i think something is wrong with my nuclear engines

[internetrules]

my nuclear engines dont ever overheat when being used

i remember using them a few updates ago and they heated like hell

is there something wrong with my KSP?

[Fidelis Sodalis]

It will get some heat but stabilze before overheating. It's normal.

[maj.solo]

Well yes I read somewhere it will stablize.

( It is a test I want to make in the future ... how much thrust do you get from a overheating Nerv and how much thrust do you get from a actively cooled one? Maybe the Nerv is shutting down a little? maybe? I mean if ti was overheating ... what on earth would prevent it from melting? I tell you ... less fuel into the chamber! So this needs to be tested.

Next thought is .... Nerv works by ... hmmm ... how is it? ... hmmm ... not burning fuel? but heating it? So .... maybe cooling the nerv is bad? I need to test this in the future ... )

One thing u need to know is ... that heat will transfer to the fuel and warm that up. So even if you do not have radiator panels the fuel of the ship can absorb a certain amount of heat. If the burn is very very long there is a chance it is too long and too much "Watts" being produced for the fuel to absorb it.

All this needs testing in the future ....

My problem though is .. how do you measure distances in space in KSP .... I feel tired just thinking about how to set up a test to proove how things work.

[internetrules]

Originally posted by maj.solo:

Well yes I read somewhere it will stablize.

( It is a test I want to make in the future ... how much thrust do you get from a overheating Nerv and how much thrust do you get from a actively cooled one? Maybe the Nerv is shutting down a little? maybe? I mean if ti was overheating ... what on earth would prevent it from melting? I tell you ... less fuel into the chamber! So this needs to be tested.

Next thought is .... Nerv works by ... hmmm ... how is it? ... hmmm ... not burning fuel? but heating it? So .... maybe cooling the nerv is bad? I need to test this in the future ... )

One thing u need to know is ... that heat will transfer to the fuel and warm that up. So even if you do not have radiator panels the fuel of the ship can absorb a certain amount of heat. If the burn is very very long there is a chance it is too long and too much "Watts" being produced for the fuel to absorb it.

All this needs testing in the future ....

My problem though is .. how do you measure distances in space in KSP .... I feel tired just thinking about how to set up a test to proove how things work.

maj seems a bit to drunk for the internet right now

you should probably go home and get some sleep bud

[maj.solo]

Originally posted by internetrules:

Originally posted by maj.solo:

Well yes I read somewhere it will stablize.

( It is a test I want to make in the future ... how much thrust do you get from a overheating Nerv and how much thrust do you get from a actively cooled one? Maybe the Nerv is shutting down a little? maybe? I mean if ti was overheating ... what on earth would prevent it from melting? I tell you ... less fuel into the chamber! So this needs to be tested.

Next thought is .... Nerv works by ... hmmm ... how is it? ... hmmm ... not burning fuel? but heating it? So .... maybe cooling the nerv is bad? I need to test this in the future ... )

One thing u need to know is ... that heat will transfer to the fuel and warm that up. So even if you do not have radiator panels the fuel of the ship can absorb a certain amount of heat. If the burn is very very long there is a chance it is too long and too much "Watts" being produced for the fuel to absorb it.

All this needs testing in the future ....

My problem though is .. how do you measure distances in space in KSP .... I feel tired just thinking about how to set up a test to proove how things work.

maj seems a bit to drunk for the internet right now

you should probably go home and get some sleep bud

No the heat from the nervs will transfer to the fuel in the fuel tanks in KSP and heat the fuel. It is ok though as long as there is enough fuel there to absorb the heat.

Have you ever cooked pasta on your stove. You need to get the water boiling .... it takes awhile.

And as I said if the nerv was overheating why is that suddenly not so.

I have 4 of the largest cooling radiators on one of my nerv tankers and they are red hot if you extend them.

[internetrules]

Originally posted by maj.solo:

Originally posted by internetrules:

maj seems a bit to drunk for the internet right now

you should probably go home and get some sleep bud

No the heat from the nervs will transfer to the fuel in the fuel tanks in KSP and heat the fuel. It is ok though as long as there is enough fuel there to absorb the heat.

im not saying if what you said was inacurate im just saying that your to drunk (as you partialy admited in another thread)

also "No the heat from the nervs will transfer to the fuel in the fuel tanks in KSP and heat the fuel"

that sentance can be understood but it sounds so drunkingly said

[GeneralVeers]

Originally posted by internetrules:

my nuclear engines dont ever overheat when being used

This isn't "something wrong", this is something right. Don't jinx it. :)

NERVs can still overheat; some months back, I was testing something or other, and one of my single-engine starfighters had its nuclear drive on full burn for several minutes. I had KSP minimized while that was running, and I was playing something else, when:

KABOOM!

Had to dig through the mission log for a bit, because every single part damaged in an explosion gets its own entry, but there was an explosion due to overheating somewhere in there. It can still happen, but you gotta seriously overcook it.