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3 hours ago, FreeThinker said:

mmm, well it will be in the next patch, I intend it to scale it with the microwave reciever  mass, which is exponent 2.5

Great idea! 

I am looking forward to get it. My 330+ GW transmitter will benefit from it for sure. 

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1 minute ago, Profit- said:

The LqdNitrogen ends up being my go to reaction thrust though because I can gather it while launching, start off with 0% and reach orbit with 90% of my fuel tanks full. 

Wow! 

How much time does it take to refuel in place? e.g. do you manage to generate Nitrogen faster then burn it? How do you compose your craft?

BTW is there any example of ISRU-Extraction base?

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Thanks for a great mod.

It is so confusing that brings a lot of fun into the game.

One of the items is all these propellant types - I read *.cfg and understood nothing.

I had to extract part of C# codebase today and run it against Closed Cycle Gas Core Engine Mk1 to understand how it will work in space

Here are the results, I might have missed something but more-or-less it matches in game observations of Thrust and ISP I get.

Fuel	ISP Mult	Thr Mult	ISP	Thrust	ISP*Thr	Decomposition
LqdHydrogen	1	1	1865.34	251.47	469077
Diborane	0.763	1	1423.25	329.58	469074
LqdHelium	0.79	1	1473.62	318.31	469068
LqdMethane	0.761819	2.652031	1421.05	875.4	1243987	Y
Hydrazine	0.744	1.403	1387.81	474.2	658099
LiquidFuel	0.7	1	1305.74	359.24	469074
Lithium	0.577	1	1076.3	435.82	469073
LqdAmmonia	0.6303	1.416	1175.72	564.93	664199
Hydrolox	0.6289	2	1173.11	799.7	938136
Methalox	0.538008	2.152031	1003.57	1005.86	1009451	Y
LFO	0.417	1.4	777.85	844.25	656699
Kerosene	0.417188	2.40601	778.2	1450.25	1128585	Y
Water	0.471412	1.914378	879.34	1021.19	897973	Y
LqdCO2	0.4085	1.2071	761.99	743.07	566211
LqdCO	0.3273	1	610.53	768.3	469070
LqdNitrogen	0.3273	1	610.53	768.3	469070
Argon	0.22222	1	414.52	1131.6	469070
XenonGas	0.1234	1	230.18	2037.84	469070

 

This table shows that there is nothing better then LqdMethane for ClosedCycle Thermal Nozzle. (about same for Nuclear Jets).

Is it what is expected by Interstellars authors? 

Am I alone who thinks that thrust/ISP mechanics overcompilcated?