Request Gimbal Mod for XR1/XR2/DGIV

[theflyingfish]

Hey, everyone. Was fooling around and wondered if making [ame="http://orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=2775"]this[/ame] was possible for the DGIV, XR2, etc. I think it would be great for ORL or something like that, to enhance manueverability. Also would be helpful for anyone who wants to make a tail-sitting VTOL craft.

Just an Idea. :idea:

 

[computerex]

Hai. Until someone else makes something more specific, this might be useful:
[ame="http://orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=3661"]Thrust Control MFD[/ame]

It allows you to gimble main/hover thrusters.

 

[theflyingfish]

Does that addon (Thrust Control MFD) automatically gimbal the thrusters in response to control inputs, or just give you a little slider like in the default XR2/DGIV?

EDIT: Just tried it. It does rotate the thrust vector, but rotates it a whole 90 degrees up and down. Activate it while flying and the slightest bit of up elevator sends the DG through the air, spinning end-over-end.

 

[Lucy]

Actually with the XR's API I think this would be possible to implement, but probably not for the DGIV. I'll have to look into how much control I have over the main engines and how much work it would be to intercept the attitude control commands and gimbal the engines based on it.

 

[computerex]

Hello. The gimbling in Thrust Control MFD is based upon the user input. The problem is, if you are not using a joystick, you can only input 1.0 or 0.1 (while holding down control). When you hold down the 2 key on the numpad, 1.0 input is sent to Orbiter. The MFD reads this as a 100% deflection of the main engines. I need to fix a bug in this MFD anyway, so I'll update it to have a user configurable deflection limit.



Ps. MFD is incompatible with the 2010 version of Deltaglider. The Deltaglider seems to have some update that conflicts with yaw gimbaling.