Best overall engine

[Attila the king of the huns]

So whats the best overall engine you guys have been able to come up with? Lets say a 3200 power engine. Size and efficency.

[Attila the king of the huns]

Ive gotten 135 per unit fuel out of a 5x5x4 engine not including generator.

[FourGreenFields]

"Best overall" still depends on how high you value efficiency. Unless I'm building a very small craft with high power needs, I won't be happy with less than 400 power/fuel at 0.1 RPM. If you decide to throw powerdensity overboard, you can get 78k power/fuel, I think (there was some post on the official forum that has some crazy-efficient engines).

[Attila the king of the huns]

Whats you favorite? you gotta have a favorite. (also yeah super incline engines are insane but only from a purely theortical point of view. Kinda useless on the capaign map)

[JetLaGGed]

Originally posted by ThatZenoGuy:

No such thing as 'best overall'.

You want efficiency? Power? Cheapness? You can't have all three.

Turbo engines are most efficient, steam is least.

For this reason I load two (or three) fuel engines on my ships, one low RPM high effiency, and one or two 50-60 cylinder 2x injectors each monsters to power my shields and energy weapons in combat. It's not unusual to burn a hundred thousand fuel for my flagship and another hundred thousand for its escorts per fight, though where possible I use stealthy subs or cheap kamikazes and fighters to cut down on the fuel use per battle.

[Redstorm]

4x3x2 400HP engine, small size, decent efficency, incredible for small stuffs. Definitely my most used enfine. Also made a mod of it that increases yield to 800HP for being two longer.