VincentMcConnell Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 On KSP, the thrust is rated as '350' or a number. How is this measured? What does that 350 represent? Certainly not Newtons and definitely not LBF...The fuel is the same way. What is the unit of measurement for that? Why does it say fuel: 450? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
togfox Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Newtons i believe, despite your disbelief.Unless i\'m wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchen_Duty Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Could be arbitrary, just a placeholder number for the engine(kerbal space program) to interpret. I mean, what does 100 health in Doom mean? It\'s not heart beats per minute ;P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UmbralRaptor Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 The best guess is kN for thrust and tonnes for part masses. Though if you\'re willing to deal with the odd densities, N for thrust, and kg for mass should also work. (At least for Isp/?V calculations) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Duck Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 As UmbralRaptor said, the mass unit in KSP is arbitrary, but if you divide thrust by mass you will get an acceleration in meters/second^2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Owl Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I\'ve been calling them Kerbal Mass Units. KMU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmo-not Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 F=ma is all you really need to know. 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal_vager Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 The Wiki says the engines are in Newtons and the weights are in Kilo\'s, Kerbals are very small, their capsule is only one meter across at it\'s base for instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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