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Old 04-12-2014, 03:37 PM   #11
Anthony
 
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Default Re: [Spaceships] Winged Spaceships

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Originally Posted by scc View Post
There's a formula provided in the designers notes, ISp/3,000 = mps and .05 times thrust-to-weight ratio = thrust for Spaceships, the SSME has values of ISp 452.3 and 65.91, this gives the SSME .1507 then a line of 6's for mps per tank and 3.2955 G for accel.
Spaceships more than makes up for that by ignoring tank mass and atmospheric performance reduction (the SSME has roughly a 20% loss in performance at sea level). In addition, mps should actually be ISp/3,280.
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