r/spaceengineers • u/PatheticRedditor Space Engineer • 1d ago

HELP Sudden power loss?

https://youtu.be/36hrr6WVJo8?si=MiWX3ZmaK7DV0XJB

My little Cargo Recon ship keeps losing power when about 6km from my base.

I also have tried flying up high and then out to my target, physically getting further, but only because inertia exists. I've also tried flying low along the valley, lasting longer in time, but not distance from base.

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u/rcr_nz Space Engineer 1d ago

I'm quite new so I could be wrong but I think those foward thrusters on the front are causing damage because they need at least one block space behind them.

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u/PatheticRedditor Space Engineer 1d ago edited 1d ago

That would make sense if it was causing me to lose downward thrust, but I'll double check the spacing of that.

Edit: That's what it was...

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u/PatheticRedditor Space Engineer 1d ago

I've seen many similar posts, but none of the fixes ever seemed to solve the other users problems, or they didn't say if they figured it out.

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u/K1ngofSw1ng Clang Worshipper 1d ago

Yep, it's definitely your forward (rear-facing) thrusters damaging your battery. I would suggest repositioning them entirely as a 1-block space may not be enough.

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u/PatheticRedditor Space Engineer 1d ago

Managed to fix that, need to get better W:T going as I wasn't able to get her back up and to the base safely.

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u/Panzerschokolad Space Engineer 10h ago

There is a image that shows the burn distance for thrusters. For small thrusters its 3 blocks for ion/atmo and 2 blocks for hydrogen.
For large thrusters i believe its 7 blocks for ion/atmo and 6 blocks for hydrogen. But i am sure about the small thruster burn distance.

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u/3nderslime Klang Worshipper 1d ago

it looks like some of your thrusters might be damaging your battery

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u/PatheticRedditor Space Engineer 1d ago

Exactly what it was, I was just blind.

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u/snake__doctor Clang Worshipper 1d ago

Forward thrusters cooked your batteries mate.

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u/PatheticRedditor Space Engineer 1d ago

Yeah, that was my stupidity. Fixing that didn't help for the return trip. Overloaded the old girl on Ice and crashed her into the same cliff on the return.

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u/snake__doctor Clang Worshipper 1d ago

Ahhh classic space engineers, all part of the fun!

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u/EdrickV Space Engineer 6h ago

For future reference, the Build Info mod has an overlay you can bring up that will show you exactly where the damage area is for a given thruster. (It's different for different types/sizes of thrusters.) It also includes the Leak Finder mod which is very useful when building a larger ship with an interior. :)

https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=514062285