My nuke is broken!

[Keymaster89]

Hi everyone!

i have a problem that can excalate quickly, and i need an advice.

i recently build a tug that keep give me this problem i can't explain myself...

The tug have a central body that is a big shared tank with dockport and cockpit, and 6 arm in esagonal symmetry with FL-T800 + nuclear engine.

Problem is that when i burn, the engines works fine, 5 stabilize around 20-30% overheat, that is normal i think as they are nuke.

One of them however, keep overheat up to 85-95% and keep scary the hell of me while i do long burns... also fuel bar of only that specific engine seems lower then the others even if they are still sharing the main tank!

i really don't know what happen there, and i did all with simmetry utility so the engine arms SHOULD be all the same... so why this happen? maybe a bug?

Help me, i don't want to send a near explosion nuke to refuel my Mun station

Tell me if u need to know anything, or a screenshot of the ship.

Edited January 13, 2014 by Keymaster89

[Richy teh space man]

Sounds to me like the symmetry is off, which is why it has more heat and different fuel levels.

Also, screenshots may help

[ODaily]

Sounds to me like you have thrust limiting set on all but one engine. More thrust is more fuel burnt and a hotter engine. I bet if you click on the "hot" engine it'll be 100% thrust limit, and the others will be lower. I like to run mine around 75-80% just so they won't overheat.

The good news is you can adjust it by dragging the green bar in the menu you get when you click on the engines, even while in flight. Set them all the same and you should be fine.

Sometimes the VAB symmetry gets a little wonky, stuff like this happens as a result.

[Keymaster89]

I may have found the problem...

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rear

side

I feel a little stupid... but after some trys and a close inspection of the engine i discovered that any time i activate the engine, it vibrate slowly on his frame like it is half attached... maybe during the orbit insertion it collided in some of my stages rockets and now it's half solid on the tank...

u can't really see well in a picture, but it's the second from the top, in some burn also overlaps the tank that is attached to... didn't notice before...

Sorry for the useless thread... SOLVED!

P.s. eeeerrrmmmm... how do i check the thread Solved? ^^'

Edited January 13, 2014 by Keymaster89

[Sirine]

@Keymaster89 Edit 1st thread, click 'advance edit'.