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Add RCS failure modes #165

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Starstrider42 opened this issue May 18, 2017 · 2 comments
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Add RCS failure modes #165

Starstrider42 opened this issue May 18, 2017 · 2 comments
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Starstrider42 commented May 18, 2017 •
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Currently, the only failure mode applicable to RCS thrusters is exploding. It would be nice if they had slightly less dramatic ways of failing.

In principle, RCS thrusters can have most of the failure modes experienced by main engines, including Isp loss, thrust loss, shutdown, and (at least for bipropellant thrusters like the stock Vernor Engine) ignition failures. I'm not sure if cooling failures make sense.
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anxcon commented May 31, 2017

was also suggested a while ago to have RCS jam 'on' such as a valve seizing

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I assume that a jammed thruster would still turn off if you completely shut down RCS? I imagine the failure would be unplayable otherwise.

@jwvanderbeck jwvanderbeck added this to the 2.2 milestone Jun 29, 2021
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