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MSFS20 Type 4 Engine - Rocket
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From the P3DV4 SDK aircraft configuration section
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| engine_type | Integer that identifies what type of engine is on the aircraft. 0 = piston, 1 = Jet, 2 = None, 3 = Helo-turbine, 4 = Rocket (not supported) 5 = Turboprop. |
My Apologies, I forgot the tag for MSFS. Thank you though.
Is that a legacy thing? Maybe Rockets were in Combat Flight Simulator and newer versions of FSX and P3D and MSFS simply don't support rockets anymore. It wouldn't be the first time that there was a parameter that was in older sim versions and is no longer supported.
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The MSFS section is almost identical
SDK Documentation 03 content configuration simobjects 00-aircraft Aircraft configuration Engines.html
Engines configuration File
engine_type:
Integer that identifies what type of engine is on the aircraft. 0 = piston, 1 = Jet, 2 = None, 3 = Helo-turbine, 4 = Rocket (not supported) 5 = Turboprop.
However there is mention of an electric type elsewhere.
If you want to simulate a rocket, use a jet with a lot of thrust and not much weight, works well for weapons
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SDK Documentation 03 content configuration simobjects 00-aircraft Aircraft configuration Engines.html
Engines configuration File
engine_type:
Integer that identifies what type of engine is on the aircraft. 0 = piston, 1 = Jet, 2 = None, 3 = Helo-turbine, 4 = Rocket (not supported) 5 = Turboprop.
However there is mention of an electric type elsewhere.
If you want to simulate a rocket, use a jet with a lot of thrust and not much weight, works well for weapons
Roy
You're correct. I went back through the SDK lastnight, its right there in big print and somehow I over looked it. Using turbine would probably work, configuration set to burn through the fuel in 83 seconds and keeping the pressure difference as high as possible through all altitudes. It might perform similarly to the XLR-99 engine used in the X-15. I wish the altitude wasnt limited to 275k ft.
