gattispilot
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Is the ground Speed measuring only in the Z direction? On my LER it can travel in the x axis. Even though the thrust amount and direction look good my GS is only .35 but when in the full Z straight forward it goes 10.
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tblaxland
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Ground speed is the length of the vessel velocity vector in the ground reference frame. It is independent of the vessel orientation. To test, put a vessel in orbit and note the ground speed when it is pointed in the prograde and orbit normal directions. They will be the same.
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Do you define the Z and X as surface's or vessel's longitudinal / lateral axes, or are they from local / global reference frame?
I've just tested LER, and the max ground speed is the same while moving east, north-east, north, north-west, west, south-west, south, or south-east of the Moon, so I don't think you meant the surface axes. If you mean the vessel axes, then it moves forward with top speed ~20 m/s, backward ~13 m/s, doesn't move on sides, and rotates about 26 degrees per minute for me, and rotation or translation rcs modes don't change anything. Aha, and it's for the updated module of LER.
I've just tested LER, and the max ground speed is the same while moving east, north-east, north, north-west, west, south-west, south, or south-east of the Moon, so I don't think you meant the surface axes. If you mean the vessel axes, then it moves forward with top speed ~20 m/s, backward ~13 m/s, doesn't move on sides, and rotates about 26 degrees per minute for me, and rotation or translation rcs modes don't change anything. Aha, and it's for the updated module of LER.
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