Bug #13315
RoveMax Model XL3
10%
Description
RoveMax Model XL3 wheels consume electricity even when the motors are disabled. Very bad because it sucks the batteries empty when transporting a rover with these wheels with a rocket because everytime you need to set thrust for the rocket the wheels keep consuming energy. It's practically impossible to transport rovemax model xl3 wheels unless you have large solar panels or large fuel cells on board.
See attached screenshot for proof. Wheels on the screenshot are disabled but they consume energy as you can see in the wheels detail window as well as the resource window.
Mods: Kerbal Alarm Clock, Asteroid Day
History
#1 Updated by niklan about 8 years ago
When on ground the wheels drive when disabled and enabled, setting is completely ignored.
#2 Updated by JPLRepo about 8 years ago
- Status changed from New to Need More Info
Can this be reproduced with NO mods installed?
#3 Updated by niklan about 8 years ago
- File rovemax_ignores_disabled.jpg rovemax_ignores_disabled.jpg added
- File RoveMax XL3 Bug.craft RoveMax XL3 Bug.craft added
Removed mods, started new sandbox game, same result: rovemax model xl3 ignores motor enabled/disabled setting completely
#4 Updated by chris.fulton over 5 years ago
- Status changed from Need More Info to Updated
- % Done changed from 0 to 10
This issue occurs with all wheels but EC will be consumed regardless without them when pitching (with Probes or Pods), might be a core issue.