How to Optimize Your Thrusters -Factorio: Space Age

Don't you just love fluid mechanics? Yeah me neither... In retrospect I grossly oversimplified the concept of Specific Impulse for brevity and also mixed it up with Efficiency at least once but don't worry about it. EFFICIENCY CHART: https://wiki.factorio.com/Thruster BLUEPRINTS: Regulated 3 Thruster Cluster: https://factoriobin.com/post/roltnf NX-01: A terrible but beautifully symmetrical Nauvis-to-Vulcanus transporter: https://factoriobin.com/post/x1j9t2 The Mondor: IT'S CUBICAL https://factoriobin.com/post/l3vuck 00:00 What 00:28 Why 01:02 The Speed Formula 01:24 Fuel Consumption Ratios 03:31 What Not to Do 04:19 Pipe Routing 05:46 Creating a Cycle Clock 06:49 Restricting Pump Flow Rate 08:37 Calibrating the Pumps 09:19 Refining the Design 10:00 Eliminating Overflow 11:27 Directly Inserting Fluids 12:36 Putting It All Together 14:11 Quick Calibration System 14:45 Automatic Fuel-saver System 15:56 Automatic Speed Control 16:15 Power is a Concern 16:54 Duty Cycle Control 17:21 You Can Just Ratio Production Instead