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| − | '''Fuel''', also called '''propellant''', is an expendable [[resource]] used by [[reaction engine]]s to generate [[thrust]]. Some fuels require another resource for the engine using them to operate, and others operate alone. The [[ISRU Converter]] on a craft can be used to convert [[Ore]] that has been drilled to fuel, but there are no other ways to generate fuel {{Check version||1.0.2}}; its only source is tanks added to [[craft]] during construction in the [[Editor]].
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| − | * [[Liquid fuel]]
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| − | * [[Solid fuel]]
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| − | * [[Monopropellant]]
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| − | * [[Xenon gas]]
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| − | All fuels can be transferred between compatible types of fuel storage tanks ''except'' solid fuel, which is built into the same part as the engines which utilize it.
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| − | '''Liquid fuel''' is the most commonly used and must be combusted with a resource representing [[oxygen]]. For [[rocket engine]]s it must be combined with onboard [[oxidizer]] in a 9:11 ratio of fuel to oxidizer. For [[jet engine]]s each unit of fuel must be combined with 11 units of [[intake air]] continuously collected inside an oxygen-rich [[atmosphere]].
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| − | '''Solid fuel''' works alone and is built into solid rocket boosters (SRBs).
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| − | '''Monopropellant''' works alone, most often used in [[Reaction Control System]] thrusters.
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| − | '''Xenon gas''' is used by [[ion engine]]s, accelerated by electromagnetic forces, and requires [[electric current]] either stored in [[battery|batteries]] and/or drawn from generators or solar panels.
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