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    Can someone ezplain what DeltaV is?

    in KSP1 Gameplay Questions and Tutorials

    Posted · Edited by Supernovy

    It isn't the sort of thing you'll be taught about unless you specifically get involved in the field. There aren't many places you'd use it outside astrophysics/spacecraft just because drag/friction features elsewhere meaning it loses its worth a little.

    But yes, change in velocity is dV. Rate of change of dV is acceleration.

    E.g. I have a constantly accelerating object with an initial velocity 20m/s. Its velocity after 5 seconds is 40m/s.

    So dV is 40-20 = 20m/s

    Acceleration is (40-20)/5 = 4m/s^2

    Course it is more complicated in rocketry 'cause a significant mass of the rocket is fuel, so acceleration changes rapidly (F/m = a).

    @benzman dV takes in to account the mass change so the second bit is fine :D

    [0.23.5] TreeLoader - Custom Career Tech-tree Loader 1.1.5

    in KSP1 Mod Releases

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    Just a hint for those that may have trouble with Yargnit's tree: You can get quite a bit of science on literally the very first mission you do without even lifting up from the ground. The launchpad gives you two sources of samples, and also do an EVA report and a crew report from the capsule.

    Or you can go sub-orbital with the boosters, by triggering the one above to ignite just before the end of the previous so that the spent one explodes. :)

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