Hydrogen thrusters not lifting ship

I’ve built a small ship it weighs 19122 I have 2 large hyd thrusters and 2 small hyd thrusters for lifting off ground it will not lift anyone know what is wrong all thrusters are working.

 

How many o2/h2 generators? now many tanks?

Theres the matter of "fuel supply" of the gases to run those rockets. A single o2/h2 gen can run about 1.5 of them directly. no way a large one. Need tanks for those (filled up slowly by o2 gens, emptied fast by thrusters)

So- add some tanks is my initial guess. The o2/h2 generator you have lighting up the h2 thrusters is pretty much only doing that- lighting them up- providing thrust needs much more gas.

 

I have a hydrogen tank it’s full of hydrogen it’s acting like the ship is to heavy to lift as this is on console I’m not sure if there is a difference from pc I’ve did research on hydrogen thrusters an it seems like to me they should easily lift the ship
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It should at least lift until the tank empties right?

 

Sometimes the hydro tank is set to Stockpile, then it only collects gas, and does not let it out.. maybe that?

 

When I turn the thrusters on they light and when pushing to lift sounds like they r trying to lift but do not would they still light if it was on stockpile?

 

Are you sure your landing gears are turned on and you've unlocked them? I've made that mistake more than once. Even a single Large hydro thruster pointing towards the ground should be able to lift basically anything that doesn't contain 100k or more Steel plates.

On XBOX, press Y, to unlock the landing gears, then A to lift off. The gears will lock quickly again (in less than 2 seconds) unless you lift off the ground.

 

I made sure they were unlocked unless they lock back before it ever tries to lift I know with 2 large hydrogen thrusters pointed at the ground it should easily lift 18000

 

It locks back again after a few seconds

 

I’m gonna have to test it to make sure that isn’t the issue but I did turn the thruster power up once and it lifted up but I could not make it go back down without turning the thrusters completely off

 

That sounds like your upward thrusters are set on Thruster override. Check if that is not the case. Just natural gravity should be able to bring your ship down very fast if your inertia dampeners are off (LB+Y) .

It's usually not a good idea to use the thruster override settings. Just fly the ship naturally with A moving up, B moving down. Flick the inertia dampeners off when trying to land to conserve fuel.

 

Yea I turned the thruster override up to see if it would lift an that’s when it wouldn’t go back down I’m just trying to figure out y it went up with that but will not lift regularly

 

If it does lift up with thruster override I think you're just too slow with the disengaging landing gears and lifting up when trying to do it regularly. Try holding A for lift, and then press Y to unlock the gears. That should do the exact same thing as using thruster overrides.

 

That is the next thing I’m gonna try once I get off work I do appreciate the help

 

Landing gear should be non green to show not locked.

Turning them off while locked keeps them locked. FYI

BTW: Hope your having fun being the space engineer here, figuring out why the machine doesnt work as intended )

 

Oh yes it is puzzling I’ve only just started playing so there’s a lot to learn

 

If you would add me on XBox Ican take a look a just may be able to help figure it out, it's up you. OldSirRiddler (tag)

 

I got it figured out needed some atmospheric thrusters to help lift it with all the hydrogen an ice loaded on it

 

Good enjoy and have fun, I am here if Ican help.

 

I certainly appreciate it I just made it to space there was a space base there I went to an started fixing some stuff on it an next thing I no ship was destroyed
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Does anyone know how to use zoom on the little camera that can be attached to the ship on console there’s no point in having it if it can’t be zoomed

 

Figured this out LB+RB+ forward/backward on left joystick is camera zoom also works for controlling Gatling turrets as well

 

One thing about the landing gears that I didn't see mentioned that sounds like it could be useful for you. If you go into the terminal and select your gear you can turn off autolock which will allow you to take your time lifting off and landing. You can also shortcut this option onto your control bar if you like to have it on later.