New Release Interplanetary Modular Spacecraft RC9

[Dantassii]

Absolute killrot? Is that the killrot that gets activated when you hit 5 or is it a different one?

 

[PeterRoss]

BTW, the station I'm building needs RCS to keep the radiators in shade. Is there a sun-pointing auto-pilot that can be used to keep the 'nose' of a ship pointing at the sun, or turning towards the sun?

I totally agree with you that the sun-pointing autopilot is a "must have" for IMS.

 

[Dantassii]

Too big for the RCS?

It is possible that my station, still only about 1/10th its final size, is too large for 2 RCS quads (of the 4k thrust each) to rotate? I hope I either see some thruster graphics or some fuel usage when I test it later tonight. If that's the case, I may have to string a whole line of RCS thrusters along the upper truss bar to get any sort of moment arm.
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Yes there was thruster graphics! Yes there was fuel usage! Yes my station is HUGE!!!! Yes it did move... eventually.. I just had to be patient.

So now on to figuring out what XR5 assembly mission #5 will bring up..

BTW, I'm putting together this station assembly process 1 mission at a time, using a XR5 from Brighton Beach to bring up the pieces parts and assemble them in 100km Lunar orbit. The idea being that this would become a series of scenarios that could be used to demonstrate how to use IMS to build a large space station.. and just how much WORK is involved putting all the pieces together. Hopefully as IMS progresses, I'll have to just update the various mission files at worst. But anyway, I've always wanted to do a space station assembly in orbit. So much easier to do it on the moon.

 

[jedidia]

Hopefully as IMS progresses, I'll have to just update the various mission files at worst.

Unfortunately, the way the current plans look, there won't be that much improvement of the current version, appart from client compatibility.

A next version will be some time in development, and won't be compatible with the old save files.

I'm glad the RCS works, though. Yes, larger vessels tend to behave like a whale on a beach...

 

[Capt_hensley]

I could learn a thing or two here, MARS-1 is a very large vessel, as are the next few missions, they probably have nearly the same manuver characteristics. A beast moves slowly and deliberatly...

 

[Dantassii]

Terminology Questions

What do the following IMS terms mean?

1) ASTG On the BM221?
2) DG, CBM, and APAS on the Docking Adapters?

3) How do you use the BCFGA Centrifuge Ring Segment? It appears to have a backwards docking port on the outside, but no way to attach it to the centrifuge on the inside.

4) What is the BCPLR UniCoupler used for?

Curious minds want to know.

 

[Capt_hensley]

DG = Delta Glider
CBM = [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_berthing_mechanism"]Common Berthing Mechanism[/ame]
APAS = Androgynous Peripheral Attach System

 

[jedidia]

1) ASTG On the BM221?

Advanced sterling thermal generator (though often called "[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Stirling_Radioisotope_Generator"]advanced sterling raidoisotope generator[/ame], but at least this way some relation to "RTG" can be seen).

3) How do you use the BCFGA Centrifuge Ring Segment? It appears to have a backwards docking port on the outside, but no way to attach it to the centrifuge on the inside.

They're only for building the ring. You use the 6-way adapters to connect them to the spokes.

4) What is the BCPLR UniCoupler used for?

It's just to make it look nicer when you dock a module from SSBB with a small adapter to one with a large.

 

[Dantassii]

Thanks for the technology definitions! Makes sense.

3b) 6-way adapters? Ok. Which component is that? I guess what I'm asking is if it's an SSBB component, what's it's code? BN101 or BT101?

 

[jedidia]

6-way adapters? Ok. Which component is that? I guess what I'm asking is if it's an SSBB component, what's it's code?

It's an SSBB component, yes, there are two different types, it doesn't really matter which one you take. I don't know the exact code by heart, but the correct term is "node", not "adapter". As such I would expect it to be BN-something.

 

[PeterRoss]

This is the way to use ring segment modules:

 

[goaowonk]

Just a little stupid question: Where is the BM201 Command Module? I've tried with the BM201 Control Module from the Config/IMS/SSBB41B folder and I cannot get to the IMS panel.

I think I'm doing something wrong :facepalm:

EDIT: installed SSBM4.0, SSBM41B, and IMS RC2 in this order.

 

[BruceJohnJennerLawso]

Absolute killrot? Is that the killrot that gets activated when you hit 5 or is it a different one?

Its something different. I don't know exactly what the stock killrot uses as its reference, but the AKR one was created to lock orientation relative to the sun. Its available as a code segment on the hangar somewhere...

This is the way to use ring segment modules:

I can also show you how not to use them :lol:.

If you absolutely must use a centrifuge in yyour design, I strongly reccomend that you try it with a double-counterweight one rather than a wheel. IMS often misbehaves with very large vessels.

Page 86 in my tutorial, just hitting classes now. I'm almost there!

 

[PeterRoss]

Try pressing F8 to switch to 2D panel when in cockpit view. Also, using of external graphics clients is strongly NOT recommended.

 

[goaowonk]

That's what I'm doing.

Focus BM201, before pressing f8:

And after:

This 'vessel' is only a test one: a BM201 and a 6-faces node docked via scenario editor:

 

[BruceJohnJennerLawso]

Try pressing F8 to switch to 2D panel when in cockpit view. Also, using of external graphics clients is strongly NOT recommended.

It likely won't work at all, although OGLA might work. The issue is due to clients not including Meshgroup transform if I remember correctly.

 

[Dantassii]

Thanks for the picture on how to setup the ring. I would have wasted a lot of time figuring out I needed 3 units on each arm and a BN-xxx unit in between each and every segment.

 

[goaowonk]

I'm not at a graphics client, that's orbiter.exe.

 

[PeterRoss]

goaowonk, press Ctrl+Down after you pressed F8. When CM is just spawned it's inactive and the only panel visible is the engineering panel which is on the lower screen.

 

[goaowonk]

Ok, let me see...

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YEAH! It worked. Only needed a f8 and a ctrl+down
My fault due to not reading carefully enough.

Thanks a lot.

I havn`t said it yet, but you`ve made a great addon. Congratulations.