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| − | So far as I can tell, this part does '''not''' provide SAS. Am I doing it wrong...? | + | So far as I can tell, this part does '''not''' provide SAS. Am I doing it wrong...? <small>— Preceding [[w:Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:TerryDactyl|TerryDactyl]] ([[User talk:TerryDactyl|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/TerryDactyl|contribs]]) 20:03, 3 March 2015 (UTC)</small> |
| + | :Nothing, if you look in the infobox on the right it says that it has no SAS level ;) The description is wrong, if you like you can fix it. — [[User:XZise|xZise]] <small>[[[User talk:XZise|talk]]]</small> 05:07, 4 March 2015 (CST) | ||
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| + | {{quote|{{quote|The placement does matter for [[reaction wheel]]s. Generally speaking they can cause some problems if placed far from the [[center of mass]]. Imagine you are grabbing that point and rotating it. That is what the reaction wheels will try to do. You'll get offcenter rotation anywhere other then near the [[Center of mass|COM]].|[http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/entries/740-Updated-Information-on-SAS-in-0-21-1#comment_4254 comment] by C7, in his blog entry “[http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/entries/740-Updated-Information-on-SAS-in-0-21-1 Updated Information on SAS in 0.21.1]”}}<br>However, this is not actually correct with rigid spacecraft. A reaction wheel should provide the same torque regardless of placement. However, off-center reaction wheels will cause very long vehicles, especially with docking ports, to bend, which can cause instability.}} | ||
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| + | Why is the wiki presenting two completely opposite viewpoints? If one is correct and one is incorrect, we should only be using the correct one; if we don't know which one is correct, then we shouldn't make statements that sound like we know exactly which one is correct. I don't know enough about reaction wheel placement for this, can someone else explain what we know about them? [[User:AlpacaMall|AlpacaMall]] ([[User talk:AlpacaMall|talk]]) 00:35, 12 July 2021 (UTC) | ||
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So far as I can tell, this part does not provide SAS. Am I doing it wrong...? — Preceding unsigned comment added by TerryDactyl (talk • contribs) 20:03, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
- Nothing, if you look in the infobox on the right it says that it has no SAS level ;) The description is wrong, if you like you can fix it. — xZise [talk] 05:07, 4 March 2015 (CST)
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However, this is not actually correct with rigid spacecraft. A reaction wheel should provide the same torque regardless of placement. However, off-center reaction wheels will cause very long vehicles, especially with docking ports, to bend, which can cause instability. |
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Why is the wiki presenting two completely opposite viewpoints? If one is correct and one is incorrect, we should only be using the correct one; if we don't know which one is correct, then we shouldn't make statements that sound like we know exactly which one is correct. I don't know enough about reaction wheel placement for this, can someone else explain what we know about them? AlpacaMall (talk) 00:35, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
