New Hellburn!

[Prichard]

So I've done SOME experimenting since they added the mixer to cog1, and diagnostic tools in general.  66/33 still SEEMS to be the most effective, but so far my testing has only really involved 60/40-70-30, the inverted set of that (ranging around 33/66 instead) and 50/50.

EDIT: And vent your floors people!  Escape gets unpleasant enough by the end of a 50 minutes round WITH floors vented in a hellburn, holy COW I don't wanna imagine it unvented.

I think the best ratio is very close to 66/33 too. Hell, it might even be exactly 66/33 if the space gods smile. It would take tests of very close numbers to know for sure.

The big problem with tests of very close numbers like 65/35 or 68/32 is variability. Every time the engine is started slightly differently. Every tick in the game that isn't done precisely the same will change what happens even if by a little bit. Something slightly faster might appear slightly slower depending on loads of different factors like lag, misclicks.. anything really. 

So the average time to hit a target (100 GW for example) using a close mix of 68/32 (for example) must be lower than the average time to hit the same target with 66/33. And not only lower, but lower by an amount of time that is greater than the uncertainty, otherwise it could just be a fluke engine speedrun!

But! Imagine a long line of identical engines where the only difference is the mix ratio. Then through some magic like commands, all the valves were opened on the same tick to start the engines. The combustion igniters all triggered at the same time. Then I believe the true best mix would be able to be found.