Live URL: http://meithan.net/KSP/engines
This webapp will let you compute interactive optimal engine charts on demand. The goal is to answer this general question:
- What is the optimal engine for a given payload mass and desired Δv, subject to a minimum TWR (or acceleration) restriction, where by optimal we mean that the resulting ship should have the least possible mass?
Basic instructions:
- Choose a fixed variable out of Payload mass, Minimum TWR or Delta-v. The remaining two variables will be the axes of the 2D plot.
- Fill in the chart parameters, including the values or ranges of the variables, as well as atmospheric pressure and the maximum number of engines.
- Select which engines should be included in the analysis by clicking on the checkboxes to the right.
- Click "Calculate!" and the chart will appear below; details will be shown on the panel to the right.
The chart is interactive:
- Mouse over the chart to see details for the point under the mouse in the panel to the right.
- Click on the chart to lock the details panel to a specific point in the chart; click again to unlock.
- Click-and-drag to pan the currently displayed view; the chart will be recomputed with the new ranges.
- Hold the CTRL key and click-and-drag to select an area to zoom in.
- Use the buttons under the chart to expand/shrink the ranges, recall previous settings or save the chart.
You can get more help by opening the collapsible areas by clicking on the ? buttons. Some extra details are also given by mousing over the i tooltips.
Fore more info (like details on how the calculations are done) or to leave a message or bug report, visit the development thread at the KSP forums.
- 1.1.2 (April 28, 2016): Updated engine stats to 1.1.1 (no changes with respect to 1.0.5)
- 1.1.1 (March 2, 2016): Set default maximum number of engines to 10, other minor fixes (default fixed variable is now correctly set, fixed min/avg/max row display in runner-up details).
- 1.1.0 (February 22, 2016): New feature: fixed variable selector, moved project to Github, refactored a lot of code.
- 1.0.1 (February 19, 2016): Updated engine stats to 1.0.5 (only change is the addition of the Vector engine).
- 1.0.0 (June 30, 2015): Initial release.
Optimal Engine Charts is free software licensed under the GNU General Public License v3. Third-party additional software is used under the terms of the corresponding licenses. Built with Paper.js and jquery.js. Styles by Twitter Bootstrap. Icons by Glyphicons.
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