Small Ion Thruster

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Small Thruster Icon.png
Large Ship Icon.png
Large Ship / Station
Small Ion Thruster
 
Components
Required

 

 
 
 
Mass (kg):
0
 
Integrity:
0
 
Build time (seconds):
15
 
Active power consumption (MW):
3.36
 
Idle Power Consumption (MW):
0.000002
 
Force magnitude (N):
345600
 
Airtight:
Yes - depends on orientation
 
Power Consumer Group:
Thruster
 
Dimensions (W x H x D):
1 x 2 x 1
 
PCU Cost:
15
Small Thruster Icon.png
Small Ship Icon.png
Small Ship
Small Ion Thruster
 
Components
Required

 

 
 
 
Mass (kg):
0
 
Integrity:
0
 
Build time (seconds):
10
 
Active power consumption (MW):
0.200
 
Idle Power Consumption (MW):
0.000002
 
Force magnitude (N):
14400
 
Airtight:
Yes - depends on orientation
 
Power Consumer Group:
Thruster
 
Dimensions (W x H x D):
1 x 2 x 1
 
PCU Cost:
15

Overview

This block is a smaller variant of the Large Thruster, otherwise known as the ``Ion Thruster``. It moves a ship (grid) in the opposite direction of the exhaust point. The Small Thruster provides small amounts of thrust, but are cheap to construct up front compared to their larger counterpart, Large Thruster.

As of patch 01.022, Large Thrusters will damage anything behind them for up to 7 blocks in a cross pattern. If the space directly behind the thruster is clear, then the blocks on the side will not take damage.

  • For more information on all thrusters and their mechanics, see Thruster.

Usage

Ion Thrusters are used to move a ship (grid) in a specific direction, and also used to stabilize it's position with inertial dampener (toggled with default 'Z' button). In order for a grid to be entirely stable, thrusters must be placed in the front, back, left, right, top, and bottom positions.

Ion Thrusters don't require any type of fuel other than energy sources such as a Large Reactor in order to function. They can run on any amount of power, however their full potential can only be used with larger amounts of power.

Media

Small Thruster SmallThrust01.jpg

Tips

  • If your ship is completely still in space, your thrusters will remain in standby mode and only will draw bare minimal amounts of power.
  • If on a multiplayer server with a PCU limit, a Large Thruster will use far less PCU than the equivalent number of small ones. In fact just one small holds the same value as a large one.

Known Issues

See Also

Programming

Update History

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