если мой английский слишком сильно хромает, можно и по-русски объяснить

What we need is a simple, complex vessel that is fun to fly, not boring to manage.

+1 here. Big vessel with several landers, crew and so on is already complex enough.

 

[Wishbone]

Would agree with mc_ that double thrust controller, without some programmatic or hardware "bracket", is too error prone. A single wrong mouse movement and the ship is kissing the crew goodbye. In words of Zhvanetsky "одно неверное движение - и вы отец" (one awkward movement and you're a father).

BTW think I know how to make Hius enjoyable for more folks - allow players to assemble it in LEO. This promises 10, 20, maybe 50 missions, and lots of roboarm waving...

 

[atomicdryad]

Details please? Just undocks, and nothing happens? What if you move the habs with a docked vessels?

UMMU ships simply undock, that is all. The habs were not moving, I can test if you wish, or provide a scenario.

Isn't that a correct behaviour?

The airlock must be vented to be opened, which means transferring from a docked ship as well.

 

[Carmen A]

Hius is simply epic - since I recently mastered flying from Earth to Moon with speeds in excess of 700km/s I shall progress to the Hius in multiplayer

 

[Artlav]

just can't understand why they should move? IMHO thrust position itself is enough - there is not much difference between these two positions to add huge moveable stuff there.

Дык удобно же - от радиции защищат магнитное поле, а на крейсерской скорости тяговой тяжести почти нет. Надо вращаться. Чтоб не делать двойной пол, легче повернуть весь модуль.

А механика не нужна - отцепил, дал газу, модули поплыли в нужную сторону. Под конец тормознул, зацепил, и готово. Как дверь в маршрутке.

Would agree with mc_ that double thrust controller, without some programmatic or hardware "bracket", is too error prone. A single wrong mouse movement and the ship is kissing the crew goodbye.

On that i agree, but can't think of a non-fun-spoiling method to do it.

BTW think I know how to make Hius enjoyable for more folks - allow players to assemble it in LEO. This promises 10, 20, maybe 50 missions, and lots of roboarm waving...

50 missions to assemble a craft of this size? Think about the fallout from all these Orion drives...

The airlock must be vented to be opened, which means transferring from a docked ship as well.

Oh. That's wrong.

Hius is simply epic - since I recently mastered flying from Earth to Moon with speeds in excess of 700km/s

Ah. A microscope is heavy and bulky. Therefore, one can drive nails with it. What else to use it for anyway?

 

[atomicdryad]

On that i agree, but can't think of a non-fun-spoiling method to do it.

SetAttitudeMode if the time acceleration is past 100?

Oh. That's wrong.

Or an attempt to keep (insert paranoia inducing aliens) out of the ship. >.>

Ah. A microscope is heavy and bulky. Therefore, one can drive nails with it. What else to use it for anyway?

In this case, lobbing RKKVs. :-O

 

[mc_]

Дык удобно же - от радиции защищат магнитное поле, а на крейсерской скорости тяговой тяжести почти нет. Надо вращаться. Чтоб не делать двойной пол, легче повернуть весь модуль.

А механика не нужна - отцепил, дал газу, модули поплыли в нужную сторону. Под конец тормознул, зацепил, и готово. Как дверь в маршрутке.

А почему бы не вращать его на одном месте? Рычаг-то неслабый получается, плюс модуль прилично весит.
А то бы вся нагрузка пошла на мотораму одного из двигателей, которая уже достаточно прочная сама по себе.
Поле будет нормально защищать от радиации в обеих позициях, не такая уж между ними и большая разница, учитывая габариты поля.

В общем, "ничего не понимаю" (с).

 

[ATymeson]

I have recently rediscovered this old gem and with the updates you added to it I have fell in love with it again. I think I may have found a little way to boost the good ship ISV Hius-Interra to higher speeds than the nominal limit of
0.70c. Once the ship got to that velocity, I found that bringing the scoop power down decreases the drag and allows me to push the ship to a maximum of 299.5 Mm/s. Tau Zero anyone?

 

[Artlav]

I think I may have found a little way to boost the good ship ISV Hius-Interra to higher speeds than the nominal limit of
0.70c. Once the ship got to that velocity, I found that bringing the scoop power down decreases the drag and allows me to push the ship to a maximum of 299.5 Mm/s. Tau Zero anyone?

Nice trick. Not sure if it's to be called a bug or a feature.


On the status of Hius project, the thing is currently getting an overhaul for Spaceway, so an Orbiter version update is also quite likely within the next few months.

 

[laukejas]

Bug notice:

With following manual to accelerate (reducing scope power) I reached final velocity of 528.668Mm/s, that's way above lightspeed. Strange thing is that Flow Angle shows 90 degrees, although I'm surely prograde. When I was approaching that 210Mm/s speed limit, acceleration suddenly jumped to 2Gs, and then decreased for a while, and then jumped again at some speed (don't remember) when finally it stopped at 528.668Mm/s.
And also, fps aren't too good (20 on my Dell Studio 1555).
Keep up the good work!

And sorry for reviving old thread, but this is a must.

 

[vinny5000]

Hi, guys!

I really like the Hius interstellar spacecraft! I hope to see an update for the Hius interstellar spacecraft very soon! Please keep up the excellent work! Thanks!

Cheers,
Vincent

 

[Artlav]

The latest update is here - http://www.orbiter-forum.com/blog.php?b=1155
Not quite dead, but very slowly being re-made.

 

[vinny5000]

Hi, Artlav!

Thanks for the link! It's very interesting! Hius interstellar spacecraft is looking good! Please keep up the excellent work! Thanks!

Cheers,
Vincent

---------- Post added 01-16-13 at 10:30 AM ---------- Previous post was 01-15-13 at 08:17 PM ----------

Hi, Artlav!

I'm not 100% sure, how do I refuel the Hius interstellar spacecraft? The ram scoop on the Hius interstellar spacecraft gives the Hius interstellar spacecraft more fuel when moving fast enough, right? Thanks!

Cheers,
Vincent

---------- Post added 01-17-13 at 04:01 AM ---------- Previous post was 01-16-13 at 10:30 AM ----------

Hi, guys!

Is anybody there? I haven't got the answer yet about how to refuel the Hius interstellar spacecraft. Thanks!

Cheers,
Vincent