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#9 dock.ks tries to kill us

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Stäphen Goedzal
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2023-02-04
2021-06-04
Stäphen Goedzal
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Velocity matching in dock is very dodgy, and leaves it way too late, causing potential collisions. Check the Newton equations.

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  • Stäphen Goedzal

    Stäphen Goedzal - 2021-06-04

    The whole outside 200m rendevous system needs a complete overhaul. Working on it.

    I really dont want to get into lambert solutions for it though, it is expected the user already get us close enough that we shouldnt need them.

    I just noticed when it nearly killed us again, (and sped past to over 700m before velocity matching) that it enabled the ILS system and somehow still seemed to aquire a docking port. It took ages to get there, but it was very safe. It didnt use much extra hydrazine (about 4L) and looked super realistic!

     

  • Stäphen Goedzal

    Stäphen Goedzal - 2021-07-07

    The real problem is that if we managed a trajectory that directly hits the target, there will be explosions and hilarity, but not what we want.
    We need to vmatch before we get to the target, and within 200m of it.

     

    Last edit: Stäphen Goedzal 2021-07-07

  • Stäphen Goedzal

    Stäphen Goedzal - 2022-02-16
    • status: open --> pending
    • assigned_to: Stäphen Goedzal
     

  • Stäphen Goedzal

    Stäphen Goedzal - 2022-02-16

    Potentially fixed in r91. Requires more checking.

     

  • Stäphen Goedzal

    Stäphen Goedzal - 2023-02-04
    • status: pending --> closed
     

  • Stäphen Goedzal

    Stäphen Goedzal - 2023-02-04

    Testing completed. r97 should be better or at least not deadly.

     

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