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Old 04-14-2021, 10:40 AM   #10
Anthony
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Default Re: [Spaceships] Engine size and performance

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Originally Posted by the-red-scare View Post
In Spaceships where mass flow rate can vary by a factor of 300,000, seems like it might come up…
The idea that you can use the same designs with only minimal modifications over a size range of +5 to +15 (100,000 times) lacks real world justifications, a lot of systems have both minimum and maximum practical sizes or don't scale in a simple way, but Spaceships was always intended as quick and dirty, not an accurate simulation of anything.
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