Engines checklist about realismoverhaul

[NathanKell]

Possibles:

[jwvanderbeck]

Working on the first right now. Have the base configs in place need to test in game to ensure proper scaling (which will no doubt make me want to punch babies)

[NathanKell]

I'm working on the backport for the record, about 1/4 done, although right now I'm dealing with figuring out what happened to RLA.

[jwvanderbeck]

You also need to let me know what I should do with the RLA J-2. Either keep it as the J-2 line but remove the J-2X, or make it a J-2X only engine and remove the J-2 line.

[jwvanderbeck]

Which mixture should be the "1.0" point on the generic thrusters? The 0.5kN thruster in RLA seems to have already been done and its 1.0 point is in the MMH+NTO mixture. Yet when I look at say the Squad RCS, the 1.0 point is in the Hydrazine mixture.

[jwvanderbeck]

@NathanKell "KW Globe X-10S "Thor II" SRB -> 5-seg Shuttle SRB (was UA-1207)" did you mean the 4-segment that was actually flown, or the proposed 5-segment one that would have been used for Ares?

[jwvanderbeck]

"Set AIES Exper to RL-60 (was RL-10B-2"

The RL-60 was originally being designed in two models, a 40,000 lbs and 60,000 lbs version. The 40k version was to be the Vinci, but got put on hold. Given the huge increase in thrust from the RL10 to the RL60, I think we should provide two configs, one for the Vinci lower thrust version and then the full RL60. On a tangential note the MB-60 is basically an RL-60 assembled in Japan. P&W and Mitsubishi jointly developed the RL-60.

Reference: http://www.rocket-propulsion.info/resources/articles/RL_60.pdf

Proposal: Make an RL-60 part named RL-60, but with configs for "Vinci-180" and "RL-60"

[NathanKell]

@jwvanderbeck

1. Hydrazine should be the baseline config (1.0 for the 1kNs, 0.5 for the 0.5kN, and 2 for the DES thruster from AIES).
2. Yes, the 5seg for Ares. We already have 4-segment SSRBs.
3. The RLA Albatross is to become the Vinci, so I don't see the need to dual-config the RL-60 (unless MB-60 has different stats), though I'm not at all set on it.