PB-X50R Xenon Container
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PB-X50R Xenon Container | ||
Xenon gas tank by Found lying by the side of the road | ||
Radial size | Radial mounted | |
Cost | (total) | 2 220.00 |
(dry) | 600.00 | |
Mass | (total) | 0.054 t |
(dry) | 0.014 t | |
Drag | 0.2 | |
Max. Temp. | 2000 K | |
Impact Tolerance | 12 m/s | |
Research | Ion Propulsion | |
Unlock cost | 7 800 | |
Since version | 0.21 | |
Part configuration | xenonTankRadial.cfg | |
Packed volume | 100 l | |
Xenon gas | 405 |
The PB-X50R Xenon Container is a radially attachable xenon gas tank. Its volume is slightly more than half that of the larger PB-X150 Xenon Container.
Contents
Product description
“ | The X50R is a small-volume Xenon container, heralded by engineers for being ideally suited for small ion-driven spacecraft, and also for having thoroughly disproved management in their notion that a smaller fuel tank would make the fuel cheaper. | ” |
Usage
The PB-X50R Xenon Container provides xenon gas to the IX-6315 "Dawn" Electric Propulsion System, the only ion engine. Unlike liquid fuel and oxidizer, and like monopropellant, xenon gas does not require fuel crossfeed; the Dawn engine can drain xenon gas from any fuel tank, even if the engine and tank aren't connected with fuel crossfeed capable parts.
The PB-X50R stores 405 units of xenon gas; since xenon has a density of 0.1 kg (0.001 t) per unit, the tank stores 0.405 tons of xenon. This allows it to power a Dawn ion engine for 833.3 s (13 m, 53.3 s) at full thrust.
Trivia
- The PB-X50R is the only xenon gas tank not manufactured by Probodobodyne Inc.
- The PB-X50R was originally from the KSPX parts mod; several parts from KSPX were added to the stock game in version 0.21.
Changes
- Parts can now be radially attached to PB-X50R Xenon Container
- Decreased tech cost from 9600 to 7800
- Increased cost from 2200 to 2220
- Decreased mass from 0.03143 to 0.0135
- Xenon supply increased from 400 to 405
- Moved to Propulsion from Utility.
- Initial release