Docking the Seamoth should require base/Cyclops power
frazmi
Kentucky Join Date: 2016-03-19 Member: 214471Members
Kentucky Join Date: 2016-03-19 Member: 214471Members
Docking the Seamoth in a moon pool should take power. There should be two power drain levels, low for when the Seamoth is properly aligned in the bay and high when the Seamoth is at any angle greater than about 15 degrees (since the mechanism always rotates the vessel to the same final setting, and such rotation would take power).
There should be a failsafe so that the moon pool refuses to dock the Seamoth if base power levels are too low. (The failsafe prevents the docking mechanism from losing power half-way through the docking maneuver.)
And since my Prius can charge its battery when coasting downhill, perhaps releasing the Seamoth into the ocean should recapture half the energy of an "aligned capture".
There should be a failsafe so that the moon pool refuses to dock the Seamoth if base power levels are too low. (The failsafe prevents the docking mechanism from losing power half-way through the docking maneuver.)
And since my Prius can charge its battery when coasting downhill, perhaps releasing the Seamoth into the ocean should recapture half the energy of an "aligned capture".
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Or undock. I've lost power while the seamoth was docked and it couldn't be deployed.
yes to the power consumption (it ís an inbase machine that you use)
However there should be a "failsafe" so that it at least let you dock/undock when the station has no power.
Or perhaps even more interresting: Give it it's own power source requirement.
Just some thoughts.