[1.2 - 1.4] Elephant Engine, v0.2 (2016-05-06)

[19chickens]

What's the mass flow of the engine in elephant-seconds?

[Geschosskopf]

22 hours ago, NecroBones said:

The Elephant Engine is effectively a 75% "Mammoth". It consists of three "Vectors" in a single 3.75m housing, for when a Mammoth is just overkill. As a side-bonus, mode switching in-flight will allow you to emit a plume of elephants, instead of fire.

Good idea on both counts

 

[nobodyhasthis2]

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The Saturn V burns 4887.5L fuel per second. Density of the used fuel is about 1.2kg /L of fuel so 5865 kg/s. An average elephant weighs 4309kg so that results at 1.36 Elephants per second. 

This is awesome. 

Since we now been given a Kerbin sized engine. I wonder how heavy the elephants really are on Kerbin?

I wonder what other units of measurement we could have. Scott Manley's twinkie scale video and now elephant exhaust. What is next. The pirate ninja mod?

Edited May 7, 2016 by nobodyhasthis2

[Sobas]

Glorious

[SSgt Baloo]

Oh, those poor elephants!

*Still laughing*

[NecroBones]

 

My post on the KSP subreddit ""Elephants per second" should become a new measure of engine effectiveness. " has generated a lot of great comments. Some of my favorites:

 

• " Metric elephants or imperial elephants? "
• " For every elephant, there is an equal and opposite elephant. "
• " It would have to be in elephants/(m/s)² "
• " Wouldn't that be Esp, or Specific Elephants? "

 

[nli2work]

no virtual elephants were harmed

[MaverickSawyer]

Okay, two points...

Point the First: Nice gap-filler engine. That alone generates a DL from me.

Point Jr: I was wondering how long it would take someone to do this in KSP. 

[Noob21]

what is this acid trip of a mod

[SpaceKraken]

Wha...

Ok, now i need Whale version. 

[ValCab33]

Elephant/10

*elephant sounds intensifies*

[Puggonaut]

This is without a doubt the silliest idea ever

Keep up the good work

p:s a Penguin one would be wicked , you could call it a "Pingu" Engine

for extra stupidity how a Jelly Baby Version

[Thatguywholikesionengines]

Now make the elephant texture bagels and give it to me. NAOW!

[Tortoise]

Can you make a Kerbal Engine? I'd love to be propelled by jebediah clones.

[NecroBones]

On 5/22/2016 at 1:26 AM, Tortoise said:

Can you make a Kerbal Engine? I'd love to be propelled by jebediah clones.

 

That would be amusing.

 

[Danny88]

I love it! 

[Speadge]

Is there a reason for this thread to be sticky?

[Alshain]

4 hours ago, Speadge said:

Is there a reason for this thread to be sticky?

Thread of the Month for June and @sal_vager hasn't gotten around to updating for July yet.

EDIT: Or maybe it's for July and the title got messed up.  I'm not real sure but here is the thread.

EDIT 2: Or based on the last few, maybe it's the threads of the past month I guess.

 

Edited July 3, 2016 by Alshain

[Dfthu]

I don't get it.

[Alshain]

On 7/3/2016 at 10:54 PM, Dfthu said:

I don't get it.

What do you not get?  It's an engine with 3/4 the power of the Mammoth (or 3x the power of the Vector).  It fills a niche that no stock engine does.

The elephants coming out of the engine is just an Easter egg/Joke and can be turned off to behave like a normal engine.

Edited July 5, 2016 by Alshain

[DomiKamu]

I don't understand why this topic is pinned...

[NecroBones]

On 7/3/2016 at 11:54 PM, Dfthu said:

I don't get it.

 

8 hours ago, Alshain said:

What do you not get?  It's an engine with 3/4 the power of the Mammoth (or 3x the power of the Vector).  It fills a niche that no stock engine does.

The elephants coming out of the engine is just an Easter egg/Joke and can be turned off to behave like a normal engine.

Yep, and it's also a joke reference to the "elephants per second" visual of fuel consumption rate:

 

 

4 hours ago, DomiKamu said:

I don't understand why this topic is pinned...

 

"Thread of the month" selection.

 

[Andem]

1 hour ago, NecroBones said:

 

 

 

Note that the animators in this example took the time to add elephant blood all over the launch pad... 

[Guest]

On 07/05/2016 at 11:11 PM, NecroBones said:

 

My post on the KSP subreddit ""Elephants per second" should become a new measure of engine effectiveness. " has generated a lot of great comments. Some of my favorites:

 

• " Metric elephants or imperial elephants? "
• " For every elephant, there is an equal and opposite elephant. "
• " It would have to be in elephants/(m/s)² "
• " Wouldn't that be Esp, or Specific Elephants? "

 

 

My question is how many dumbos of thrust does it produce?

[Prowler_x1]

I get the engine layout and its a great idea. I do not want to discourage anyone building great mods for KSP but I find the elephants coming out of the engine sadistic at best.

The "Easter Egg" or point could have been proved with Reliant Robins full of Cherry Pies without going into animal cruelty for an endangered species.

Please do not get discouraged or upset. Love the engine, dislike the animal cruelty joke.