Difference between revisions of "LY-10 Small Landing Gear"

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LY-10 Small Landing Gear
Landing gear by LightYear Tire Company
Radial size		Radial mounted
Cost	(total)	600.00
Mass	(total)	0.045 t
Drag		0.2-0.3
Max. Temp.		2600 K
Impact Tolerance		50 m/s
Research		Landing
Unlock cost		3 800
Since version		0.15
Part configuration		GearSmall.cfg
Retractable		Yes
Brake torque		4 kNm
Steering range		100 °
Testing Environments
On the surface		Yes
In the ocean		Yes
On the launchpad		Yes
In the atmosphere		Yes
Sub-orbital		Yes
In an orbit		Yes
On an escape		Yes
Docked		Yes
Test by staging		No
Manually testable		Yes
Electricity required		0.01 ⚡/s
Packed volume		140 l

The Small Gear Bay is a retractable wheel primarily used on atmospheric planes, but may may be used on other objects that need to roll.

Usage

The Small Gear Bay allows planes to roll on the ground instead of sliding and (most likely) exploding. They can also be used to create rovers that roll on planet surfaces. Since 0.18, the Small Gear Bay comes with electric lights, but these lights don't drain energy.

Despite the game presenting them among the rover wheel parts in the editors, there are some important differences between them. The landing gear wheels do not have motors, so vehicles using them must have another means of acceleration. Since planes usually have jet or rocket engines, this does not pose as much of an issue. On the other hand, since they are designed to support planes during their takeoff or landing runs, they can withstand a vastly higher ground speed than rover wheels, needing over 200 m/s to break.

Unlike landing legs, the Small Gear Bay is a physicsless part so their the mass and drag is not counted by the physics engine as of 0.23.5. Because of that their drag does not differ between the extended and retracted state, so there is no benefit to retracting them other than for cosmetic use.

As of the 0.23 update, the Small Gear Bay has the ability to steer, allowing sharper turns on the ground. This can be toggled either through tweakables or in flight.

Product description

Changes

0.23

• Steering unlock option added

0.18

• Electrical lights added

0.15

• Initial release

Notes