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Post by Enderminion on Feb 13, 2017 3:51:08 GMT
At which point my dV drops below my self-imposed limits. add more propellant |
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Post by deltav on Feb 13, 2017 4:00:58 GMT
At which point my dV drops below my self-imposed limits. add more propellant I don't know why, but no one (including myself) seems to mess around with the "remote control". You can custom choose almost everything about the missile's flight including how much deltav is used in the boost phase. Attachments:
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Post by caiaphas on Feb 13, 2017 4:08:19 GMT
At which point my dV drops below my self-imposed limits. add more propellant At which point my cross-section (and therefore the amount of mass I'm carrying around) balloons, dropping my dV. |
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Post by caiaphas on Feb 13, 2017 4:09:03 GMT
I don't know why, but no one (including myself) seems to mess around with the "remote control". You can custom choose almost everything about the missile's flight including how much deltav is used in the boost phase. It's a crewed ship, not a missile, but duly noted. Thank you for the suggestion. |
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Post by apophys on Feb 13, 2017 4:24:36 GMT
EDIT: and a continual annoyance for me right now is my ships getting killed because a sandblaster breached my frontal armor, popped one of my tanks, and killed all my crew when venting decane sent me into a 9+ gee spin. Don't get hit then. Dodge moar. EDIT: also don't put crewed ships in combat; use drones. |
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Post by newageofpower on Feb 13, 2017 4:32:42 GMT
. EDIT: also don't put crewed ships in combat; use drones. Basically anything a crewed warship can do, a uncrewed drone warship does better. |
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Post by caiaphas on Feb 13, 2017 4:44:05 GMT
. EDIT: also don't put crewed ships in combat; use drones. Basically a crewed warship can do, a uncrewed drone warship does better. I'm aware, I just don't like designing launchers for all of them. Sidenote: it'd be nice if we could design gigantic drone warships and then place them directly into combat so long as we have a C&C vessel in the fleet composition. |
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Post by apophys on Feb 13, 2017 5:01:38 GMT
I'm aware, I just don't like designing launchers for all of them. Sidenote: it'd be nice if we could design gigantic drone warships and then place them directly into combat so long as we have a C&C vessel in the fleet composition. You only need a few, really: - laser drone - sandblaster coilgun drone (cheap missile defense) - nuke missile bus drone Optional: - needle railgun drone (long range) I do want direct drone placement. My ~10 ton drones have 40 km/s of dV. They shouldn't need a carrier. |
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Post by newageofpower on Feb 13, 2017 5:05:52 GMT
I do want direct drone placement. My ~10 ton drones have 40 km/s of dV. They shouldn't need a carrier. 18 and change here, and that's with optimizing around 5 km/s NTR combat propulsion, armored frames and radiators, and a mass ratio ~2.5. On the other hand, my 200-300t subcapital drones have 60+ km/s dV. And we could easily construct a drone tender drone; or just attach a refueling module to a missile delivery bus for dual usage. |
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Post by caiaphas on Feb 13, 2017 19:53:45 GMT
I'm aware, I just don't like designing launchers for all of them. Sidenote: it'd be nice if we could design gigantic drone warships and then place them directly into combat so long as we have a C&C vessel in the fleet composition. You only need a few, really: - laser drone - sandblaster coilgun drone (cheap missile defense) - nuke missile bus drone Optional: - needle railgun drone (long range) I do want direct drone placement. My ~10 ton drones have 40 km/s of dV. They shouldn't need a carrier. Yes, except I iterate rapidly and prefer the duplicate button to the edit button. They build up after a while. |
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Post by morrigi on Feb 14, 2017 6:26:46 GMT
At which point my dV drops below my self-imposed limits. Stick a radiation shield made of armor material in front, remove a small amount of mass elsewhere. |
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Post by teeth on Feb 14, 2017 7:09:21 GMT
Use stacks of 20 small fuel tanks rather than a few big ones, lighter since each one is less spherical and it makes you less likely to get sent into a fatal spin.
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Post by newageofpower on Feb 15, 2017 0:09:57 GMT
Use stacks of 20 small fuel tanks rather than a few big ones, lighter since each one is less spherical and it makes you less likely to get sent into a fatal spin. I normally agree with what you're saying... but in CoADE, longer fuel tanks have a superior tank mass to fuel mass ratio. Thus, it's usually recommended that you use long tanks where possible. |
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Post by teeth on Feb 15, 2017 1:02:42 GMT
Use stacks of 20 small fuel tanks rather than a few big ones, lighter since each one is less spherical and it makes you less likely to get sent into a fatal spin. I normally agree with what you're saying... but in CoADE, longer fuel tanks have a superior tank mass to fuel mass ratio. Thus, it's usually recommended that you use long tanks where possible. Do you mean longer in total length, or having a higher length-radius ratio? Because in my experience small tanks in a cluster have a higher length mass ratio than a few large single stack tanks. |
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Post by newageofpower on Feb 15, 2017 3:32:09 GMT
Ratio.
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