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KSP Interstellar Extended Continued Development Thread
Ciliate replied to FreeThinker's topic in KSP1 Mod Development
Got a question/problem. I've noticed that both in a fully upgraded career mode & in sandbox mode, all reactors power output are stuck at mk3, rather than upgrading through mk4 to 5. What is the cause of this and how may I fix it? -
KSP Interstellar Extended Continued Development Thread
Ciliate replied to FreeThinker's topic in KSP1 Mod Development
"The reason he Gascore reactor doesn't perform well is because it's internal vortex collapses due to Kerbin gravity. It can only operate well under low acceleration/gravity conditions." I never knew that! Glad to see I am still learning new quirks in this mod. Thanks FT and SciMan. -
KSP Interstellar Extended Continued Development Thread
Ciliate replied to FreeThinker's topic in KSP1 Mod Development
I am running into an odd problem with the gas core reactor on my spaceplane using a thermal turbojet. I noticed I was getting very little thrust and was running out of thermal power very quickly, I found what could be the cause, the reactor was only operating at 10%. So I’ve ran a few more tests (see picture), using most of the reactor types at 2.5m. I found that only the dumbo and normal molten salt reactors would operate at 100%, the rest never reached that level. Even stranger, the gas core and molten salt rector varied in power output, oscillated from 10-12%. I’ve used kspi for over a year but can’t figure out what could cause a reactor to stay at 10%. Also, the normal salt reactor produced more thermal power at 2.5m than the large salt reactor. Possible glitch? Another point, I noticed different isp results from different thermal turbojets depending on the reactor, all using air as propellant. How might this effect a spaceplane or other craft? On a final note, this is my first forum post, so I just like to say thank you Freethinker for maintaining this amazing mod, I’ve used it for a very long time and find it adds so much to the KSP experience. People like you add so much to video games.