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1.82 km/s Fluorine RP-1 Gimballed Combustion Rocket
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1.82 km/s Fluorine RP-1 Gimballed Combustion Rocket

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Description
"FLOURINE RP-1!?"
Yes, we used that reaction. It really squeazed every g of thrust/mass ratio we could get out of the rocket. Efficiency is key, after all.

This rocket is built for the accurate and timely delivery of large-yield payloads, whether they be for missiles of war or for your next-system neighbor's lunchbox, that hog. Nah, kidding, he's a pretty cool feller. Unless he's not, then he can go bite Europa.

Other related stats:
Size: ~the size of a bicycle honker from what you'd read in the history books.
Thrust/Mass Ratio: 516gc (Couldn't top the base game's max of 560, but this is super cheap so we win.)
Actual Thrust: 5.94kN
Gimbal Range: 20 degrees
Gimbal Speed: 2980 RPM (2.98 kRPM)
Weight: 1.18 kg (2.6 pounds. Think of it as picking up a cat or something. A sensitive, combusting cat with regenerative cooling.)
Cost: 15.2c (The spaceship engineer's equivalent of a pack of Snicker's bars. We probably have Snicker's bars in the far-future, right?)
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Poi  [author] 23 Oct, 2018 @ 7:01pm 
In that vein of thought, I'm working on a 2nd wave of thrusters using what I've learned to improve their efficiency, and by extension military application.
Poi  [author] 23 Oct, 2018 @ 6:27pm 
The best answer for that is "I'm not legally required to tell you I'm not a rocket scientist, but I'll bring that front and center anyways." I didn't read the help guides to understand that higher Exhaust Velocities are nicer, but the rockets all do their job of maneuvering planetary orbit so I was happy when I finished it and placed it on a craft.
AtomHeartDragon 23 Oct, 2018 @ 1:43pm 
The low mass and cost are admirable (so are the descriptions), but why do all your engines have such awful exhaust velocities?