Active Ballast( Fluids) Satbilization System

[Artyshock]

Hello. Im just jumped in to this great game and have much fun and Thanks to the community, it was very easy for me to realize what I was thinking and to enjoy the fact that everything works just like I thought. Thank you all for the microcontrollers, hulls, guides... Of course, all this would not have been possible without a great developer of this great game.
So returning to the topic. I needed a small tanker with an active stabilization system. So I googled and found one famous (I think so) MrNJersey stabilization system.
But because of the lack of space (the starting island), and the surplus of inspiration, I decided to install a system like those use in reality. A system that pumps water (or fuel in tanks) for boat stabilization. I could not find such an example of a functioning system, so I had to build it myself with little hope of success.
 I took the base (MrNjersey AS) but instead of pushing the weight in the back and forth or in the sides, I pumped the fuel (or any liquid) to the rear or front or side tanks. This is made possible by the addition of a microcontroller (numbers to on/off) and the function f (X) where x * 1000 is also needed because the values ​​from the sensor coming are very small.
I took this MC https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1594839180&searchtext=numbers+to+on made by IncendiaryMoose (TY dude)
 In practice it works like that, negative numbers from the stabilizer controller through the controller (numbers into On/Off) turn on the pumps pumping the fluid into the front tanks and the positive ones activate the pumps pumping the liquid into the rear tanks.
I only tested the system on a small tanker-boat so far.
   Thus, the system works, although its effect is less noticeable than that of the "standard" active stabilization system.
Besides me, has anyone else done anything like this? What do you think about this? How does the fluid stabilization system work on large and medium-sized vessels? Is it possible to increase system efficiency?


PS tipical sorry for bad english knowing =)

[5002Leumas]

I have not had any experience with liquid based stabilization systems, however, if you are building a tanker small to spawn from the beginner dock, you should not need active stabilization at all. just making sure that your center of gravity is low should be enough.

[Artyshock]

Yeah I know that

Originally posted by 5002Leumas:

you should not need active stabilization at all. just making sure that your center of gravity is low should be enough.

Yeah I know that)
But I just want it and make it . Since i did not find any similar i want to share with my experience in build one

[SamuelPepys]

I used to feature a super effective water ballast stabilisation system on all my ships until the system suddenly didn't work well anymore after an update. Do you have the problem that after a while of working well, water won't empty from one of the tanks? That's what suddenly happened to my system across all vessels. Weird.

[Ra-Ra-Rasputin]

Doing a system like that requires at the minimum pumps and tilt sensors, both which i believe are not unlocked straight off the bat in career mode.

You can stabilize smaller boats very effectively (extremely effectively, to be honest) by putting a pair of fin rudders pointing sideways like a pair of fish fins on the back end of the craft. They resist angular momentum at an extreme rate to function, so as long as you're not hauling a lot of weight, they work immensely well in balancing it all out, but this is a passive system. A front stabilizer (fin rudder placed at the bottom of the craft) and a rear stabilizer (usually 2 or more at the rear) can be part of a very effective system.

Alternatively, you can use a pair of props on the sides of the craft, a pair of clutches, and a toned down (divided throttle) small electric motor to balance it all out. This will also need a tilt sensor, but the idea is to fire the motor which turns the props reactively to balance out the craft. The upside of this system is that you don't need to weigh down your boat with ballast, the downside is the battery drain and noise produced by it.

What i've also used is a heavy weight (such as a large battery) sitting on a swinging cradle. The swing reacts to tilt sensor input by overturning the opposite way that the ship is tilting to, forcing it to balance out. This system can also be made on tracks. The downside is the amount of space it takes, but it's extremely effective and quiet.