Re: [ERPS] Re: AVR/AST news

2003-10-23 Thread David Weinshenker
David Weinshenker wrote: > > Pierce Nichols wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 00:15, David Masten wrote: > > > > > I had figured that to yaw left decrease left engine thrust and increase > > > right engine thrust simultaneously. Since opposite motors generate > > > torque in the same direction

Re: [ERPS] Re: AVR/AST news

2003-10-23 Thread David Masten
On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 14:55, Pierce Nichols wrote: > On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 00:15, David Masten wrote: > > > I had figured that to yaw left decrease left engine thrust and increase > > right engine thrust simultaneously. Since opposite motors generate > > torque in the same direction this should me

Re: [ERPS] Re: AVR/AST news

2003-10-23 Thread David Weinshenker
Pierce Nichols wrote: > > On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 00:15, David Masten wrote: > > > I had figured that to yaw left decrease left engine thrust and increase > > right engine thrust simultaneously. Since opposite motors generate > > torque in the same direction this should mean no (little) torque chan

Re: [ERPS] Re: AVR/AST news

2003-10-23 Thread Pierce Nichols
On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 00:15, David Masten wrote: > I had figured that to yaw left decrease left engine thrust and increase > right engine thrust simultaneously. Since opposite motors generate > torque in the same direction this should mean no (little) torque change. Neither the strategy y

Re: [ERPS] Re: AVR/AST news

2003-10-23 Thread David Masten
On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 19:30, John Carmack wrote: > I just live with the cross-axis coupling, but you can rotate things a > little and actually make the issue go away -- instead of thinking about > throttling one engine up to pitch or yaw, throttle two adjacent engines up > to rotate as if there