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12-04-12, 11:51 AM

Someone discovered you can actually make engine clusters with struts in .18

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/...ters-with-0-18

I've done a little light testing of it and I've come to a couple conclusions.

Under light load conditions a Rockomax engine (The big one) will do better then 6x small rockets.

However, under heavy load conditions (On launch at least) the 6x small engines will actually do a fair bit better.

I'm attributing this to the fact that small engines are just better in the atmosphere then the big one, and the heavy load meant they were in the atmosphere for a longer part of their burn. In the light load condition the big rocket was able to thrust into lower atmosphere conditions faster where it did better.

It should also be noted that a engine cluster has MUCH MUCH LESS overheating problems then a single big one.

12-04-12, 11:51 AM	#64
Rilder Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Someone discovered you can actually make engine clusters with struts in .18 http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/...ters-with-0-18 I've done a little light testing of it and I've come to a couple conclusions. Under light load conditions a Rockomax engine (The big one) will do better then 6x small rockets. However, under heavy load conditions (On launch at least) the 6x small engines will actually do a fair bit better. I'm attributing this to the fact that small engines are just better in the atmosphere then the big one, and the heavy load meant they were in the atmosphere for a longer part of their burn. In the light load condition the big rocket was able to thrust into lower atmosphere conditions faster where it did better. It should also be noted that a engine cluster has MUCH MUCH LESS overheating problems then a single big one.