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Post by jasonvance on Dec 29, 2016 7:16:06 GMT
With enough time and fiddling with fractions of values you can bring reaction wheels down to a reasonable mass (less than 5% the focusing mirrior's mass)  |
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Post by dragonkid11 on Dec 29, 2016 7:22:24 GMT
But does it has reasonable turning rate?
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Post by n2maniac on Dec 29, 2016 7:26:39 GMT
I typically put a useless turret under them (45 deg angle, ~ 0.06 deg/s) that actually seems to help. But hey, at 100km distance that is 100m/s perpendicular speed it would account for.
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Post by jasonvance on Dec 29, 2016 8:46:50 GMT
But does it has reasonable turning rate? 221 degrees / sec here is the top half of the stats. You can get more if you really want for some reason but they only adjust fractions of a degree at 1,000km so the re-targeting time is less than a milisecond at 221 degrees / sec  |
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Post by inbrainsane on Dec 29, 2016 23:12:32 GMT
Is there some way to provide just a bit of gimbaling? My problem is, as an example, that I might have a laser with a 10 meter mirror that masses 30 tons. I put it in a turret (with no armor) and it's 1000 tons. That's not particularly workable. Here, have a look: childrenofadeadearth.boards.net/post/8783/threadThis should solve your problem at least for lasers. |
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