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ISL - Medium Solar Recharge Trailer
   
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ISL - Medium Solar Recharge Trailer

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Description
Purpose
An upgrade to the smaller Solar Recharge Trailer, this one carries six large batteries and five solar panels, four of which are on mounted on hinges. Additionally there are rear and underside connectors, and the tow hitch hinges are both conveyored.

There are hinges at the front and rear that function as tow hitches, allowing connections to either trucks or other trailers. As this is not designed as an autonomous vehicle, each trailer is controlled primarily through the use of labeled buttons, although an RC block is still present. Check the "Movement & Control" section for a list of the buttons and their functions.

The vehicles that are compatible with this trailer include:
1. ISL - Iktis RO-100a Light Truck
2. ISL - Iktis RO-130b Light Truck
3. ISL - Ratel RO-720 Excavator
4. ISL - Marten RO-520 Excavator
5. ISL - Marten MK2 RO-520 Excavator
6. ISL - Lakan RC-630a Medium Truck
7. ISL - Lakan RC-700b Medium Truck
8. ISL - Nurina RO-34 Forklift
9. ISL - Mara RO-54b Survival Truck
10. ISL - Mara RO-122a Light Cargo Truck
11. ISL - Lontra RO-72 Utility Truck
12. V.M.E Light Utility Vehicle
13. V.M.E ACR-6 Armoured Risk Control Vehicle
14. V.M.E Light-Duty Truck
15. V.M.E Brawler Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle
16. V.M.E ACR-8 Armoured Ground Combat Vehicle
17. V.M.E ACR-4 Armoured Combat Rover
18. [AGI] SV-64 Castor (Scouting Vehicle)
19. [AGI] LTV-73 Plutus (Light Tunneling Vehicle)

This trailer is still considered "printable" although the addition of a single hinge head, and four solar panels (one on to each of the four side hinges) block is required after printing, as seen in the screenshots.

Features
Power:
6 Batteries
5 Solar Panels

Movement & Control:
1 Remote Control
4 wheels - 3x3

The buttons and timer blocks found on this trailer, and their functions, are as follows:

1. Pack - Trigger TB Pack
2. Unpack - Trigger TB Unpack
3. Connector Switchlock - Lock or Unlock the connector
4. Attach - Attach hinge head to rear mounted hinge base (tow hitch)
5. Detach - Detach hinge head to rear mounted hinge base (tow hitch)
6. TB Pack - Front Hinge Unlock, Pistons Retract, Handbrake Off, Lights On, Solar Panel Hinges reverse
7. TB Unpack - Front Hinge Lock, Pistons Extend, Handbrake On, Lights Off, Solar Panel Hinges reverse

Cargo Space
2 Small Cargo Containers
2 Connectors (Rear & Underside)

Miscellaneous:
This trailer has an empty mass of 16731 kgs.

All ships, vehicles & trailers in this set have a rear mounted Merge block and can be printed using a welder wall with one (large grid) piston. However in this case the merge block is designed to be ground down after printing, all blocks that require removal are painted bright red.
4 Comments
Spite  [author] 9 Feb, 2021 @ 10:18pm 
Hi Merii, I could do that, and the multiple timer block toolbar buttons thing is something I am using in another build already, but in this one I didn't want the solar panels to unfold too quickly, so just the one toolbar is enough
Merii 9 Feb, 2021 @ 1:01am 
Further optimization building off of Brianetta's suggestion: Since timer blocks have multiple hotbars (ctrl-1 through 9 just like your character) you can put the Decrease Speed/Increase Speed on each of them to get more than one boost, which would make the panels fast again.
Spite  [author] 23 Dec, 2020 @ 8:28pm 
That’s sounds like a much better way, I’ll take a look soon!
Brianetta 23 Dec, 2020 @ 5:19pm 
I have a suggestion for the pack/unpack timers. At the moment, the timers both simply reverse the solar hinges, which can get out of sync if the pack/unpack buttons are pressed multiple times. A more reliable approach is to include two actions; on one, have "reset speed" followed by "increase speed", while on the other, "reset speed" followed by "decrease speed". You will lose fine control of the speed, but you will gain reliable operation of the panels.