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Angular rotation decay


5,136 Dooiereier
 3.7 years ago

Hi there,

why does a craft's angular rotation in space slowly but steadily reduce to 0? In other words, when i use RCS to turn a vehicle the angular motion reduces thereby requiring multiple RCS burns to turn the craft around?

Thanks

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    5,136 Dooiereier

    Thanks. Too bad really. Is this something that the game developers might 'fix' in the future?

    3.6 years ago
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    @Dooiereier because of a small little variable in the rigid body settings of each and every craft in the game.

    3.7 years ago
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    5,136 Dooiereier

    @Arstotzka Physics would let the craft rotate indefinitely without a force stopping the rotation. Laws of conservation of angular momentum. So I don't really get this.

    3.7 years ago
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    15.7k Hylo

    Idk really

    3.7 years ago

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