Reaction Control System

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The Reaction Control System, mostly just called RCS, is a set of gas-fueled small thrusters primarily intended for orienting vessels in vacuum.


Fuel

In order to use RCS, you will need both a dedicated RCS fuel tank alond with some RCS thrusters. The fuels tanks for RCS are different from solid or liquid fuels tank, and currently come in two options.

Mass (kg)
Image Part Radial Size Full Empty Fuel Capacity
Fl-r25 rcs tank-t.png FL-R25 RCS Fuel Tank Small 0.5 0.1 200
FL R1.PNG FL-R1 RCS Fuel Tank Large 3 0.5 1100