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Post by newageofpower on Nov 28, 2016 17:26:46 GMT
It looks like you have too many lasers and not enough power to feed all of them at the same time. Consider cutting some lasers and/or increasing your reactor capacity.
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Post by newageofpower on Nov 28, 2016 4:34:18 GMT
Using the ludicrously overtuned 100MW design means I have to add an unholy amount of crew, something I don't want ;( I would probably suggest 1-5GW range, but that is up to you. Crew members are heavy. If you can find an amazing 5 GW reactor (would have to be under like, 6M radius/13m diameter though, to squeeze 3 into a 26m box) that would be awesome. EDIT: Nevermind. I worked it out.
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Post by newageofpower on Nov 28, 2016 2:05:42 GMT
Looks like you should pair the setup with a 1 million meter 1kw laser designator ; )
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Post by newageofpower on Nov 28, 2016 1:10:28 GMT
I'm only using 7 kg DU per shot, the expense rather negligible, though I will look into replacing with osmium or iridium. Can make nukes that weight ; )
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Post by newageofpower on Nov 27, 2016 23:13:43 GMT
High caliber IRL cannon are also highly composite in nature; the staging on old battleship main gun's barrel jacketing was the most efficient way to prevent the barrels from exploding.
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Post by newageofpower on Nov 27, 2016 22:58:45 GMT
At that level of cost (133kg?!?!) you might as well fire nukes. With actual detonators and stuff.
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Post by newageofpower on Nov 26, 2016 20:24:18 GMT
Currently trying to optimize a ~11.2 GW/2500K output temperature reactor for minimal radius while retaining 13m or less radius and 14% or better efficiency. Best of luck on that. Output power scales with the thermocouple area, which is the cylinder wall. Might be better to reduce its radius and just pack more reactors into the vessel in question, which sounds like it will be more radiator than vessel. FYI: there is a bit of a tradeoff between pump power and mass, and in that regime you might be better off making the pump slightly larger. Only 5-10% electrical power output increase available, though, so optimize intelligently. Using the ludicrously overtuned 100MW design means I have to add an unholy amount of crew, something I don't want ;(
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Post by newageofpower on Nov 26, 2016 20:09:14 GMT
In that case, I'm all for it ; )
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Post by newageofpower on Nov 26, 2016 19:47:31 GMT
Your inner coolant loop must be anemic then. It is certainly possible to make reactors with output temperatures above 2500K (although mass and cost of the reactor begin to balloon greatly, so I disagree that it's worth doing). Whether you use U-235 dioxide or U-233 dioxide has no inherent bearing on meltdown temperature. You just need to use more U-233 dioxide to get the same heat generation in the core (worth it, because of cost). Huh. I took a look and realized this is exactly what I've been doing with my better designs. These are my scratch-built designs; I felt exceptionally proud of the N-type... then I took a look at a 100MW reactor floating around on Steam forums which had a far superior mass/power ratio ;_; Currently trying to optimize a ~11.2 GW/2500K output temperature reactor for minimal radius while retaining 13m or less radius and 14% or better efficiency.
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Post by newageofpower on Nov 26, 2016 0:41:44 GMT
i did some experimentation on this a while back using a spread of reactors 2500-2800 outlet temperatures, here is a quick and dirty summary of it: (I use diamond radiators because of structural strength and cheapness to armour efficiently) <2400: civilian boat territory, only way this thing will work is with radiators that have 100nm armour and are big enough to be used as solar sails 2500 : efficient for civilian ship with armoured radiators(2cm) with 1 redundancy - this thing might win vs a pure laser boat if its lucky 2600 : best for medium combat ships with 2-4 set of redundant radiators with medium armour(<8cm) - can survive a light peppering of kinetic ammo 2700 : an in between reactor use as and when 2800+ : best for mele brawlers with 5+ sets of redundant and heavy armour on radiators (>8cm) - bring on the rain for I fear no railgun! I should probably test if its possible to make a 3000k outlet radiators but when I tried efficiency drops were harsh My U235 Reactors melt down above 2400K output temperature. Even my U233 reactors can't go above 2500K radiator temp.
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Post by newageofpower on Nov 26, 2016 0:31:27 GMT
What would we use, though, for the other thermocouple material?
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Post by newageofpower on Nov 25, 2016 23:41:41 GMT
How does one get the engine design specifications from your utility?
Been clicking on the bubbles, no screenshots.
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Post by newageofpower on Nov 25, 2016 4:03:09 GMT
How do you guys build your tiny cheap terminal stage engines? This is the best I could come up with:
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