I have, with some help from indy and a few others now managed to get 69 hours in to Apollo 11/MCC. Houston, I think i've been an idiot again.
Long story short, I fired the SM helium RCS SEC some time ago and now i've almost run out of propellant and helium on all 4. I'm not 100% sure how these are simulated but have read a few articles online about the systems in real life and how this has been coded. I had a play around with Orbiter Prop Tanks 2/3/4/5 that seem to be a blended mix of the materials for RCS.
This brings me to a wider realization .... and question of what did I do wrong, all my moves have been done for 1xTLI/3xMCC burns or putting the ship into PTC. I have noticed when rotating or translating i'm using a good chunk of He+Prop so the consumption rate is high and I can watch the needle move.
1)Am I in some sort or Orbiter RCS mode that has a higher consumption when moving ? I found the joystick page on an older version allowed you to turn off Orbiter RCS thats not there now.
2) What is the best practice for optimal RCS fuel consumption when parking in and out of PTC (rates(1/2/Accel/Rate/Min), modes (CMC/SCS/Hold) and overall manual control of ship with keyboard)
3) 69 hours in, what should be my RCS fuel and He levels
4) Can I cross bleed from any of my other He tanks to top up (probably not having looked at Nasa docs)
I had been trying to do the mission not using any cheat/god/uberMFD modes........Shouldn't have had that party with all those baloons !
Help/advice very much appreciated.
thanks.
Long story short, I fired the SM helium RCS SEC some time ago and now i've almost run out of propellant and helium on all 4. I'm not 100% sure how these are simulated but have read a few articles online about the systems in real life and how this has been coded. I had a play around with Orbiter Prop Tanks 2/3/4/5 that seem to be a blended mix of the materials for RCS.
This brings me to a wider realization .... and question of what did I do wrong, all my moves have been done for 1xTLI/3xMCC burns or putting the ship into PTC. I have noticed when rotating or translating i'm using a good chunk of He+Prop so the consumption rate is high and I can watch the needle move.
1)Am I in some sort or Orbiter RCS mode that has a higher consumption when moving ? I found the joystick page on an older version allowed you to turn off Orbiter RCS thats not there now.
2) What is the best practice for optimal RCS fuel consumption when parking in and out of PTC (rates(1/2/Accel/Rate/Min), modes (CMC/SCS/Hold) and overall manual control of ship with keyboard)
3) 69 hours in, what should be my RCS fuel and He levels
4) Can I cross bleed from any of my other He tanks to top up (probably not having looked at Nasa docs)
I had been trying to do the mission not using any cheat/god/uberMFD modes........Shouldn't have had that party with all those baloons !
Help/advice very much appreciated.
thanks.