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[Sean Mirrsen]

wait a minute... if Sean were to put a precooler on his telectric turbojet idea... would that result in a plasma sabre engine?

Not a question for this thread, I think. And I rather doubt it, a sabre is a very different beast. One that uses fuel, among other things.

[Unholy_Pariah]

wait a minute... if Sean were to put a precooler on his telectric turbojet idea... would that result in a plasma sabre engine?

Not a question for this thread, I think. And I rather doubt it, a sabre is a very different beast. One that uses fuel, among other things.

i just dont wanna post in the heph ooc. i got banned from that planet.

i dont really see the differences though, instead of adding fuel to make fire your idea adds electricity to make plasma albiet with a lower compression ratio due to lack of precooler.

[Kedly]

I melted my heat gun saving our asses the previous night

What roll did that take, by the way? And who on our crew is good at that roll?

It was a handi/aux roll, and it was with my heat gun which I stole from the Stan mission. I think PW took pity on me as well because I only had a -1 and I sucked at both handi AND aux (although maybe it was an either/or situation, so either skill can work) I ended up with a perfect 5 because I rolled a 6. Basically I lucked the fuck out xD

[Sean Mirrsen]

wait a minute... if Sean were to put a precooler on his telectric turbojet idea... would that result in a plasma sabre engine?

Not a question for this thread, I think. And I rather doubt it, a sabre is a very different beast. One that uses fuel, among other things.

i just dont wanna post in the heph ooc. i got banned from that planet.

i dont really see the differences though, instead of adding fuel to make fire your idea adds electricity to make plasma albiet with a lower compression ratio due to lack of precooler.

It can't fly on electricity alone in space. Or did you mean some other SABRE? The only one I know is the one that's the hybrid rocket/turboramjet SSTO spaceplane engine.

Other than that, as long as it has air to work with, I guess it could be?

[Unholy_Pariah]

wait a minute... if Sean were to put a precooler on his telectric turbojet idea... would that result in a plasma sabre engine?

Not a question for this thread, I think. And I rather doubt it, a sabre is a very different beast. One that uses fuel, among other things.

i just dont wanna post in the heph ooc. i got banned from that planet.

i dont really see the differences though, instead of adding fuel to make fire your idea adds electricity to make plasma albiet with a lower compression ratio due to lack of precooler.

It can't fly on electricity alone in space. Or did you mean some other SABRE? The only one I know is the one that's the hybrid rocket/turboramjet SSTO spaceplane engine.

Other than that, as long as it has air to work with, I guess it could be?

Well if you include the ability to funnel a propellant into it for non-atmospheric flight then... sabre engine.

[Hapah]

Jetpack made out of Gauss Rifles.

[Xantalos]

Jetpack made out of Gauss Rifles.

Ivan flashbacks

[tryrar]

Sorta like the GSh-6-30 jetpack?

[Hapah]

Sorta like the GSh-6-30 jetpack?

I had exactly that in mind, yes, lol. We should ask him to look at Sean's proto if only because we know we'll get funny pictures out of the deal.

[Kedly]

How is this not a thing yet. We are an organisation of convicts rebelling against society, why do we not have machine gun jetpacks?

[Sean Mirrsen]

I suppose I could mention that the Plasma Stake weapon Anton designed is a first step towards creating a more powerful plasma-based rocket thruster. Solid dense material rod as fuel, gradually plasmarized and ejected out the back via magnetic array. A very big, very stupidly powerful MPD thruster.

Those Bluerad cells we may be getting in the near future are going to be a big help. If it's going to need refuelling anyway, might as well use compact expendable powersources as well.

[tryrar]

You mean like an eject-able fuel and power source array?

[Sean Mirrsen]

You mean like an eject-able fuel and power source array?

No. Well, basically, you're expending both the fuel and the powersource, like a really crazy take on the term "bipropellant".

What you do, is take the Jet Magnum Plasma Stake Anton made for battlesuits, take the gauss accelerator off, put a bigger block of fuel in, make it plasmarize slowly instead of all at once, and stick this on the output end:

Then use a Bluerad cell to feed crazy amounts of power into it. Pretty much never worry about delta-V in space again, the specific impulse on these is going to be insane by chemical rocket standards.

[tryrar]

Hmm, two questions, would that be safe(ish) to strap on your back, and could you shrink it down enough TO strap on you back, sorta as a replacement of the Mk-3's current rockets?

[Sean Mirrsen]

Hmm, two questions, would that be safe(ish) to strap on your back, and could you shrink it down enough TO strap on you back, sorta as a replacement of the Mk-3's current rockets?

I rather severely doubt anything sized for a MkIII would survive the heating involved. Maybe with some of the fancier material or an automanip cooler. It'd work wonders for shuttles and maybe even battlesuits though.

As for safety - strapping one onto your back is much safer than standing anywhere behind the exhaust. Kzinti Lesson in full force here, except I'm kinda using it in reverse.