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With a fuel reserve of 500 units, one tank can power a single LV-T30 engine for 62 seconds on full thrust. | With a fuel reserve of 500 units, one tank can power a single LV-T30 engine for 62 seconds on full thrust. | ||
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| + | Unlike the [[RT-10 Solid Fuel Booster]] the amount of thrust can be dictated by the user, with varying severity in and out of the atmosphere of [[Kerbin]]. One can use full thrust, with a higher chance of overheat during atmospheric burning, and optimal thrust during low earth orbit, and minimal thrust for course corrections during high earth orbit. | ||
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| + | Used correctly, an inordinate amount of fuel tanks are not necessary for orbit, as you cannot generate enough thrust in atmosphere with the liquid engine to make up for their weight. | ||
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Revision as of 05:52, 30 July 2011
The FL-T500 Fuel Tank provides fuel to liquid fuel engines, like the LV-T30, attached beneath it.
Usage
The FL-T500 Fuel Tank is currently the only Liquid Fuel tank and the only way to power the LV-T30 Liquid Fuel Engine. It provides thrust for a short duration that may be extended by stacking multiple fuel tanks on top of each other. It can not be attached to radial decouplers.
With a fuel reserve of 500 units, one tank can power a single LV-T30 engine for 62 seconds on full thrust.
Unlike the RT-10 Solid Fuel Booster the amount of thrust can be dictated by the user, with varying severity in and out of the atmosphere of Kerbin. One can use full thrust, with a higher chance of overheat during atmospheric burning, and optimal thrust during low earth orbit, and minimal thrust for course corrections during high earth orbit.
Used correctly, an inordinate amount of fuel tanks are not necessary for orbit, as you cannot generate enough thrust in atmosphere with the liquid engine to make up for their weight.
Description
| “ | The FL series was received as a substantial upgrade over previous fuel containers used in the Space Program, generally due to it's ability to keep the fuel unexploded more often than not. Fuel tanks are useless if there isn't a Liquid Engine attached under it. They can also be stacked with other fuel tanks to increase the amount of fuel for the engine below. — Jebediah Kerman's Junkyard and Spaceship Parts Co. |
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Changes
see also: Version History
- v0.8.5
- (Bug fix) Fixed a bug that caused a massive performance drop when fuel tanks emptied (fuel tank switch lag bug)
- v0.8.4
- (Bug fix) Fixed a small but incredibly disruptive bug which prevented engines from being connected to fuel tanks
- v0.8
- Fuel tanks are now stackable to increase fuel amount (and weight )
- (Bug fix) VAB placement bug with tricouplers and fuel tanks (and decouplers)
- v0.7.3
- Initial release
