Convert-O-Tron 250 "missing ore"

[wreckreation]

IRSU question

I built an isru test rig, with:


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[*]two empty LFO tanks, stacked
[*]the Convert-O-Tron 250 stacked on top of those
[*]a drill attached to the side of one of the tanks
[*]about 40 RTG's for power
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Used hyperedit to move the rig to Duna, to a spot that scans show has about 4.5% ore concentration. Deploy the drill, start "surface harvesting", start convert-o-tron up to make LFO.

At that point, the drill reports "ore full", and the convert-o-tron reports "missing ore". No LFO is made.

This is just about the simplest isru rig I can think of, plenty of power, empty tanks to fill, everything is connected together, with crossfeed on.

So... what an I missing here? Edited November 20, 2015 by wreckreation

[sal_vager]

An ore tank. Edited November 20, 2015 by sal_vager

[wreckreation]

[quote name='sal_vager']An ore tank.[/QUOTE]

Seriously, I can't feed ore directly to the the machine that will process the ore, it has to pass through an ore tank first? Even though I'm not storing any ore, just immediately converting it to fuel.

Well. Okay then. :rolleyes:

Good to know, thanks! I appreciate your help!

[KerikBalm]

I don't understand why they can't give the thing a 1 ore unit capacity to avoid this problem... much like rockets with alternators have a small capacity for electric charge

[fourfa]

The newest tiny radial-mount ore tank can fit anywhere. Be glad for the many design options allowed by this part.