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The Mastodon has the second-highest thrust-to-weight ratio of any liquid fuel engine in the game, trailing only the [[LFB_KR-1x2_"Twin-Boar"_Liquid_Fuel_Engine|"Twin-Boar"]], which has the highest after subtracting away the integrated fuel tank. Because it can be independently mounted, clusters of this engine are an ideal way to lift extremely heavy payloads.
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The Mastodon has the second-highest thrust-to-weight ratio of any liquid fuel engine in the game, trailing only the [[LFB_KR-1x2_"Twin-Boar"_Liquid_Fuel_Engine|"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.
  
 
== Product description ==
 
== Product description ==

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Kerbodyne KE-1 "Mastodon" Liquid Fuel Engine
Part image
Liquid fuel engine by
Kerbodyne

Radial size Small, Medium, Large, Radial mounted
Cost (total) 8 000.00 Funds
Mass (total) 5.000 t
Drag 0.3-0.2
Max. Temp. 2000 K
Impact Tolerance 15 m/s
Research Tech tree very heavy rocketry.png Very Heavy Rocketry
Unlock cost 32 000 Funds
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 Units of fuel/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.

Product description

Considered to be the behemoth of rocket technology, this propulsion system is the pinnacle of power.

Kerbodyne

Variants

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

Full variant
Mid variant
Bare variant
The different variants of the engine

Trivia

Real-world comparison

The engine was inspired by the American F-1 engine.

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