Difference between revisions of "LV-1 "Ant" Liquid Fuel Engine"

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LV-1 "Ant" Liquid Fuel Engine
Liquid fuel engine by Jebediah Kerman's Junkyard and Spacecraft Parts Co
Radial size		Tiny, Radial mounted
Cost	(total)	110.00
Mass	(total)	0.020 t
Drag		0.2
Max. Temp.		2000 K
Impact Tolerance		7 m/s
Research		Propulsion Systems
Unlock cost		1 500
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 /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 "Ant" Liquid Fuel Engine is used to provide thrust to a rocket, and is currently the weakest liquid fueled engine available. As of 1.0, it has extremely poor specific impulse in atmosphere, but decent specific impulse in vacuum; in combination with its low mass and tiny size, this makes it a good choice for small satellites. There is a radial derivative of this engine called LV-1R Liquid Fuel Engine featuring a similar design and engine properties at a slightly higher cost.

Product description

Changes

1.0

• Mass, cost, thrust, and fuel consumption decreased; specific impulse changed. Fuel gauge added. Given proper nickname.

0.24

• Cost increased from 150 to 350 (and made meaningful)

0.23.5

• Thrust increased from 1.5 to 4 kN.

0.18

• Initial release