diff --git a/GameData/RealismOverhaul/Engine_Configs/Nike_Config.cfg b/GameData/RealismOverhaul/Engine_Configs/Nike_Config.cfg
index 01a5e36069..954beb5de7 100644
--- a/GameData/RealismOverhaul/Engine_Configs/Nike_Config.cfg
+++ b/GameData/RealismOverhaul/Engine_Configs/Nike_Config.cfg
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 //	Nike
 //
 //	Dry Mass: 195 Kg
-//	Thrust (SL): 193.05 kN, calculated from total impulse / total burn time
-//	Thrust (Vac): 224.46 kN
+//	Thrust (SL): 187.37 kN, calculated from total impulse / total burn time
+//	Thrust (Vac): 217.96 kN
 //	ISP: 196 SL / 228 Vac, calculated from typo'd vac thrust, and total impulse/burn time.
 //	Burn Time: 3.4 // M5 is 3.5s, with other numbers scaled as such (42143 lbf sea level, etc)
 //	Chamber Pressure: ??? MPa
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 //	Dry Mass: 430 lb
 //	Thrust: 50,461.5 lb vac -- the technical data reference mentions 59klbf vac thrust for M5, which is likely a typo for 49klbf. Later it mentions 43.4klbf "vac" thrust for M5E1 but that does not jibe with other references reporting 43.4klbf takeoff thrust (technically x4, since clustered)
 // The NASA sources mention 42.5klbf, which again seems correct for liftoff thrust rather than vac thrust given the thing only burns 3.4-3.5s.
-// So use 3.5/3.4 (which equates to 43.4/42.143) * 49,000 = 50,461.5 lbf
 
 //	==================================================
 @PART[*]:HAS[#engineType[Nike-M5E1]]:FOR[RealismOverhaulEngines]
@@ -93,8 +92,8 @@
 		{
 			name = Nike-M5E1
 			specLevel = operational
-			maxThrust = 224.46
-			minThrust = 224.46
+			maxThrust = 217.96
+			minThrust = 217.96
 			heatProduction = 100
 			PROPELLANT
 			{
@@ -109,14 +108,14 @@
 			}
 			
 			curveResource = NGNC
+			//assuming two takeoff thrust references state average and peak thrust
 			thrustCurve
 			{
 				key = 1.00 0.90
 				key = 0.99 0.95
-				key = 0.96 1.0
-				key = 0.92 0.999
-				key = 0.89 0.998
-				key = 0.63 0.960
+				key = 0.96 1.005
+				key = 0.89 1.03
+				key = 0.63 0.995
 				key = 0.37 0.810
 				key = 0.10 0.314
 				key = 0.00 0.10