A proposed unit of measurement - the OTE (pronounced "oat")

[GreeningGalaxy]

Steel-cut OTEs: OTEs brought to orbit with no hardware loss, as on an SSTO.

Quick OTEs: OTEs launched on a multi-stage launch vehicle

Instant OTEmeal: All orange tanks explode immediately after the vessel loads.

Okay yeah, that doesn't really make sense.

[TechnicalK3rbal]

What about tiny space probes? "I was landing on the Mun and I only had 0.0048 OTEs left!"

milli-OTEs?

[ZedNova]

Too... Many... puns.

[gmpd2000]

What about a kiloOTE (kO)

or a megaOTE (MO)?

[cantab]

1000 OTEs would make a bowl'o'porridge, or bowlo for short. The bowlo is only useful for the very largest launchers.

1000 bowlos makes a magicpot. Such a vast amount of OTEs is only applicable in describing the fuel used by an entire space program, or even multiple space programs. Should you attempt to put even one magicpot on a single ship, your computer will say "Stop little person, stop."

[GreeningGalaxy]

I think 1000 OTEs on the launchpad is also known as the new record holder for the largest artificial non-nuclear explosion. But I like the bowl'o'porridge unit.

Unless you use mod fuel tanks or at least tweakscale, I don't think most people's computers would be able to handle 1000 OTEs' worth of fuel tanks. But then again, I've never seen how fast KSP runs on an overpowered gaming box, mainly because I don't have an overpowered gaming box, I have a laptop.

[Godot]

3 OTes

[BudgetHedgehog]

And when it's leaking and leaving a tail it's a comote?

Yep. And if you leave it orbiting a planet with a probe core and an antenna on it, it becomes a satellote.

[Samniss Arandeen]

I usually use the 360s as my point of reference. One OTE is eight 360s. It works pretty well!

1 OTE = 8 T8s = 16 T4s = 32 T2s...Hang on, neither the stock 3.75 nor the KW Rocketry parts come in multiples of OTE.

How do you also plan on going about measuring jet fuel?

[JebNeedsHelp]

I think 1000 OTEs on the launchpad is also known as the new record holder for the largest artificial non-nuclear explosion. But I like the bowl'o'porridge unit.

Unless you use mod fuel tanks or at least tweakscale, I don't think most people's computers would be able to handle 1000 OTEs' worth of fuel tanks. But then again, I've never seen how fast KSP runs on an overpowered gaming box, mainly because I don't have an overpowered gaming box, I have a laptop.

I think 1000 OTEs should be known as a Jeb. Kerbal TV could teach bowl'o'porridge math to little Kerbals by showing Jeb eating porridge before a big launch.

I know, that doesn't make sense, either. I haven't had my coffee yet.

[Norcalplanner]

After giving it some thought, I think we need a second large unit of measurement - the White Tank Equivalent (WTE), pronounced "wheat". I think these two units should cover most scenarios for medium to large sized craft, at least for rocket fuel. I still haven't come up with a good unit for jet fuel.