AirBreathing engine without Oxygen?

[KerikBalm]

So if we have NERVA rockets, why not Nuclear jet engines:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_Nuclear_Propulsion

Such an engine doesn't rely on combustion, and thus should work on Mars (or Duna)... so I set out to make one for KSP.

I got to Duna... and found that my modded jet engines would not work, can anyone help?

Here's what I've got:

Added a resource:

RESOURCE_DEFINITION

{

name = IntakeAirB

density = 0.005

flowMode = ALL_VESSEL

transfer = PUMP

}

Added an intake specifically for the Nuclear jet engine:

MODULE

{

name = ModuleResourceIntake

resourceName = IntakeAirB

checkForOxygen = false

area = 0.01

intakeSpeed = 10

intakeTransformName = Intake

}

RESOURCE

{

name = IntakeAirB

amount = 0.2

maxAmount = 0.2

}

added a nuclear jet engine:

MODULE

{

name = ModuleEngines

thrustVectorTransformName = thrustTransform

exhaustDamage = True

ignitionThreshold = 0.1

minThrust = 0

maxThrust = 150

heatProduction = 700

useEngineResponseTime = True

engineAccelerationSpeed = 0.1

engineDecelerationSpeed = 0.42

useVelocityCurve = True

fxOffset = 0, 0, 0.74

PROPELLANT

{

name = ElectricCharge

ratio = 4

}

PROPELLANT

{

name = IntakeAirB

ratio = 1

DrawGauge = True

}

atmosphereCurve

{

key = 0 1000

key = 0.3 1800

key = 1 2000

}

velocityCurve

{

key = 1000 0 0 0

key = 850 0.2 0 0

key = 0 1 0 0

}

}

(also added a power generating nuclear reactor, that is needed to keep that energy sucking engine working)

Why won't it work on Duna.... I set the "check for oxygen" to false.... the intake should generate the resource "IntakeAirB", no?

[Algiark]

Kethane already has something like that.

[bs1110101]

I made a kinda overpowered and lame looking version of the the project pluto nuclear ramjet using the model of an srb, i was thinking about remaking it, but i need someone to make the model.

[KhaosCorp]

Kethane already has something like that.

No it does not......the Kethane turbine is nothing like a jet engine, and is intended for use on much slower craft.

@OP: Are you using stock parts to do this, or have you made your own parts? Your configs look ok, only thing I can think of is maybe your intake is to small to pull enough from Duna's super thin atmo.

Past that only advice is double check your spelling and folder structure...

[Fractal_UK]

So if we have NERVA rockets, why not Nuclear jet engines:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_Nuclear_Propulsion

Such an engine doesn't rely on combustion, and thus should work on Mars (or Duna)... so I set out to make one for KSP.

I got to Duna... and found that my modded jet engines would not work, can anyone help?

(also added a power generating nuclear reactor, that is needed to keep that energy sucking engine working)

Why won't it work on Duna.... I set the "check for oxygen" to false.... the intake should generate the resource "IntakeAirB", no?

Take a look at KSP Interstellar. The thermal turbojet is the part you're thinking of, it does nothing on its own, it requires both an attached reactor and intakes to function.

Interstellar uses a partloader to load an IntakeAtm resource into all existing intakes and the thermal turbojet can use this for propellant on any planet with an atmosphere, IntakeAir can also be used but this only functions on planets with oxygen in the atmosphere.

[KerikBalm]

So I found the problem... I made two types of jet engines, the standard and the turbojet... but only the standard was set to use "IntakeAirB" , and I used the turbojet version on my Duna plane....

I wondered why it still showed IntakeAir instead of IntakeAirB in the resources display (it now shows just fine)

I just can't figure out how the engines worked at all on Kerbin, when the air intake should have only provided the "B" resource..... unless I don't remember right, and they didn't work at all.

I'll zip off to Duna later today with an OP'd "lulz Drive" that runs on "lulz" to make it easier to test