Aurora Atomic Thruster

[Nazari1382]

A compact, streamlined atomic engine with slightly more kick but not as much efficiency.

more images here: http://imgur.com/a/Px2MX#0

download: http://www./?2rbwrwaiotxtlla

Update:

Made a capsule for the Copenhagen Suborbitals post in the welcome forum:

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/27092-Copenhagen-Suborbitals-joins-KSP

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download http://www./?e60cld9xotao7e6

panels update soon, got sidetracked on secret stuff.

Edited May 3, 2013 by Nazari1382

[Mekan1k]

I love it! Really Well done man. Gotta say, Looks really well designed, and well thought out.

[bs1110101]

I like it, but how does it work?

[Nazari1382]

What do you mean how does it work? It's SCIENCE! Or Aliens. Aliens and cold, hard science.

[Mekan1k]

It may be the equivalent of a nuclear ramjet- http://www.merkle.com/pluto/pluto.html

It looks cool enough to be the rocket-version of this engine design...

[Devo]

Hi, nice mod, will have to check it out.

Can I suggest keeping all your mods in one thread? Just create a thread called Nazari's mods, or create a company name or something and release them under that, instead of creating a new thread for each piece you make. If the forums get wiped again (and lets never say never.... ) regaining all your information will be a lot harder and you will lose a lot (like I did and many others)

[Scotius]

Looks nice. If it can push SSTO planes into orbit with fuel to spare i will be glad to download it.

[Tommygun]

What could be more Kerbal than a flying nuclear reactor.

I always liked that Crowbar idea, not as a real plane, but just the technical side of it.

A nuclear ramjet with unlimited range paired with this engine to get it up to ramjet speeds might be a fun combination.

[Van Disaster]

Exactly what I have been after, thanks! lets me avoid all the awkwardness of trying to fit an extra stock engine.

[bs1110101]

I made a project pluto mod a while ago, it doesn't work too well do to the current drag model, so it's on hiatus until that's fixed and/or i get a better model for it.

http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/project-pluto-atomic-ramjet/

[Hooligan Labs]

It may be the equivalent of a nuclear ramjet- http://www.merkle.com/pluto/pluto.html

It looks cool enough to be the rocket-version of this engine design...

I made a project pluto mod a while ago, it doesn't work too well do to the current drag model, so it's on hiatus until that's fixed and/or i get a better model for it.

http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/project-pluto-atomic-ramjet/

Fascinating reads. So anything that uses this is likely going to deafen, burn and irradiate everything below it?

[Scotius]

No probs. Just launch it from the middle of the desert. Those are useless anyway, right? *Disclaimer* Not my opinion, but science fiction authors from the first half of the previous century *End of disclaimer*

[Nazari1382]

Well it is made to replace the standard atomic engine (not completely); it isn't good for taking a plane from the ground to 70 km but paired with jet engines I think it'd be great.

[Hooligan Labs]

Yes launching with a conventional jet engine or rockets (as proposed in the actual nuclear ramjet development) would be safe... for your country. Any allied countries that the nuclear ramjet passed over would be pwned. Enemy countries too, of course, but that was a more innocent (vicious?) time.

Any idea how high this thing would have to fly before the nuclear radiation was safe at ground level?

[Mekan1k]

Yes launching with a conventional jet engine or rockets (as proposed in the actual nuclear ramjet development) would be safe... for your country. Any allied countries that the nuclear ramjet passed over would be pwned. Enemy countries too, of course, but that was a more innocent (vicious?) time.

Any idea how high this thing would have to fly before the nuclear radiation was safe at ground level?

Outside of the atmosphere, at least. Nuclear dust is particularly dangerous, and a nuclear engine would have allot of pollutants in it's exhaust. (Only exception is a nuclear light-bulb engine, but people tend to forget those)

[Hooligan Labs]

Outside of the atmosphere, at least. Nuclear dust is particularly dangerous, and a nuclear engine would have allot of pollutants in it's exhaust. (Only exception is a nuclear light-bulb engine, but people tend to forget those)

But a nuclear ram-jet would only work within the atmosphere....

Truly an unsafe anywhere technology!

[Mekan1k]

But a nuclear ram-jet would only work within the atmosphere....

Truly an unsafe anywhere technology!

Yes. Although, the nuclear ramjet was supposed to have a run-time of 6 hrs+ @ Mach 3, so it had some advantages....

[Scotius]

Imagine the reaction of chemtrails conspiracy nuts everywhere Right now they are so stupidly stubborn, i feel the need to smash my head into the table repeatedly sometimes. With nuclear powered planes flying above our heads? They would finally move their posteriors outside and form pitchfork-armed mobs.

[WhatsThisButtonDo]

More likely they'd move into their bunkers underground. But then if these nuke planes were actually flying that might not be such a bad idea.

[Nosykirk]

Are the solar panels incuded in mod?

[Mekan1k]

Are the solar panels incuded in mod?

Nope. Just Nuke engine. Those solar-panel looking things are his other mod, the glass panels mod.

[Nazari1382]

The triangular panels are coming with some other parts in the next update

[Nazari1382]

bumping for updates (new mod)