[1.12.5] Autophage Propulsion Mod | v1.0

[pm777]

This (minimalist)  mod adds two different size of autophage rocket engines and consumable fuselage. With autophage propulsion, the rocket itself becomes the propellant. It gradually shrinks as it consumes its own structure. Since the structure is used as fuel, no tanking nor staging is needed.

The mod has been (roughly) balanced with the tech trees and against other propulsion methods. Feedback and/or help is appreciated !

You can download it on spacedock or CKAN.
(License: MIT, source accessible inside the .zip file)

Note : this is inspired by recent projects working to make autophage engines a reality ! See Engineers test autophage rocket engine fueled by its own fuselage for exemple.

Edited October 6 by pm777
v1.0, fixed bug

[arbsoup]

So you can mod a booster that shrinks as it fires. Ah, it uses the servo mechanics, I see. That's really interesting!

If I could do any of the graphics stuff, I'd want to make that "nuclear fizzer" SRB out of this...

[pm777]

Yep ! I spent a long time trying to make it a bit less wobbly. Could not do much, ain't perfect, but as long as you remember to throttle down at the end of the flight and don't gimbal too much it's working fine.

The part I'm the most happy about is the fact that you choose the amount of propellant you want to start with in the VAB and it will directly result in a different fuel length.

[tokamak_tinkerer]

can you please give a list of your mod's dependancies and/or conflicts? the rijid fuel tank doesn't seem to be available in the VaB for me, despite me having the breaking ground DLC