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[UbuntuLinuxKing]

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[SamBelanger]

Good mod

[UbuntuLinuxKing]

Just now, SamBelanger said:

Good mod

Wait how did you already test it 

[MaverickSawyer]

Uhm.... the textbook definition of a torchship engine is both high thrust and utterly ridiculous I_sp.

[UbuntuLinuxKing]

1 minute ago, MaverickSawyer said:

Uhm.... the textbook definition of a torchship engine is both high thrust and utterly ridiculous I_sp.

Not what I meant. In The Expanse (a TV/Book series where the Epstein Drive is from) torch drives have high thrust but very low ISP.  Might change the name.

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[MaverickSawyer]

Here, Atomic Rocket's torchship page:

http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/torchships.php

[UbuntuLinuxKing]

Just now, MaverickSawyer said:

Here, Atomic Rocket's torchship page:

http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/torchships.php

I've already read most of Atomic Rockets - thanks for the link though! I also just changed the name to "Basic Fusion" Drive.

[SamBelanger]

1 minute ago, UbuntuLinuxKing said:

Wait how did you already test it 

Yes

 

[UbuntuLinuxKing]

1 minute ago, SamBelanger said:

Yes

 

But seriously, if you are interested, please test it! This is my first mod and I would really appreciate feedback.

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[SamBelanger]

Just now, UbuntuLinuxKing said:

But seriously, if you are interested, please test it! This is my first mod and I would really appreciate feedback.

 

A comment? Ok, this is the most cheater engine of all time! 5 stars 

[UbuntuLinuxKing]

Just now, SamBelanger said:

 

A comment? Ok, this is the most cheater engine of all time! 5 stars 

Thanks! Not super-cheaty though, you still have to do orbit maneuvers and stuff. Not like Hyperedit, at least.

[SamBelanger]

17 minutes ago, UbuntuLinuxKing said:

Thanks! Not super-cheaty though, you still have to do orbit maneuvers and stuff. Not like Hyperedit, at least.

Your reason but very good cheat mod

@UbuntuLinuxKing I have a suggestion, I would like the engine used without fuel, will be awesome!

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[Tangle]

All right, I was waiting for something like this!

 

A suggestion: Force fuel to be consolidated into hydrogen pellets, extractable from the ground and seas of low-temperature (kerbin or less) worlds. Each engine has two modes- Epstein and non-epstein. As in canon, non-epsteins are remarkably inefficient; while epsteins are remarkably efficient. 

[UbuntuLinuxKing]

50 minutes ago, Tangle said:

All right, I was waiting for something like this!

 

A suggestion: Force fuel to be consolidated into hydrogen pellets, extractable from the ground and seas of low-temperature (kerbin or less) worlds. Each engine has two modes- Epstein and non-epstein. As in canon, non-epsteins are remarkably inefficient; while epsteins are remarkably efficient. 

Wow, did you try it out? If you did, tell me what you think! No pressure if you haven't tried it or don't want to, though.

How would I program/modify the mining tools and IRSU? And how do I do different modes? Asking everyone here.

Also, I'm planning on adding non-Epstein ("Basic Fusion") drives in a few days, plus some other stuff. (See my original post)

[UbuntuLinuxKing]

1 hour ago, SamBelanger said:

Your reason but very good cheat mod

@UbuntuLinuxKing I have a suggestion, I would like the engine used without fuel, will be awesome!

You mean you want it to use no fuel? Sorry dude, I can't do that. You could just use infinite fuel in the debug menu if you REALLY want it to work without a fuel tank.

[SamBelanger]

Just now, UbuntuLinuxKing said:

You mean you want it to use no fuel? Sorry dude, I can't do that. You could just use infinite fuel in the debug menu if you REALLY want it to work without a fuel tank.

 

It's correct

[UbuntuLinuxKing]

Just now, SamBelanger said:

 

It's correct

What do you mean?

[SamBelanger]

Just now, UbuntuLinuxKing said:

What do you mean?

 

I mean I respect you and it's okay to say no

[goldenpsp]

18 minutes ago, UbuntuLinuxKing said:

What do you mean?

Don't feed the troll.

[UbuntuLinuxKing]

11 hours ago, goldenpsp said:

Don't feed the troll.

Oh.

[Iskierka]

14 hours ago, MaverickSawyer said:

Here, Atomic Rocket's torchship page:

http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/torchships.php

The rule of thumb given here is one megawatt per kilogram (of ship), nothing to do with Isp. We can, however, infer Isp from that.

Assuming an acceleration limit of 5g, we have 10 MW/kg / 50N/kg = 1 MW / 50N, which equals 20,000 m/s. A quick sanity check on the definition of thrust power ( P = Tv/2 ) tells us we need to double this to get the actual exhaust velocity, but this is only 4,000 seconds still, and qualifies as a torchship. To qualify as a torchship at 1g, we can now quickly infer an exhaust velocity of 20,000 s (multiply by 5). Very high, but not ludicrous for the kinds of technologies you would look at to make one.

Interesting side-conclusion: the Sprint missile was a torchship. 100g acceleration, 20x higher than first calculation here. Divide the Isp by 20 to balance and it qualifies as long as its Isp is greater than 200 s.

[MaverickSawyer]

Y'know... I'd never thought about Sprint like that before. But you're right... It does (ever so briefly) qualify as one.