Hi,
I've come across a strange "anomaly" while trying to launch from the surface of Titan.
If anyone has the time, I'd be grateful to get confirmation or whether its just me!
It seems the surface of Titan is very "sticky" - I have to apply nearly twice the vessel "weight" in upwards thrust to lift off the surface.
Once airborne, normal thrust/weight physics resumes.
Here is a pic of a DG sitting on Titan surface, not going anywhere even though thrust > weight.
Here is a scenario with DG resting on Titan surface - increase Hover thrust gradually and observe how much thrust is required before liftoff occurs.
Also, the HUD data display (top left of screen in glass cockpit) disagrees with the Orbiter display-mode thrust vector value.
From my own experiments this "excess thrust force required to liftoff" effect depends on the damping parameter value for the vessel touchdown points.
If anyone can confirm if they also see this effect, or not, I'd be grateful.
I've only tested on the Moon and Titan so far - no effect evident on the Moon, only Titan.
Cheers,
BrianJ
I've come across a strange "anomaly" while trying to launch from the surface of Titan.
If anyone has the time, I'd be grateful to get confirmation or whether its just me!
It seems the surface of Titan is very "sticky" - I have to apply nearly twice the vessel "weight" in upwards thrust to lift off the surface.
Once airborne, normal thrust/weight physics resumes.
Here is a pic of a DG sitting on Titan surface, not going anywhere even though thrust > weight.
Here is a scenario with DG resting on Titan surface - increase Hover thrust gradually and observe how much thrust is required before liftoff occurs.
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END_DESC
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Date MJD 53651.5404849351
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END
Also, the HUD data display (top left of screen in glass cockpit) disagrees with the Orbiter display-mode thrust vector value.
From my own experiments this "excess thrust force required to liftoff" effect depends on the damping parameter value for the vessel touchdown points.
If anyone can confirm if they also see this effect, or not, I'd be grateful.
I've only tested on the Moon and Titan so far - no effect evident on the Moon, only Titan.
Cheers,
BrianJ