my vector engines are flaming out

[LOCALDOPAMINEAJUNKIE]

my vector engines are flaming out like 12 seconds after i launch with good air intake & fuel, idk what is going on so idk what the cause of the flameout is

[GunsForBucks]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2640988610

What kind of air intake?
Is it blocked in front of it?
Are there any parts that do not transfer fuel that may not allow fuel flow to the engines?

There is a section in here on building small jets.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2776295284

[LOCALDOPAMINEAJUNKIE]

wait hold on i think i found the problem.

[LOCALDOPAMINEAJUNKIE]

aaand still not fixed, my plane, no matter how many intakes are on it, it will have a flameout about less than 12 seconds from ignition.

[LOCALDOPAMINEAJUNKIE]

idk wtf is happening with it

[desrtfox071]

Is it running our of fuel?

Add a screenshot of the craft. Also one with the flameout status happening if you can.

[LOCALDOPAMINEAJUNKIE]

Originally posted by desrtfox071:

Is it running our of fuel?

Add a screenshot of the craft. Also one with the flameout status happening if you can.

it isn't running out of fuel, it stops at like 50% fuel for some reason

[Manwith Noname]

Originally posted by industrial grade air:

it stops at like 50% fuel for some reason

Probably rocket fuel tanks with oxidizer in them.

Edit: Although I am slightly confused. "Vector" engines are rocket engines but you are talking about planes and air intakes so I suspect you mean the panther engine, which has thrust vectoring. Which, you could use these engines but flight will be very brief...but fast.

[koimeiji]

Vectors are rocket engines.
They need Liquid Fuel and Oxidizer. Intake Air (provided by air intakes) is not Oxidizer. As such, if your tank only has Liquid Fuel (which it would if its a spaceplane tank), your Vectors will flame out because there's no oxidizer.
Use a tank with oxidizer included.


Assuming, of course, you actually are using Vectors and aren't confusing them for some other engine.

[LOCALDOPAMINEAJUNKIE]

i got confused bc i dont know what oxidiser was until now. so when it flamed out i thought it was because it was a jet engine

[LOCALDOPAMINEAJUNKIE]

Originally posted by koimeiji:

Vectors are rocket engines.
They need Liquid Fuel and Oxidizer. Intake Air (provided by air intakes) is not Oxidizer. As such, if your tank only has Liquid Fuel (which it would if its a spaceplane tank), your Vectors will flame out because there's no oxidizer.
Use a tank with oxidizer included.


Assuming, of course, you actually are using Vectors and aren't confusing them for some other engine.

thank you! this helped lots :D

[✪KSPBugger✪]

Hmm. Seems like you are new. I can teach you if you happen to find out something isnt working.

[LOCALDOPAMINEAJUNKIE]

cool!

Originally posted by ☭KSPBugger☭:

Hmm. Seems like you are new. I can teach you if you happen to find out something isnt working.

[Isabelle]

Liquid fuel is only "liquid fuel" for air-breathing engines. Rocket engines are incapable of breathing air- save for the rapier- and any air-breathing engines will flame out without air.

Oxidizer is a liquid, like fuel; rocket engines use a combination of liquid fuel and oxidizer fluid to ignite and won't flame out under any circumstances other than fuel depletion.

tldr; plane engines breathe air, rocket engines drink oxidizer instead