Ship Turning Rates for mods

Suicide Junkie · #1 January 14th, 2007, 01:41 AM

You may or may not want to use this:

Approximate
I = M * R^2

Approximate R = V^1/3, where V ~ M
I = M^(5/3)
Assume thrust is proportional to mass, for ships are usually the same speed.
The maximum torque available is Force * R, which becomes M * M^(1/3) = M (4/3)

Torque over angular momentum gives acceleration of M^(-1/3)
Since we're dealing with constant speed instead of constant acceleration, square that to get M^(-2/3)

So, unless I did something wrong,
Turn rate should be proportional to 1/ shipsize^0.6666

Atrocities · #2 January 14th, 2007, 01:57 AM

Ok, its official, my brain has just overloaded.

President_Elect_Shang · #3 January 14th, 2007, 02:03 AM

Dude; it's just a game...

Suicide Junkie · #4 January 14th, 2007, 02:05 AM

To put it simply, yes indeedy, big ships turn slower.
Not quite as bad as 1/size, but almost.

President_Elect_Shang · #5 January 14th, 2007, 02:15 AM

I thought the question of SE ship mass was still in debate. So what are using to calculate the mass?

Suicide Junkie · #6 January 14th, 2007, 02:26 AM

I'm not. It is all relative and proportional.

To use this, select one of your hulls arbitrarily and give it an arbitrary turning rate you like.
All the other hulls can then get a matching turn rate based on this.

For example, I decided arbitrarily that my scout (40kt) would have a turning rate of 0.001.
Therefore my battleship (240kt) should have a turning rate of about 0.0003
And my micro fighter (18kt) gets 0.0017