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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

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 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