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However, your point about balancing is very valid when the difference in torque is not so great that it cannot be easily counteracted by the SAS torque. (Or in case of atmospheric boosters by control surface, but why someone would place two different radial boosters is beyond me.) | However, your point about balancing is very valid when the difference in torque is not so great that it cannot be easily counteracted by the SAS torque. (Or in case of atmospheric boosters by control surface, but why someone would place two different radial boosters is beyond me.) | ||
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Will add screenshots shortly. Also, feel free to help with formatting, grammar, or adding pertinent info. --shadowraven 02:50, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
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I'm sorry Shadowraven, but you were mistaken on this part (though it was actually useful, so you may want to add a corrected version when you update the tutorial, I don't know how to explain it succinctly).
τ=r×F, the torque acting on the rocket is a product of both radius and force. Since the force is generally symmetrical (gravity and vessel acceleration) two payloads of identical weight will still cause a rocket to turn if the payloads' centres of mass are not exactly at the same distance from the rocket's centre of mass.
However, your point about balancing is very valid when the difference in torque is not so great that it cannot be easily counteracted by the SAS torque. (Or in case of atmospheric boosters by control surface, but why someone would place two different radial boosters is beyond me.) --Ghostbird (talk) 17:02, 8 September 2014 (CDT) (heh, I just noticed that our nicknames complement each other)
