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rolypoly May 23, 2015 @ 9:44am
What is terminal velocity on Kerbin?
I'm a bit confused with my calculations, above 10km, what is the terminal velocity? Is it 240, or 268?
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Rhadamant May 23, 2015 @ 9:48am 
Terminal velocity is quite dependent on the amount of drag your vessel has. Do you mean escape velocity?
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Myrador May 23, 2015 @ 9:55am 
depends on your vessel, but im sure i can go 300 m/s at 5500 m it seems too low

EDIT just took notes on my start:
at 1500 m you can go 225 m/s
at 3000 m you can go 260 m/s
at 5750 m you can go 280 m/s
at 8000 m you can go 280 m/s
at 10000 m you can go 285 m/s

this is with my vessel which has lots of drag hope it helped
Last edited by Myrador; May 23, 2015 @ 10:01am
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rolypoly May 23, 2015 @ 10:51am 
Hm, how can I find the total drag of my vessel?
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Moleculor May 23, 2015 @ 12:26pm 
It depends not only on the craft's part's drag values, but the shape the craft is as well. Much like in real life, a feather will fall faster if dropped edge-on than it will if dropped flat. So too will a narrow, aerodynamic craft have a higher terminal velocity.
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Empiro May 23, 2015 @ 12:27pm 
If you get the Kerbal Engineer Mod, one of the stats is "Atmospheric Efficiency". 100% is terminal velocity at that altitude.
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