02-04-2016, 01:16 AM | #6 |
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Doncaster, UK
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Re: Empty Cargo Holds
What about the mass driver/powered rock example, in which fuel tanks and cargo holds are one and the same? The rocket equation surely wouldn't care if it's a fuel tank being emptied of fuel, or a cargo hold being emptied of fuel, its still a reduction in mass?
Related question: Does the dV multiplier hold true when looking at partially full tanks? e.g. If I have 6 fuel tanks in total, but only one is full (e.g. 3 mps of argon), do I still get the x1.2 multiplier (I get 3.6 mps)? Sorry for being dumb. Last edited by Marasmusine; 02-04-2016 at 01:42 AM. |
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