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The '''LV-1 Liquid Fuel Engine''' is used to provide thrust to a rocket, and is currently the weakest liquid fueled engine available. It has a relatively poor impulse compared to other liquid fueled engines but is useful on small satellites due to its size. There is a [[Radial size|radial]] derivative of this engine called [[LV-1R Liquid Fuel Engine]] featuring the same engine properties and similar design.
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The '''LV-1 Liquid Fuel Engine''' is used to provide thrust to a rocket, and is currently the weakest liquid fueled engine available. It has a relatively poor impulse compared to other liquid fueled engines but is useful on small satellites due to its size and very low mass. There is a [[Radial size|radial]] derivative of this engine called [[LV-1R Liquid Fuel Engine]] featuring the same engine properties and similar design.
  
 
No fuel bar appears next to LV-1 engines when they are active, so the general resource widget is the best way to see how much fuel is left.
 
No fuel bar appears next to LV-1 engines when they are active, so the general resource widget is the best way to see how much fuel is left.

Revision as of 06:45, 6 June 2014

LV-1 "Ant" Liquid Fuel Engine
Part image
Liquid fuel engine by
Jebediah Kerman's Junkyard and Spacecraft Parts Co

Radial size Tiny, Radial mounted
Cost (total) 110.00 Funds
Mass (total) 0.020 t
Drag 0.2
Max. Temp. 2000 K
Impact Tolerance 7 m/s
Research Propulsion systems.png Propulsion Systems
Unlock cost 1 500 Funds
Since version 0.18
Part configuration liquidEngineLV-1_v2.cfg
Maximum thrust (1 atm) 0.51 kN
(vacuum) 2.00 kN
Isp (1 atm) 80 s
(vacuum) 315 s
Fuel consumption 0.13 Units of fuel/s
Thrust vectoring No
Testing Environments
On the surface Yes
In the ocean Yes
On the launchpad Yes
In the atmosphere Yes
Sub-orbital Yes
In an orbit Yes
On an escape Yes
Docked No
Test by staging Yes
Manually testable Yes
Packed volume 20 l
Stacking capacity 2 units

The LV-1 Liquid Fuel Engine is used to provide thrust to a rocket, and is currently the weakest liquid fueled engine available. It has a relatively poor impulse compared to other liquid fueled engines but is useful on small satellites due to its size and very low mass. There is a radial derivative of this engine called LV-1R Liquid Fuel Engine featuring the same engine properties and similar design.

No fuel bar appears next to LV-1 engines when they are active, so the general resource widget is the best way to see how much fuel is left.

Trivia

The quote in the part description is a reference to the movie Zoolander.

Manufacturer's description

What is this, an engine for ants?

Jebediah Kerman's Junkyard and Spaceship Parts Co.

Changes

0.23.5
  • Thrust increased from 1.5 to 4 kN.
0.18
  • Initial release