Mk3 Rocket Fuel Fuselage Long

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Mk3 Rocket Fuel Fuselage Long
Part image
Liquid fuel tank by
C7 Aerospace Division

Radial size Mk3, Radial mounted
Cost (total) 10 000.00 Funds
(dry) 5 410.00 Funds
Mass (total) 57.14 t
(dry) 7.14 t
Drag 0.3-0.2
Max. Temp. 2700 K
Volume  ?
Impact Tolerance 50 m/s
Research Experimental aerodynamics.png Experimental Aerodynamics
Unlock cost 84 000 Funds
Since version 0.90.0
Part configuration LFO_100.cfg
Liquid fuel 4 500 Units of fuel
Oxidizer 5 500 Units of fuel

The Mk3 Rocket Fuel Fuselage Long is a Mk3 fuselage containing liquid fuel and oxidizer mixture.

It is the large size Mk3 rocket fuel tank, twice the size of the Mk3 Rocket Fuel Fuselage. The similar Mk3 Liquid Fuel Fuselage Long carries the same amount of propellant, but in liquid fuel only.

Product description

Filled to the brim with Rocket Fuel, C7 Aerospace's supplier Ekson-Kobil have assured us that this tank is absolutely airtight.

C7 Aerospace Division

Usage

The Mk3 Rocket Fuel Fuselage Long is a rocket fuel tank containing liquid fuel and oxidizer. It can be used to power liquid fuel rocket engines, like the RE-L10 "Poodle" Liquid Fuel Engine. It is mainly used for spaceplanes. For rockets, the Kerbodyne S3 3.75m tanks (like the Kerbodyne S3-14400 Tank) are better; the Mk3 fuselages not only have a worse mass ratio, but they also hold much less fuel (only about half of the S3 tanks) in the same length of fuel tank.

As an aircraft fuselage, it comes with two flat sides, which work well as attachment points for wings, fins, and landing gear. However, like other Mk2 and Mk3 parts, its mass ratio (8) is inferior to that of normal liquid fuel tanks (9), reducing delta-V.

When full, one tank can power a single RE-L10 "Poodle" Liquid Fuel Engine for up to 686.5 seconds at full thrust, or a single closed-cycle CR-7 R.A.P.I.E.R. Engine for up to 830.9 seconds at full thrust.

Like many Mk3 parts, it has a high heat tolerance of 2700K to assist in spaceplane reentry.

Trivia

  • The company mentioned in the product description, Ekson-Kobil, is likely a reference to the real-world oil and gas company ExxonMobil.

Changes

0.90.0
  • Initial release