Homing anti-air missile.

[davidz40]

My first successsfull try to steer missile by moving flaps, plus thrust vectoring for sharp turns.
rear flaps provide stabilisation.
Additionally, uses strange stabilising effect of continous mass changing.

Crazy homing AA missile

davidz

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[RA2lover]

the continuous mass changing actually just shifts the center of gravity of the objects, which is the same thing lucid stabilizers used to do. hovewer thyme allows us to change it much quickier, allowing less weight. the accuracy test uses this kind of method too, so, i think we should all give credit to lucidliquid

[KarateBrot]

i like your thyme stabilizer, RA2lover. it's neat!

[RA2lover]

credits should be given to lucidliquid(phunland forum member), not me.
his stabilizer(using collisions and hinge-based springs) changed the center of gravity in very high speeds(not so high as of beta5), which helped fending off the spin speed. hovewer, it did shake because it moved mass to achieve its goal. that thyme stabilizer doesn't move mass within the object, but instead it just changes the center of gravity(by removing then adding mass again). this means that a fast piston could be used to dampen rotation(but it will shake the contraption)!