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O.I.S. SunChaser

Sun Chaser:
This allows the ship to turn in yaw and pitch and to move towards the sun.
NOTE: this assume the gyro used is facing the front of the ship.
Or the gyro and all the solar panels face the direction you want the sun to be.

Settings:
sunTurn (default of 0.018) : how fast to turn the ship
sunOverride (default of 10): what % of thrust override to put the thruster at
sunChaserName (default of [SunChaser]): name of the blocks used for this feature

Example design:
Solar Panel [SunChaser] Fore
Solar Panel [SunChaser] Aft
Solar Panel [SunChaser] Port
Solar Panel [SunChaser] Starboard
gyroscope [SunChaser]
Small Ion Thruster 3 [SunChaser] Fore
Small Ion Thruster 4 [SunChaser] Aft

If SunChaser is turned on the ship will turn sideways toward the sun and then move forward.
This is used in orbitals for the orbital to stay on the sunny side of the planet. Commonly used with autolevel and OrbitHolder/OrbitalGravDrive. If you turn off the fore solar panel then it will not move forward.

DeepSpace
Example design:
Solar Panel [SunChaser] Aft (May not be needed if side panels can see sun from rear)
Solar Panel [SunChaser] Port
Solar Panel [SunChaser] Starboard
Solar Panel [SunChaser] Above
Solar Panel [SunChaser] Below
gyroscope [SunChaser]

Example:
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If SunChaser is turned on the ship will turn sideways and pitch to face the sun.
This is used in deep space to turn the ship to face the sun.


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