Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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It is a great deal of difference.
Conrad
Yes, it was a pretty tight system.
This is probably
a function of each individual syst em because I
remember Jim mentioning the fact that it was so much
sloppier in Rate Command RCS and there is a differ­
ence in the tolerance. But it sure wasn't apparent
to us.
Both the OAMS and RCS Rate Command systems
were just as tight as they could be.
Cooper
Well, the OAMS Rate Command system definitely was
tighter because you could come zapping around with it
and the second you let go of the handle it stopped
right there.
Barn, it never even quivered, just
held right there.
Conrad
Yes, we must have had an outstanding set of rate
gyros.
The RCS Rate Command there had a wider
band.
There was so much power and authority
in the RCS Rate Command that it actually gave me
a little bit of problem just hitting the point,
getting lined up on it for retrofire.
There was just
so much authority you had trouble getting just
small amounts of control force until you got
used to it.
There was so much power there,
almost more power than you needed for fine
contr ol. It would be interesting to simulate