How much space do large thrusters require?
Space Engineer's wiki suggests that Small Thruster on a Small Ship destroys an area of 3x3x4 (width, height, depth) behind the exhaust, assuming the space is completely enclosed and filled. A small thruster is capable of dealing damage of up to 5 blocks depth over open space.
However, the wiki doesn't specify whether large thrusters work the same way, and damage the same area. Since a large block is 5x5x5 of a small block, it's reasonable to assume a destruction zone of 15x15x20.
Does anyone know for sure if the destruction zone works that way? I can always test manually, but figured I'd see if stackoverflow knew first.
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