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[Mr Breaker]

at the moment im packing 29 single HS on my atlas with only 2 slots left but full tonage, my heat efficiency is 1.19. How many DHS would i need to have the same efficiency and would i have enough space?

The way my atlas is mapped out i could fit 7 double heat sinks

Edited by Mr Breaker, 29 December 2012 - 02:08 PM.

[Red squirrel]

Test it here:
http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=16

[o0Marduk0o]

Mr Breaker, on 29 December 2012 - 02:05 PM, said:

at the moment im packing 29 single HS on my atlas with only 2 slots left but full tonage, my heat efficiency is 1.19. How many DHS would i need to have the same efficiency and would i have enough space?

The way my atlas is mapped out i could fit 7 double heat sinks

It is possible.

[De La Fresniere]

The "heat efficiency" number in the mechlab is practically meaningless because it factors in your heat generation in an unrealistic way. Knowing your heat generation/dissipation should be much more informative.

If you want to do the math... all Engine DHS (normally you'd have 10) dissipate heat at a rate of 2 instead of 1, and all out-of-Engine DHS dissipate it at a rate of 1.4 instead of 1.

If you want to know how many you'd be able to fit, use the online mechlab simulator at http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab

I would imagine an Altas would use its critical slots for weapons and thus wouldn't be able to use many DHS, though it would still have 10 true doubles from the Engine, a few "free" 1.4 ones from Engine DHS slots, and then whatever fits.

[Mr Breaker]

Either the test lab is worng or my mech bay is wrong..

For a start when u add a XL engine in the test lab it only takes u 1 slot for the heat sinks. Where in my mech lab it takes up 2 slots.

Also when i add a XL 290 for example it show 10 heat sinks added aswell and then i can add another heatsink in the engine bay, thus meaning i can get a total of 19 DHS at a heat efficiency of 1.25

this is what i've built

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...c12254495d17f51

But in my mech lad when i add a engine no heat sinks are added untill i add 1 to the engine bay my self but it can 20 DHS but a heat effiencey of 1.17

So the mech lab and test lab dont add up!

Edited by Mr Breaker, 29 December 2012 - 03:23 PM.

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Red squirrel, on 29 December 2012 - 02:11 PM, said:

Test it here:
http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=16

[De La Fresniere]

Mr Breaker, on 29 December 2012 - 03:21 PM, said:

Either the test lab is worng or my mech bay is wrong..

For a start when u add a XL engine in the test lab it only takes u 1 slot for the heat sinks. Where in my mech lab it takes up 2 slots.

Also when i add a XL 290 for example it show 10 heat sinks added aswell and then i can add another heatsink in the engine bay, thus meaning i can get a total of 19 DHS at a heat efficiency of 1.25

this is what i've built

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...c12254495d17f51

But in my mech lad when i add a engine no heat sinks are added untill i add 1 to the engine bay my self but it can 20 DHS but a heat effiencey of 1.17

So the mech lab and test lab dont add up!

I can barely understand what you're saying...

In both the real mechlab and the virtual one, it takes one slot for SHS and three for DHS.

If you mean Engine slots, you get one slot per 25 power over 250. A 300 Engine would have 2 slots in it, while a 290 Engine would only have one.

[Mr Breaker]

De La Fresniere, on 29 December 2012 - 03:36 PM, said:

I can barely understand what you're saying...

In both the real mechlab and the virtual one, it takes one slot for SHS and three for DHS.

If you mean Engine slots, you get one slot per 25 power over 250. A 300 Engine would have 2 slots in it, while a 290 Engine would only have one.

Sorry ive sorted the engine heat sink module slot error.!!

But what i dont understand is my mech lab and test lab mech are identical but..... my mech lad heat efficency is 1.17 but the test lab is 1.28

Does the mech lad not take into account the heat sinks that come with a standard 295 engine? (10 if im not mistaken)

[De La Fresniere]

Mr Breaker, on 29 December 2012 - 04:02 PM, said:

Sorry ive sorted the engine heat sink module slot error.!!

But what i dont understand is my mech lab and test lab mech are identical but..... my mech lad heat efficency is 1.17 but the test lab is 1.28

Does the mech lad not take into account the heat sinks that come with a standard 295 engine? (10 if im not mistaken)

The calculations are very slightly different, but not enough to make that much of a difference. For my own build, in the mechlab I get 1.24, in the test lab I get 1.23.

Are your sinks doubles in both labs? If you've got regular in the mechlab and DHS in the test lab, that would explain it...

Yes, every Engine of 250 power or more has 10 sinks in it.

[Apoc1138]

Mechlab heat efficiency is wrong, it thinks ALL dhs are 1.4 but in reality the 10 engine sinks are at the full 2.0, so the testlab is correct and the actual game one is wrong

[Krazy Kat]

Apoc1138, on 29 December 2012 - 04:10 PM, said:

Mechlab heat efficiency is wrong, it thinks ALL dhs are 1.4 but in reality the 10 engine sinks are at the full 2.0, so the testlab is correct and the actual game one is wrong

This is true.