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By density do you just mean a ton of smaller thrusters? Does it have to be a ring shape? Basically I am just imagining a ship with a ton of the tiniest realist
by Melatonic 5y ago
By density do you just mean a ton of smaller thrusters? Does it have to be a ring shape?
Basically I am just imagining a ship with a ton of the tiniest realistically produced thrusters side by side - would be some wasted space between the rings but this seems like it could be a solid design (not to mention additional redundancy in case individual thrusters go out)
- archermarks 5y agoI mean density in terms of amount of plasma through the device. You can cluster these together too but that gets complex from a systems design perspective. It's something that's being researched though
- HeyLaughingBoy 5y agoIs it additional redundancy or additional points of failure? Enquiring minds want to know!
- archermarks 5y agoBoth of those, but also additional mass due to extra plumbing and such. It's definitely a thing we could do but it's not without it's problems. Also, Hall thrusters don't tile well as they're annular/ring-shaped devices. There are linear thrusters which would tile better but they tend to work fairly poorly.