The Powder Toy

Daedalus Engine Prototype by slasher98

slasher98
slasher98
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6th Sep 2017
24th Dec 2019
By trapping a small amount of compressed deutrium oxide in a gravity well and blasting neutrons at it, one can create a miniture runaway reaction. By periodically adding deutrium oxide particles to the well and allowing them to explode, a thrust is made.
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Comments

  • slasher98
    slasher98     4th Jan 2020
    I had to use Ceramic because it can withstand the heat of the fission and it doesn't block neutrons. I could implement an active cooling system with another particle type, but I'm not sure what I could use.
  • Merlin1846
    Merlin1846     24th Dec 2019
    The stable version would work better if the ceramic witch blocks the pressure was replaced with something the doesent block as much pressure but you coul try inslator because it would also block the neutrons but let pressure through but not temp witch would also make it safer to put next to temprature sensative things like wood or cpus
  • slasher98
    slasher98     31st Jul 2018
    @guesswho2778 Eh idk. Just posting for the fun.
  • guesswho2778
    guesswho2778     31st May 2018
    nice +1 i dont know how you have so many downvotes
  • slasher98
    slasher98     6th Sep 2017
    I think I fixed them.
  • J2CD
    J2CD     6th Sep 2017
    Both of the prototypes break after a while, might want to fix that. +0 for now
  • slasher98
    slasher98     6th Sep 2017
    That's true... Though I'm not sure how else to effectively trap the deutrium oxide. If too much collects, the engine is damaged. If too little collects, the deutrium oxide uncompresses to the point where the neutron beam doesn't work and the deutrium oxide is wasted.
  • zxaaw
    zxaaw     6th Sep 2017
    The gravity well is kind of cheating...