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Bug #13080

Tilted landing gear causes phantom acceleration

Added by rudi1291 about 8 years ago. Updated about 8 years ago.

Status:
New
Severity:
Low
Assignee:
-
Category:
Physics
Target version:
-
Start date:
10/21/2016
% Done:

0%

Version:
Platform:
Windows
Expansion:
Language:
English (US)
Mod Related:
No
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Description

Landing gear causes phantom acceleration, if tilted to the side and attached radially. NOT on planes, so 'splayed' landing gear wont show this.

Steps to Replicate:
1) Load the attached craft
2) Launch

Expected: The craft does nothing

Observed: The landing gears cause a rapid acceleration, causing the craft to spin until it falls over.

Notes:
Tested for all landing gear. All landing gear behave like this
Normal wheels DONT behave like this
Doesn´t work if the landing gears are facing the same direction, so this can´t be exploited for forward movement.
It doesn´t matter if the landing gear was attached in symmetry or not, as long as its arranged 'in a circle' (i.e. each landing gear pointing towards the next one)
Seems to be related to 'Spring Strength'. Turning that all the way down causes the landing gear to accelerate backwards

screenshot317.png (1.87 MB) screenshot317.png [email protected] rudi1291, 10/21/2016 04:53 PM
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LY10 splayed.craft (14.9 KB) LY10 splayed.craft [email protected] rudi1291, 10/21/2016 04:54 PM
screenshot318.png (2.29 MB) screenshot318.png [email protected] rudi1291, 10/21/2016 04:54 PM
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History

#1 Updated by AlffromKerbal about 8 years ago

I'm wondering if this is related to #13276 and #13250

(Another post about this #13413)

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