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I'm trying to make an orbit mechanic and Ive been trying for the last week, but i just cant figure out how to do it, i hate trig lol...

Im trying to do this:
Ship B Orbits around Ship A at Specified Distance (eg: 1km)
While keeping in mind the Max (Local Axis)Rotation speed (eg: 6dagrees/s) and the max movement speed (eg: 300 m/s)
Also taking into account the movements of Ship A

(If any of you have played Eve-Online thats the type of orbit im trying to recreate)

If ShipB's rot and movement speeds are not high enough to keep a stable orbit for X distance, the ship should orbit at the minimum distance possible (with the right math this should happen anyway)
(Note: I have EZRotate, I would include some snipplets but right now the code is a mess and dosent work at all)

Rather short of time here, so I'm just gonna give you a few equations you can use to calculate a new position when dealing with orbiting.

X, Y and Z are the positions of the orbiting object, OX, OY and OZ are the positions of the origin that the orbiting object will rotate around (in this case, the positions of Ship B), AngX and AngY are the offset angles from the Ship B to Ship A, that is, you rotate down AngX deg, and round AngY deg, and finally, Dist is the distance you want to orbit from the origin:

X = OX + sin( AngY ) * cos( AngX ) * Dist
Y = OY - sin( AngX ) * Dist
Z = OZ + cos( AngY ) * cos( AngX ) * Dist


You can take it from there I'm sure.

yes, that creates an orbit path, but it dose not implement rotation speeds ect...

Basicly the only movement Ship B will have is ShipB->MoveForward
no dbSetObjectPosition...

It has to all be centered around rotation, and rotation speeds