Just to let you know, my channel has grown enormously since I released my new video (The Undead Star) and I now have enough subscribers to start thinking about what to do for my 100 subscriber special. For said special I want to hear your ideas about what I should do. I am thinking about doing some sort of design video where I show you a lot of my designs and explain why I built them in the way that I did but if you want to see something else then I will listen to any and all suggestions
Unfortunately, due to upcoming exams which require large amounts of revision, there will be no more Spacepunk Era episodes (or any other kind of content) until July. I simply don’t have time to make and edit videos.
I’m sorry for the delay but see you in July
P.S. I meant to tell you this over a week ago but there were so many other things to do that I kept pushing it back until now.
When I made my Far Future Technologies mod tutorial video, I also made a list of the fuel ratios of all engines in the mod which did not have pre-balanced fuel tanks containing all the fuel required in the correct ratios. I saved this list to a document and planned to upload it alongside my video, but I could not figure out how to do that, so I decided to just copypaste my list into a post. Also, feel free to screenshot the list and use it later as a reference.
Far Future Technologies Engines Fuel Optimisation Guide (Fuel Consumption ratios) Like the video, engine list given in order found in KSP. Liquid Deuterium and Liquid Helium-3 always are burnt in a ratio of 1:4 (might be different in real life) compared to each other. The Dirac's LqD an LqH-3 reaction looks different because it is being compared to the antimatter consumption NOT the LqD consumption. If the engine is a fusion engine and has a Lqd:LqH-3:LH2 ratio with LH2 as 200 or 201, its effectively the same ratio, the calculations came out with different decimal places so they were rounded seperately.
Engine name: Casaba Fuels: Ablator (intergrated into engine part (Non-transferable)). Antimatter. Fission Pellets Ratio (given in order of fuels listed): 17180:50:14550 Extras: Ratio given based on the assumption that you are using an antimatter storage ring. Fuel will not be optimal because engine has less ablator than is required for 10,000 second burn time using antimatter storage ring. Fission pellet tank also has this problem, but the ablator runs out first, so it overshadows the pellet problem.
Engine name: Dirac Fuels: Antimatter. Liquid Deuterium. Liquid Helium-3 Ratio (given in order of fuels listed): 1:34:134 OR 50:1667:6683 Extras: Second ratio is based on the assumption that you are using an antimatter storage ring.
Engine name: Frisbee Fuels: Antimatter. Liquid Hydrogen (LH2 in-game) Ratio (given in order of fuels listed): 2:1 Extras: The fuel tanks consume lots of electricity, so bring a power source (fusion best) unless you want your antimatter tanks leaking.
Engine name: Impulse Fuels: Lithium. Liquid Deuterium. Liquid Helium-3 (afterburning mode only). Electricity. Ratio (given in order of fuels listed): 11:1:22 OR 55:1:4:906 Extras: Third value in first ratio is Electricity NOT Liquid Helium-3. First ratio is standard and second is afterburning mode. Electricity value in the ratio can effectively be ignored as long as your vessel has a means of generating power (solar panels, smallest nuclear fission reactor, anything goes).
Engine name: Discovery Fuels: Liquid Deuterium. Liquid Helium-3. Liquid Hydrogen Ratio (given in order of fuels listed): 1:4:201 OR 1:4:401 Extras: Second ratio applies to afterburning mode.
Engine name: Ouroboros Fuels: Liquid Deuterium. Liquid Helium-3. Liquid Hydrogen Ratio (given in order of fuels listed): 1:4:800 Extras: Don't try and use this in a standard rocket, the fuel tanks are not very heatresistant and the hydrogen tanks are low-density, so in order to get the hydrogen you need, you need tanks with lots of volume. However, this engine works very well with the OPT spaceplane mod, due to its easily customisable fuel tanks, spaceplane parts (intented to be used in an atmosphere as well as outside it) and the engine's atmospheric capabilities.
Engine name: Fresnel Fuels: Liquid Deuterium. Liquid Helium-3. Liquid Hydrogen Ratio (given in order of fuels listed): 1:4:201 Extras: Fuel ratio only applies to the afterburning mode. Increasing the length of the engine increases the efficiency of the engine (the specific impulse, specifically) as well as the heat generated, so designs using longer Fresnels NEED MORE RADIATORS.
Engine name: Cascade Fuels: Liquid Deuterium. Liquid Helium-3. Liquid Hydrogen Ratio (given in order of fuels listed): 1:4:200 Extras: Ratio only applies to afterburning mode. In general just use the regular mode due to efficiency (and perhaps put a bit of hydrogen on just in case).
Engine name: Asimov Fuels: Fission Fragments (Sometimes called Fissionable Particles). Liquid Hydrogen Ratio (given in order of fuels listed): 1:4778 Extras: Ratio only applies to afterburning mode.
Which vehicle should I feature first in an upcoming video? Vote and leave any comments you have below. (For the star raker-inspired spaceplane please leave suggestions for a payload or multiple payloads that could be transported as the cargo bay is extremely long and I want to use the availible space)
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I've started working on something EXPLOSIVE I'm planning to release by the end of the Easter holiday, stay tuned for the new video!
