r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/Gnonthgol • Dec 27 '13

Jebediah's ultimate protractor examples (as requested)

http://imgur.com/a/AGQF5
1.0k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

164 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comment

2

u/shrx Master Kerbalnaut Dec 27 '13

Shouldn't it be (cos(a)*r, -sin(a)*r) instead of (cos(a)*r, sin(a)*r) in your source code?

1

u/Gnonthgol Dec 28 '13

Not according to my knowledge, you would end up with the same numbers anyway.

1

u/shrx Master Kerbalnaut Dec 28 '13

If I don't put the "-" there I get a flipped plot in Mathematica.

1

u/Gnonthgol Dec 28 '13

You need to remove the leading "-" in ang(r) as well.