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schnobs >
Touch down with a plane, take a giant leap.
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schnobs >
Is it some generic thing with springs / dampers?
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Bornholio >
skids...
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Bornholio >
in theory you decrease the spring rate or increase the damper to reduce bounce
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Bornholio >
get a harder landing
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schnobs >
birdlime wheels...
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schnobs >
And, btw, dunno if you noticed my minor heat problem earlier...
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schnobs >
Not much of a problem as they're no longer needed at that time, but still.
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schnobs >
The heat they get comes from being attached to an exposed part.
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Bornholio >
have never seen 1kn engines with heat other than re-entry burns, generally they pop
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schnobs >
X-1 engine has the same problem, though I kinda sorta get that "it's not meant for reentry".
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schnobs >
There's no alternative to the small thrusters, however.
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schnobs >
Anyway. Goodnight all, or whatever makes sense in your time zone.
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the triple nozzle rcs is in the right range and takes a lot of heat
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schnobs >
Just shot down KSP... I'm not aware of a triple-nozzle RCS port.
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schnobs >
But, isn't there a smallish RCS pack from raidernick or something? maybe I should start looking for alternatives.
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i can't remember but the tks ports might have 3 nozzles
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Bornholio >
for easy clean up, just vacuum freeze dry the floaters
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Starwaster >
bornholio I'm more concerned with being walked in on while I'm pushing the floaters into the toilet... walked in on FROM OUTSIDE.
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Bornholio >
did you hear the tale of theSTS toilet that got a stuck valve :)
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Bornholio: im watchin a 738 no flaps landing right now
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Rokker >
that would be a fun one
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Is there a reason why we don't use the stock "collect all science" functionality?
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Early satellites are uncontrolled things, with optional solar panels slapped on.
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schnobs >
Getting beyond that stage requires deployable panels, three-axis controls and proper avionics.
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schnobs >
Getting there seems to be a lot more effort than it should be.
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schnobs >
Don't know about you, but for me it's a hump similar to getting into space in the first place.
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schnobs >
At the same time, I don't mind skipping a few generations of rocketry. Getting from '57 to 1960 boosters is easy and quick.
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schnobs >
Also worthwhile, for failure rate alone.
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