Advanced Grabbing Unit/ja

先進的グラビングユニット
Advanced Grabbing Unit によって カーバル・モーション
接続サイズ		M, 側面設置
コスト	(合計)	450.00
質量	(合計)	0.075 t
空気抵抗		0.2-0.3
耐熱温度		2000 K
耐衝撃性		50 m/秒
開発技術		アクチュエーター
開発導入費		5 200
バージョンから		0.23.5
Part configuration		part.cfg
積載量		なし

The Advanced Grabbing Unit (AGU), or The Klaw, is a medium-sized docking device which can couple to any surface without the requirement of another docking device on the target to mate with. This is a virtual necessity for redirecting asteroids, though the AGU can be used to grab onto much more than just asteroids. In fact, it can grab just about anything, even Kerbals.

Use

Extended Advanced Grabbing Unit on a Command Pod Mk1

The AGU is the primary means of capturing and redirecting asteroids. It's also useful for craft-to-craft docking or for exchanging resources with craft or debris without a docking port. As with docking ports, resources (liquid fuel, electricity, etc.) can be exchanged with the target. And objects connected by claws are controlled together as a single entity. It's like a docking port, but without the complexity of aligning with a receiving port on the target. Kerbals grabbed by the AGU's claw will go limp in a ragdoll state and can be carried with the craft.

Operation is simple. Its state toggles between Armed or Disarmed. While disarmed, it behaves like any other part. Once armed, approach perpendicularly to the target surface at no more than a few m/s and the extended claw will automatically grab anything it collides with (or that collides with it), docking the target to the current vessel. To undocking from the target, right-click the AGU and choose Release.

Once the AGU is attached, its claw's pivot can be toggled. The pivot is locked whenever armed and not attached, but can then be unlocked by right-clicking the AGU and choosing Free Pivot. While freed, reaction wheels or RCS can be used to alter the craft's pitch and yaw (from the AGU's perspective) relative to the target, but not roll; the claw turns, not twists. This is vital when attached to asteroids, as thrust must be aimed directly at the center of mass to keep the asteroid under control while moving it. Note that controls may feel reversed; the opposite end of the craft from the claw will be moving. Note also that the range of motion the pivot provides is bounded by a circle, like the AGU itself, essentially drawing a conical area.

After aligning the craft, the Lock Pivot command can be used to fix the craft's orientation relative to the grabbed target. Note that even when locked, with sufficient lateral force the pivot can be bent, though once the force is removed it will bend back to its locked orientation. It is also possible with pre-assigned Action Groups to “Disarm” the AGU while attached without releasing it − a merely visual effect.

Grabbing a Kerbal

A Kerbal successfully grabbed with the AGU in orbit

Docking with a Kerbal, as of v0.21.2, is possible with the Advanced Grabbing Unit; however, it is tricky to do. The Kerbal must be touched with the exact center of the extended claw in order to capture; touching the Kerbal to the claw arms has no effect. The AGU will not close around the Kerbal; rather, it will simply indicate that it has docked with something, and the Kerbal will be locked in place while still free to ragdoll. The easiest way to grab a Kerbal is to use the Kerbal's own jetpack to steer into the exact center of the claw. When docked successfully, your controls will change to the ship's controls, and the option to EVA with that Kerbal will not be available until the AGU is released. The same Kerbal-AGU system can safely withstand reentry with adequate deceleration to landing velocity.

Product description

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Kerbal Motion社のエンジニアは複雑な機械の中に落とした工具をどうやって回収するかという問題に長い間悩まされてきました。研究室の中で靴を逆さまにして振ることで異物を取り除く研修生を見て、開発チームは閃めいたのです!なぜロケットのパーツを逆さまにして揺らさなかったのでしょう。この保持アームはその需要を完全に満たし、重い機械すら持ち上げることが出来ます。工具を取り出す繊細な作業の他に、別の使用方法が発見されました。その使用方法は通称"Klaw"(claw-鉤爪をもじったもの?)と言います。

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変更点

0.23.5

• 実装。