06-21-2012, 08:29 PM | #41 | |
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Re: Spaceships series: Electrical Batteries module?
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In particular the power point numbers for fuel cells etc. and electric drive drive thrusts are abstracted to make them "worth using" in manned designs and avoid having to deal with 1/1000G thrusts and the like. I think they are deliberately about 10x as effective as they should be.
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06-21-2012, 08:33 PM | #42 | |
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Re: Spaceships series: Electrical Batteries module?
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It is worth saying that Spaceships is intended as a "thing in itself" and is not specifically intended as a modular system for upcoming Vehicle Design books or the like. It's a simple system in which some things are reasonably realistic given its simplicity, like the treatment of fuel, but the more layers of detail you try to add to it, the more you are likely to break it.
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06-22-2012, 07:09 AM | #43 | |
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Re: Spaceships series: Electrical Batteries module?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Veyron This is taking things right to the limit but the weights of high performance cars tend to be tied to many other factors than engine size. Note that the Veyron for example gives all the luxury you'd expect in a $ million car. If it had been designed with the sorts of weight savings seen in previous stretch the limits cars (i.e. no floor mats much less air con and stereo) it would be much lighter.
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