Stargazer1776

Thanks. The reason I am asking is because I remember that nyrath mentioned some time ago that even though he was basing the model for his Orion off of the USAF 10 meter design, he was changing some of the values such as thrust. According to his website, the USAF 10 meter Orion had a thrust of approximately 2 mega-newtons, and yet he gave his Orion the ability to launch bombs all the way up in to the 400 mega-newton range. I was just wondering if since he altered the thrust (quite dramatically), then maybe he altered the specific impulse as well.

Does anyone here know the specific impulse of nyrath's orion mod? I realize its some insanely high figure, but I was just wondering if anyone had an actual number for the Isp.

Does anyone know what the specific impulse and thrust values are for the Orion and Medusa? I realize that they are incredibly high, but I was just wondering if someone has some actual numbers for these values. The reason I’m asking is because when I fly the Orion, the thrust indicator for the engine reads, “0.1 KN”, and I know that can’t be correct. The specific impulse indicator reads “15,000”, which could be correct I guess, but it just seems a little high for a 5 meter Orion. If anyone here knows what the actual thrust and Isp values are for the Orion and Medusa, I would greatly appreciate it.