ZE Modular Engine Controller
[b]Connect the purple composite node to any cylinder directly.
Maker sure the starters can crank up the engine above 2 RPS.
Disable the infinite fuel mode.
Do not insert extra logic blocks between the composite cylinder node and the LUA script.[/b]
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[*] Maintains a constant engine RPS level set by a throttle value in range from 0 to 1, or by a desired RPS value set directly.
[*] Compatible with turbocharged engines and automatically handles the increased air pressure made with impellers or electric pumps. The supercharger will be most effective if it can pump air pressure up to 60 atmospheres.
[*] Mixture control mode can be switched between stoichiometry and air-to-fuel ratio. Property slider for the unselected mode is ignored. [b]In game terms, the stoichiometry value is the AFR with the engine temperature taken into account, and is preferable to adjust over a simple AFR.[/b]
[*] The engine has maximum performance at 0.5 stoichiometry and maximum fuel efficiency at 0.2 stoichiometry, but the difference is quite small. Toggle switch for optimal mixture shifts the stoichiometry to 0.5 at high load.
[*] You can dynamically change the stoichiometry or air-to-fuel ratio with the corresponding node, if its value is in the same range as in properties.
[*] Optional overheat protection activates at 105C and reduces RPS at higher temperatures. If your average fuel consumption per second per cylinder is lower than 0.005 liters, you don't need a cooling system as it takes a very long time for the engine to overheat, so you're more likely to run out of fuel sooner.
[*] If you are not pumping air into the manifold and is fine with the default 13.8 AFR, you can remove nodes for the cylinder and dynamic mixture to shrink the controller's width and save some space.
[*] Infinite fuel mode forces the engine to have 14 AFR regardless of mixture control settings and makes supercharging ineffective.
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