Jet engine smoke ... really?

[Azimech]

Squad, what's the smoke on these jet engines? Even the J79 didn't smoke this much, and it's smoke was black. It's like I'm constantly watching a Cheech & Chong movie.

The big problem is: it takes up too much cpu power when using a lot of them. I eventually edited it out on my install but it would be better if there's a toggle somewhere to switch it off, unless the engine is damaged.

[Capt Snuggler]

yes, I Agree! pretty much all engine effects could do with a going over before v1.0

[Majorjim!]

http://i.imgur.com/qxagmsN.png

Squad, what's the smoke on these jet engines? Even the J79 didn't smoke this much, and it's smoke was black. It's like I'm constantly watching a Cheech & Chong movie.

The big problem is: it takes up too much cpu power when using a lot of them. I eventually edited it out on my install but it would be better if there's a toggle somewhere to switch it off, unless the engine is damaged.

Looks like Squad got the fuel/air mix wrong.

But yes, also why don't the mini mainsails produce smoke? They are burning rocket fuel.

[pizzaoverhead]

It's meant to represent a condensation trail, but there's no lower altitude limit set due to it and the other effects mostly being placeholders.

[Tex]

It would be cool to have the blurred air effect from the hot exhaust like real jets have instead of the smoking air. And some flaring! Our wings need flaring! That would be cool.

[FishInferno]

But yes, also why don't the mini mainsails produce smoke? They are burning rocket fuel.

Most liquid rockets do not produce smoke, or not nearly as much as the ones in KSP. So the real question is why do the other liquid rockets produce smoke?

[Woopert]

It would be cool to have the blurred air effect from the hot exhaust like real jets have instead of the smoking air. And some flaring! Our wings need flaring! That would be cool.

I agree with Maximus97. It's so cool to see the exhaust from jets taking off. For those that don't know what he is talking about, see these pictures. Wouldn't that be awesome in KSP?!

[dryer_lint]

So the real question is why do the other liquid rockets produce smoke?

Because it looks awesome.

That's it

[Darren9]

I think you're outside of the intended use with that particular setup They look fine to me when it just shoots out the back.

[CaelumEtAstra]

What about contrails?

[FishInferno]

Because it looks awesome.

That's it

I beg to differ.

It would also be cool if the engine exhaust changed with altitude like IRL.

[SaturnV]

Darn it now I really want stock rotating/moving parts

[Azimech]

They're already there, SaturnV. Just look in my signature. Unless you mean Squad putting IR parts in.

[peadar1987]

What about contrails?

They're actually chemtrails. The gummint are spraying chemicals into the air to steal our thoughts and turn our children into communists. Wake up sheeple!

[Pds314]

It looks ish okay with 1 or 2. Having made planes with 60 or so RAPIERs, I can say that it gets both really odd-looking and really laggy.

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Remember that real jet wash makes hurricane winds from a hundred meters out. That's on commercial high-bypass turbofans. On low-bypass fighter engines, turbojets, aspirated rockets and regular rockets, the wash is much more powerful. The Rocketdyne F-1 blew the asphalt off a road running parallel to the test site. The 30 engines used by the N1 were the most powerful leaf blower ever. The smoke from the exhaust would be blown far out of sight, not lazily sit around in the 10000 mph winds behind a rocket engine or the 1000 mph winds behind a high-bypass jet.

[Pds314]

Remember, the thrust power output of the N-1 it's roughly equivalent to the electrical power consumption of the present-day EU. Think about that for a minute. The entire power grid of the EU in an area the size of a tennis court. That's gonna push the smoke out more than just a few tens of meters. Within a bit over 5 minutes, that's the energy output of the first atomic bomb.