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| − | |Name=RV-105 RCS Thruster Block
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| − | |Role=Reaction Control System
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| − | |Class=RCSModule
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| − | |File=RCS Thruster Block.jpg
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| − | |Costs=450
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| − | |Mass=0.05
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| − | {{PB-more|Thrust vectors|4}}
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| − | {{PB-more|Maximum Thrust|1 N (each direction)}}
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| − | {{PB-more|Fuel Consumption|0.2}}
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| − | |since=v0.11.0
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| − | |cfg=Parts/RCS block/part.cfg
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| − | The '''RV-105 RCS Thruster Block''' is used for spaceship rotation and translation movement and is fueled by [[FL-R25 RCS Fuel Tank (Demo)|FL-R25 RCS Fuel Tank]]. Currently it is massless and dragless, despite the CFG file values.
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| − | == Usage ==
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| − | RCS thrusters are used to rotate and translate the ship, and can do so outside of the atmosphere unlike canards and control surfaces. They need fuel from an [[FL-R25 RCS Fuel Tank (Demo)|RCS Fuel Tank]] but do not need to be placed on the tank itself, unlike the larger engines. When you don't want to spend fuel you can toggle the RCS thruster system on and off with the R key. RCS thrusters work together with the [[Command Pod Mk1 (Demo)| Command Pod's]] reaction wheels and the [[Advanced S.A.S.]] system.
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| − | The little cold gas thrusters are still powerful enough to be used instead of liquid engines for major orbit changes with smaller ships. This capability will be useful for docking (planned in future versions). For adjusting heading, it is helpful to have the [[S.A.S.]] on to prevent unwanted rotation.
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| − | The positioning of your RCS thrusters is very important. They should be placed as far from the centre of mass as possible to give them maximum leverage. You should to mount at least 4 RCS thruster blocks around the nose and tail of large rockets. Beware, they will be fatally damaged if they brush against the ground.
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| − | RCS Thrusters seem to prevent RT-10 Solid Fuel Boosters from overheating, even when offline.
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| − | == Description ==
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| − | In real life, RCS stands for '''R'''eaction '''C'''ontrol '''S'''ystem, a name for the system used to control the [[attitude]] of a spacecraft as rather than its orbital velocity.
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| − | |The recent discovery of a third law of physics made it possible for STEADLER Corps engineers to produce these small monopropellant thrusters, to help with attitude control and linear motion. Even though many Kerbal physicists still dispute the validity of this new law, studies show that the thrusters seem to work as advertised.
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| − | |STEADLER Engineering Corps}}
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| − | == Changes ==
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| − | ''see also: [[Version History]]''
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| − | ; v0.11.0
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| − | * Part introduced
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