How you calculate full stop distance ? StopDistance spreadsheet

[NiankoSensei]

how i can calculate full stop distance ? Edit Spreadsheet for calculate full stop distance download [url][/url] for a better use is need update fuel % every step

[nozmajner]

[url]http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-calculate-time-and-distance-from-accelerati.html[/url] might help to aproximate it, but it won't be exact since you constantly lose reaction mass, so your acceleration increases when you are burning your engines.

[NiankoSensei]

is not possible get this value from pioneer ? from F3 screen for example ?

[nozmajner]

As far as I know thrusts aren't exposed to lua, so no. At least not in a trivial way. But don't take my word for it, I'm not a real coder.

[NiankoSensei]

I have modified topic title becouse i want to know how ppl play pioneer and for see if there is a fast way for clculate the right distance ingame Thanks all for yours replies

[walterar]

Do not quite understand the question, you mean something like this? dist = body:DistanceTo(otherbody)

[NiankoSensei]

The question is : With your speed versus target how you calculate the distance need to stop ? for my own use i have made this spreadsheet, is enought insert G acceleration for have reference distances [attachment=2265:StopDist.tar.gz] Edit for who interested i have added AU conversion

[walterar]

If you give me an example of how you use this, I'll understand better. :notme:

[NiankoSensei]

for example i have a ship with 9g accelleratio empty and 5g acceleration full , after the aceleration is half empty and i have an aceleration of 7g i inser 7g in B1 and i have all reference for decelerating for example at 1000 km/s i need 7288630 kilometers for a full stop, logically you consume fuel in decelerating and those are only references

[walterar]

Mmmm ... I confess my ignorance about piloting, these data, I leave to the autopilot. :wizard: But if you wanted to find the exact data, sail by some Ship-AI.cpp or something. :read: The autopilot does a great job. :good:

[NiankoSensei]

Autopilot ? wasted space, if you use a little ship or fighter is better put others system than autopilot

[walterar]

Ok. Yes, there are many ways to play Pioneer. Some more fun than others, in the opinion of each player. That is good.

[NeuralKernel]

For time, the autopilot can't be beat... for conserving deltaV... I can't be beat

[walterar]

I combine manual flight <> autopilot, as appropriate. And my way of playing is to test all ships, without using Ctrl-M, or console commands.

[NiankoSensei]

Updated now G aceleration is calculated by the fuel [url]http://spacesimcentral.com/ssc/topic/3933-how-do-you-calculate-full-stop-distance/#entry43442[/url]

[NiankoSensei]

For time, the autopilot can't be beat... for conserving deltaV... I can't be beat  That is wrong, with manual flight you can improve fuel burn, autopilot save always 20% of fuel but in manual flight you can burn 50% of fuel only for aceleration and for scout mission you can manage more better fuel comsumation and save enought fuel for the flight back

[NiankoSensei]

Ops, i have do a mistake with fuel in the spreadsheet updated version at first post [url]http://spacesimcentral.com/ssc/topic/3933-how-you-calculate-full-stop-distance/#entry43442[/url]

[Vuzz]

Seriously , its really a brain storming for nothing , you have the last technology with orbital maps ,an a very acurate autopilot for that ... I prefer let this sort of of work to my in board computer , but if it's your trip , good game ! ? 

[NiankoSensei]

Autopilot is the real problem of pioneer, it left 70% of the gameplay, better is have those value on hud but for now i can fly by hand by compiling this spreadsheet. This make briefing for missions more fun and i can improve flights with a better fuel compsumation

[Vuzz]

ok , it's your trip , but personally i prefer consider Pioneer as a "reals conditions simulator" and think that the space nav is too dangerous to abord that without a lot of computer helps .... i reality of the space flight nothing is under the real control of the astronaut ( except in urgengy , shudown of computers alims for ex, ) i take the command only in case of fight or in atmo flight ... but its my trip , i like the Frontier ambiance : be in semi lethargic ( or criogenisation ?) state under the control of the stardreammer and ... surrrender return in the reality with the warning of an closer ship !!! 0_0