<SporkWitch>
darsie: aren't most realism-focused mods? lol
<SporkWitch>
then again, i also play Stationeers, and that gets VERY micromanagey lol
<darsie>
sure :)
<darsie>
Not sure how annoying that one would be.
<darsie>
It should have a saturation indicator or so.
<SporkWitch>
at first, probably very, but it would probably encourage more use of RCS. I dunno about others, but I pretty much never use RCS unless doing docking maneuvers; reaction wheels are just BETTER and don't run out of fuel
<Izaya>
Most of my LKO craft use monopropellant main engines so I've been using RCS more of late.
<darsie>
Why monoprop for mains?
<SporkWitch>
why monoprop instead of ion?
<SporkWitch>
i'd think ion would be better for the same weight
<Izaya>
because most of my stuff in LKO is in the process of getting assembled
<Izaya>
and/or is a service spacecraft for my station
<Izaya>
so having heaps of RCS fuel is very convenient
<darsie>
RCS doesn't work (well) with planned maneuvers, I think.
<Izaya>
ReStock has monoprop stack engines that use the main throttle
<SporkWitch>
probably would have to calculate the time yourself, but otherwise should be fine
<Izaya>
(at least I think it's ReStock+)
<darsie>
Can you tie the throttle to RCS with action groups?
<Izaya>
that nozzle sticking out of the heatshield is a monoprop main engine, and the main body of the spacecraft is a "station core" part with RCS tanks and a crew capacity of 1
<Izaya>
(or rather station utility module, but details)
<SporkWitch>
need KSP2 NAO lol
<Izaya>
I wish I could use normal RCS thrusters with maneuver nodes though, I could probably make kOS execute the burns with RCS but that's a whole thing
<Izaya>
Probably harder to calculate given thrust varies based on direction with RCS blocks though.
<packbart>
with MechJeb installed, you can. it's got an option to bind the RCS to the main throttle
<packbart>
I use that for maneuver nodes on RCS-only sats
<darsie>
Hmm, RCS only sats ... can I make my sats even smaller? :)
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<packbart>
possibly. probe core, antenna, a solar panel, small RCS tank and one RCS thruster in the back
<Izaya>
I saw a cubesat in a video with thrusters and antennae all inside a cube, and the person deployed like 20 of them from inside one relatively small fairing, anyone have any idea what mod that might've been?
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<darsie>
RCS "thruster power" unit seems to be kN.
<darsie>
The small RCS thrusters are too weak to get to orbit with only a Hammer as first stage.