Goonhub
02-04-2014, 05:03 PM
Whoever gave you that advice was fucking with you, putting plasma and oxygen in the same pipe cause the mix to catch on fire. That causes the temperature to get really high, which is good for the hot loop, but as the temp increases so does the pressure. Once pressure exceeds 15,000 kpa the pipes tend to burst.
Nitrogen in the coldloop and CO2 in the hot loop is the default safe way to set up the engine. (Or is it the other way around? There's a piece of paper lying around with the basic instructions). It creates pretty crummy output but it's easy and better than nothing.
what i've heard but not really tested to confirm:
plain old plasma is good for the cold loop
a little skoosh of plasma is good in the hot loop
if you add a bit of oxygen to the hot loop you will start a 'hellburn' which can be kept going if you properly vent it every time the pressure gets high
What you really want to accomplish is to get a crazy hellfire going in the Combustion Chamber. It's safe to have that running hotter than the sun because it's a separate system. The hot loop gas pipe runs through there, warms up from the fire without catching on fire itself.
Nitrogen in the coldloop and CO2 in the hot loop is the default safe way to set up the engine. (Or is it the other way around? There's a piece of paper lying around with the basic instructions). It creates pretty crummy output but it's easy and better than nothing.
what i've heard but not really tested to confirm:
plain old plasma is good for the cold loop
a little skoosh of plasma is good in the hot loop
if you add a bit of oxygen to the hot loop you will start a 'hellburn' which can be kept going if you properly vent it every time the pressure gets high
What you really want to accomplish is to get a crazy hellfire going in the Combustion Chamber. It's safe to have that running hotter than the sun because it's a separate system. The hot loop gas pipe runs through there, warms up from the fire without catching on fire itself.