Gimbal¶
Many engines in KSP have thrust vectoring gimbals which are handled by their own module
- structure Gimbal¶
Suffix
Type (units)
Description
All suffixes of
PartModuleIs the Gimbal locked in neutral position?
Does the Gimbal respond to pitch controls?
Does the Gimbal respond to yaw controls?
Does the Gimbal respond to roll controls?
Scalar(%)Percentage of the maximum range the Gimbal is allowed to travel
Scalar(deg)The Gimbal’s Possible Range of movement
The Gimbal’s Possible Rate of travel
Current Gimbal Pitch
Current Gimbal Yaw
Current Gimbal Roll
Note
Gimbal is a type of PartModule, and therefore can use all the suffixes of PartModule. Shown below are only the suffixes that are unique to Gimbal.
Gimbal can be accessed as Engine:GIMBAL atribute of Engine.
- Gimbal:LOCK¶
- Type
- Access
Get/Set
Is this gimbal locked to neutral position and not responding to steering controls right now? When you set it to true it will snap the engine back to 0s for pitch, yaw and roll
- Gimbal:PITCH¶
- Type
- Access
Get/Set
Is the gimbal responding to pitch controls? Relevant only if the gimbal is not locked.
- Gimbal:YAW¶
- Type
- Access
Get/Set
Is the gimbal responding to yaw controls? Relevant only if the gimbal is not locked.
- Gimbal:ROLL¶
- Type
- Access
Get/Set
Is the gimbal responding to roll controls? Relevant only if the gimbal is not locked.
- Gimbal:LIMIT¶
- Type
Scalar(%)- Access
Get/Set
Percentage of maximum range this gimbal is allowed to travel
- Gimbal:RANGE¶
- Type
Scalar(deg)- Access
Get only
The maximum extent of travel possible for the gimbal along all 3 axis (Pitch, Yaw, Roll)
- Gimbal:PITCHANGLE¶
- Type
- Access
Get only
The gimbals current pitch, has a range of -1 to 1. Will always be 0 when LOCK is true
- Gimbal:YAWANGLE¶
- Type
- Access
Get only
The gimbals current yaw, has a range of -1 to 1. Will always be 0 when LOCK is true