Come melt your face off with our latest jet engine addition to SimpleRockets 2. Put the throttle lever to the metal, and fulfill your need for speed. Full release notes can be found here.
Here's a new trailer showing them off:
We really went all out on these. I hit the textbooks and learned about the thermodynamics of jet engines, (which are fascinating, btw) and Kevin created detailed, modular jet engine models. In the end, we have a highly procedural jet engine part that can be used to create anything from old-style turbojets to new low-bypass military turbofans to high-bypass civilian airliner engines.
You can also tweak several visual aspects of the engine, including the shroud style, length, and curvature. Cycle through the available nozzle styles, fan styles, and inlet cones. Here's a quick GIF showing some of the features:
You can tweak the size, bypass ratio, compression ratio, and afterburner and see how it affects the performance. The designer has some extra tools to help analyze performance at different altitudes and airspeeds:
Jet engines need air to breathe, so the new inlet part helps to make sure your jet engines are getting enough air. If you connect an inlet directly to a jet engine, it will only provide air to that engine. If you connect an inlet somewhere else on your craft, it will provide air to any jet engines that don't have sufficient airflow. If you're curious about how your engines are doing, you can click on them during flight and check their Inlet Efficiency to ensure they are getting enough air.
Of course, the fun doesn't stop there. Kevin built two new stock airplanes to show off the new jet engines.
They are a blast to fly and it's fun to watch the new jet engines in action. Don't forget to turn on the new heat distortion particle effects for maximum enjoyment.
Waaaah why is this on Juno
@Majakalona
Idk, it’s weird
Why is this on the Simpleplanes website
can you add this feature to simpleplanes? because this is so cool
@Blue0Bull Call me a Kid/Child one more time
Boomer
Why don’t you put it inside of simple planes I would love to see this in SimplePlanes
Any translation to Portuguese?
@AndrewGarrison coool 😎Thanks.
i just realized how freaking american this trailer is
@enemyofgod666
What do you mean is not what you expected?
It's every thing you could wish for and more. it's much better than that game that I can't even remember it's name. No hate great game loved it and still do until...
AMAZING
Bloody hell thats cool
@AndrewGarrison please Andrew garrison create new turbines with better flames, invest a little more time in simpleplanes because simplerockets is not what I expected ...
Maybe you will add same settings for rocket engines? It will be very cool)
@AndrewGarrison can you add the inlet angle option from Simpleplanes?
@TheMaffinMan
Yes anytime this year
Any idea for a release date on mobile?
Nice!
@AndrewGarrison - maybe "overall pressure ratio" could be added to the analysis panel as an output.
@swope compression ratio is the compressor's exit pressure divided by the compressor input pressure. The overall pressure is 1.5 * CompressionRatio because the bypass fan has a fan pressure ratio of 1.5.
@czenon1 @mjdfx150529 yep, I agree we need better landing gear. @HellFireKoder is working on those.
@CRJ900Pilot lol, yep we put procedural jet engines in the rocket game instead of the plane game. Before this update, SP players mostly wanted tank parts in the plane game. Never judge a book by its cover! And when it comes to Jundroo games, never judge a game by its name...
@Gameboy21 these are just marketing techniques to get you to buy or upgrade to SimpleRockets2
Or the devs really enjoyed their selves making this one
Is "compression ratio" in the engine settings synonymous with "overall pressure ratio" or is it meant to be only input to the exit of the compressor?
Is there going to be a SimplePlanes 2? Considering how large of a gap in terms of well, everything of how good SR 2 is compared to SP.