Here's a simple question: What is the difference between "CorrEngines" and "TurnEngines"? Is the first for lateral movement and the second for rotation? And if so, what units are used?
From the
Manual:
MainEngines, RetroEngines, HoverEngines, CorrEngines – maximum acceleration (in m/s[sup]2[/sup]) caused by the engines: the main, braking, takeoff, and shunting engines. If the value is zero, it means that ship has no corresponding engines (for example, the Shuttle has no braking engines, while any starship has no takeoff engines).
TurnEngines – “thrust” of the shunting engines while using them to rotate the ship. Larger value for faster rotations.
Since it's not explicitly declared, I'm not entirely sure of the unit for the TurnEngines value, but it could be radians per second, the radian has no units.
Thank you, my good man. I've read that section on ships more than once. Don't know why I missed that. I guess I was thinking that if you specify a thrust for CorrEngines, then those same thrusters would be used for turning also, but then I realized that their effect on rotating would depend on their position relative to the centre of mass, for lateral movements it wouldn't.
Radians, not degrees. Should have realized that, also. (And a radian
is a unit.)
Thanks again.