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Kerbodyne KE-1 "Mastodon" Liquid Fuel Engine
Liquid fuel engine by Kerbodyne
Radial size		Small, Medium, Large, Radial mounted
Cost	(total)	8 000.00
Mass	(total)	5.000 t
Drag		0.3-0.2
Max. Temp.		2000 K
Impact Tolerance		15 m/s
Research		Very Heavy Rocketry
Unlock cost		32 000
Since version		1.4.1
Part configuration		LiquidEngineKE-1.cfg
Maximum thrust	(1 atm)	1 283.61 kN
	(vacuum)	1 350.00 kN
Isp	(1 atm)	290 s
	(vacuum)	305 s
Fuel consumption		90.27 /s
Thrust vectoring		5 °
Electricity generated		8.0 ⚡/s
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

Usage

The Mastodon has the second-highest thrust-to-weight ratio of any liquid fuel engine in the game, trailing only the "Twin-Boar", which has the highest after subtracting away the integrated fuel tank. Because the Mastodon can be independently mounted, clusters of this engine are an ideal way to lift extremely heavy payloads, such as 5-9 mounted on the Kerbodyne Engine Cluster Adapter Tank.

Product description

Variants

As of version 1.4.1 this engine has three models that can be switched in the editor.

The different variants of the engine

Trivia

Real-world comparison

The engine was inspired by the American Rocketdyne F-1 engine used on the Saturn V. The engine is also featured in the stock [[1]] vessel.

Changes

1.6

• Decreased unlock cost from 135000 to 32000
• Decreased cost from 22000 to 8000
• Increased crash tolerance from 6 to 15
• Increased EC generation from 3 to 8
• Improved Isp

1.4.5

• Added ModuleTestSubject

1.4.1

• Initial Release