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Hi guys,
Just to let you know, my channel has grown enormously since I released my new video (The Undead Star) and I now have enough subscribers to start thinking about what to do for my 100 subscriber special. For said special I want to hear your ideas about what I should do. I am thinking about doing some sort of design video where I show you a lot of my designs and explain why I built them in the way that I did but if you want to see something else then I will listen to any and all suggestions
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I have an important message to tell you.
Unfortunately, due to upcoming exams which require large amounts of revision, there will be no more Spacepunk Era episodes (or any other kind of content) until July. I simply don’t have time to make and edit videos.
I’m sorry for the delay but see you in July
P.S. I meant to tell you this over a week ago but there were so many other things to do that I kept pushing it back until now.
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When I made my Far Future Technologies mod tutorial video, I also made a list of the fuel ratios of all engines in the mod which did not have pre-balanced fuel tanks containing all the fuel required in the correct ratios. I saved this list to a document and planned to upload it alongside my video, but I could not figure out how to do that, so I decided to just copypaste my list into a post. Also, feel free to screenshot the list and use it later as a reference.
Far Future Technologies Engines Fuel Optimisation Guide (Fuel Consumption ratios)
Like the video, engine list given in order found in KSP.
Liquid Deuterium and Liquid Helium-3 always are burnt in a ratio of 1:4 (might be different
in real life) compared to each other. The Dirac's LqD an LqH-3 reaction looks different
because it is being compared to the antimatter consumption NOT the LqD consumption.
If the engine is a fusion engine and has a Lqd:LqH-3:LH2 ratio with LH2 as 200 or 201, its
effectively the same ratio, the calculations came out with different decimal places so they
were rounded seperately.
Engine name: Casaba
Fuels: Ablator (intergrated into engine part (Non-transferable)). Antimatter. Fission Pellets
Ratio (given in order of fuels listed): 17180:50:14550
Extras: Ratio given based on the assumption that you are using an antimatter storage ring.
Fuel will not be optimal because engine has less ablator than is required for 10,000
second burn time using antimatter storage ring. Fission pellet tank also has this problem,
but the ablator runs out first, so it overshadows the pellet problem.
Engine name: Dirac
Fuels: Antimatter. Liquid Deuterium. Liquid Helium-3
Ratio (given in order of fuels listed): 1:34:134 OR 50:1667:6683
Extras: Second ratio is based on the assumption that you are using an antimatter storage
ring.
Engine name: Frisbee
Fuels: Antimatter. Liquid Hydrogen (LH2 in-game)
Ratio (given in order of fuels listed): 2:1
Extras: The fuel tanks consume lots of electricity, so bring a power source (fusion best)
unless you want your antimatter tanks leaking.
Engine name: Impulse
Fuels: Lithium. Liquid Deuterium. Liquid Helium-3 (afterburning mode only). Electricity.
Ratio (given in order of fuels listed): 11:1:22 OR 55:1:4:906
Extras: Third value in first ratio is Electricity NOT Liquid Helium-3. First ratio is standard
and second is afterburning mode. Electricity value in the ratio can effectively be ignored as
long as your vessel has a means of generating power (solar panels, smallest nuclear
fission reactor, anything goes).
Engine name: Discovery
Fuels: Liquid Deuterium. Liquid Helium-3. Liquid Hydrogen
Ratio (given in order of fuels listed): 1:4:201 OR 1:4:401
Extras: Second ratio applies to afterburning mode.
Engine name: Ouroboros
Fuels: Liquid Deuterium. Liquid Helium-3. Liquid Hydrogen
Ratio (given in order of fuels listed): 1:4:800
Extras: Don't try and use this in a standard rocket, the fuel tanks are not very heatresistant and the hydrogen tanks are low-density, so in order to get the hydrogen you
need, you need tanks with lots of volume. However, this engine works very well with the
OPT spaceplane mod, due to its easily customisable fuel tanks, spaceplane parts (intented
to be used in an atmosphere as well as outside it) and the engine's atmospheric
capabilities.
Engine name: Fresnel
Fuels: Liquid Deuterium. Liquid Helium-3. Liquid Hydrogen
Ratio (given in order of fuels listed): 1:4:201
Extras: Fuel ratio only applies to the afterburning mode. Increasing the length of the
engine increases the efficiency of the engine (the specific impulse, specifically) as well as
the heat generated, so designs using longer Fresnels NEED MORE RADIATORS.
Engine name: Cascade
Fuels: Liquid Deuterium. Liquid Helium-3. Liquid Hydrogen
Ratio (given in order of fuels listed): 1:4:200
Extras: Ratio only applies to afterburning mode. In general just use the regular mode due
to efficiency (and perhaps put a bit of hydrogen on just in case).
Engine name: Asimov
Fuels: Fission Fragments (Sometimes called Fissionable Particles). Liquid Hydrogen
Ratio (given in order of fuels listed): 1:4778
Extras: Ratio only applies to afterburning mode.
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Which vehicle should I feature first in an upcoming video? Vote and leave any comments you have below. (For the star raker-inspired spaceplane please leave suggestions for a payload or multiple payloads that could be transported as the cargo bay is extremely long and I want to use the availible space)
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