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RT-10 Solid Fuel Boosters are prone to overheating, especially when large numbers are clustered together. The main ways to overcome this are by using custom staging to stagger the firing, and attaching additional parts that are not SRBs (typically struts and/or winglets) to act as heat sinks. | RT-10 Solid Fuel Boosters are prone to overheating, especially when large numbers are clustered together. The main ways to overcome this are by using custom staging to stagger the firing, and attaching additional parts that are not SRBs (typically struts and/or winglets) to act as heat sinks. | ||
| − | Between 0.7.3 and 0.15.2, the RT-10 was of limited use, mainly for providing extra challenge or silliness related to its high thrust to weight ratio. In rare cases it provided a small performance boost from overcoming the sticky pad bug or getting a rocket up to ideal speed. As of 0.16, the RT-10 has a higher [[Isp]] than any other solid or liquid fuel rocket, making a useful, if situational, choice (especially during launch). | + | Between 0.7.3 and 0.15.2, the RT-10 was of limited use, mainly for providing extra challenge or silliness related to its high thrust to weight ratio. In rare cases it provided a small performance boost from overcoming the sticky pad bug or getting a rocket up to ideal speed. As of 0.16, the RT-10 has a higher [[Isp]] (4340 m/s) than any other solid or liquid fuel rocket, making a useful, if situational, choice (especially during launch). |
== Description == | == Description == | ||
Revision as of 17:13, 1 August 2012
The RT-10 Solid Fuel Booster (also known as an SRB) is a rocket engine used to provide thrust to a rocket.
Usage
RT-10's are one-shot rocket boosters often used to help get the massive bulk of a large multi-stage rocket off the ground. They burn at a constant thrust until they run out of fuel and then cease to work. It is usually a good idea to jettison spent fuel boosters as they are quite heavy even when empty. Solid boosters have a better thrust-to-weight ratio than a Liquid Fuel rocket and tank, but lack a controllable throttle or the ability to extend the duration of the burn and are not as efficient or powerful.
The boosters can be mounted with the TT-38K Radial Decouplers, but cannot be stacked like their Liquid Fuel counterparts. It should be noted that more boosters doesn't reduce the need for Liquid Fuel, as one must also take into account thrust to weight ratios.
RT-10 Solid Fuel Boosters are prone to overheating, especially when large numbers are clustered together. The main ways to overcome this are by using custom staging to stagger the firing, and attaching additional parts that are not SRBs (typically struts and/or winglets) to act as heat sinks.
Between 0.7.3 and 0.15.2, the RT-10 was of limited use, mainly for providing extra challenge or silliness related to its high thrust to weight ratio. In rare cases it provided a small performance boost from overcoming the sticky pad bug or getting a rocket up to ideal speed. As of 0.16, the RT-10 has a higher Isp (4340 m/s) than any other solid or liquid fuel rocket, making a useful, if situational, choice (especially during launch).
Description
| “ | While considered by some to be little more than "a trash bin full o' boom", The RT-10 is used in many space programs, whenever the need to save cash is greater than the need to keep astronauts alive. Use with caution, though. Once lit, solid fuel motors cannot be put out until the fuel runs out. — Jebediah Kerman's Junkyard and Spaceship Parts Co. |
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Changes
see also: Version History
- v0.16
- Thrust increased from 130 to 250 (part rebalancing)
- v0.8
- New texture for the Solid Rocket Booster
- v0.7.3
- Initial Release
