Having trouble with the torch drive

[ricardo]

On a plotted course, even at fairly low G < 2, my reactor temperature goes down until it shuts off. I must be forgetting a step. I have two pellet feeders and one laser.

Why is my reactor shutting down ?

[tritton82]

First off getting another laser will help. If you've got a really big/heavy ship the Fusion Torch may not be beefy enough to provide thrust, keep dialing down the G's until you find the sweet spot. You might need to upgrade to a 3x3 setup.

[cephalo]

You know, it's very strange how I got it to work. I had much better results by actually removing the extra laser and extra pellet feeder. I got a much quicker path somehow, faster and with a higher G. I think I don't have enough fuel to use those extra components, and my ship is quite large with 2 He3.

[Shenji]

I have 7 He3 tanks but nav console only recognize one. I got 2 pellet feeder with one laser array(by the reactor manual it's the correct ratio) and it works fine.

[ricardo]

Originally posted by Shenji:

I have 7 He3 tanks but nav console only recognize one. I got 2 pellet feeder with one laser array(by the reactor manual it's the correct ratio) and it works fine.

I don't think the manual says that. I think it says you have to have a laser for each pellet feeder. You need one fuel regulator for two pellet feeders, and one capacitor for two lasers, but to work you have to have a laser for each feeder. I think it might say this in the nav manual rather than the fusion manual.

[Shenji]

Not sure about this, maybe I just read it in PDA version or other source. My ship with 2 pellet feeder and one laser array just works fine, though I build the ship in version 14.1.