Jet Engines are ready for testing! Realistic thermodynamic simulation allows you to tweak their size, bypass ratio, compression ratio and afterburner and see how it affects performance. Cycle through the different visual styles for nozzles, fans, inlet cones, and shrouds (or remove their shroud and see their naked core). You can easily create high bypass turbofan engines or low bypass military afterburning engines and anything in between.
Read the release notes here.
How to get the beta
- Open the Steam client and go to your Library
- Right click SimpleRockets 2 and click Properties
- Go to the BETAS tab
- Select beta - Public Beta Testing from the beta dropdown
@Mod thanks!
New beta is available, version 0.6.9.1:
Added jet engine thrust reversal.
Fixed a bug where the designer would not calculate a part's CoM correctly if the part had overridden it's local CoM.
0.6.9.1 Saw the new shroud options. That's pretty cool addition.
Great jet engines! But they lack vectoring thrust option =(
Do I want an afterburner? HELL YES!!!
Thanks guys, this game is getting more and more awesome :)
Plus: It works underwater!
Really, the jet, try it.
In this update the length of a part minimum went from 0.1 to 0.2 Can we please have our 0.1 back?
@mjdfx150529 Ooooh, I didn't notice there was a new stock craft. Thank you!
@Mod Um that plane is a stock craft called Wasp 2.0
YAAAAAY
Simple plane killer?
So now we have customizable jet engines, are there plans for customizable rocket engines?
When I tried Wasp 2.0, I didn't have any aileron control with Q/E (I'm using the default mapping.) I found the Control Chip buried in the fuselage, but I was surprised by the orientation of the chip -- which I think defines the orientation of the control axes. I thought the chip would be flat on one of the fuselage stations -- so the longitudinal axis would be normal to the chip, like in a rocket design (flat on top of a fuel tank.) Any diagrams or documentation about how the control axes are defined?
@pedro16797 Thanks :)
<3
"The new input controller options are so amazing I don't know how to express my gratitude. I want to hug you so bad @NathanMikeska"*
@swope Nope, but you can slide the compression ratio down to x1 and basically have a ramjet.
@Tully2001 That's it for the inlet for now, but we may add some options like the slant to all fuselage parts at some point.
@pedro16797 That's great! But thank @NathanMikeska for that. He did all the work on input controllers for this update.
hOw do u work the engines xD
do you just attach them to a fuel tank?
It's great! Wheels on small aircraft still seem to have a problem with traction. Also we need sonic booms and effects now.
I want to learn how to mod the game just so I can have the intakes take in vacuum, and not air
OH YES!!!!
I want an X-43 and X-51!
I want a Blackswift!
So no ramjets, scramjets, or combined-cycle hybrids? 😮