RE-I5 "Skipper" Liquid Fuel Engine

RE-I5 "Skipper" Liquid Fuel Engine
Liquid fuel engine by Rockomax Conglomerate
Radial size		Large
Cost	(total)	5 300.00
Mass	(total)	3.000 t
Drag		0.2
Max. Temp.		2000 K
Impact Tolerance		8 m/s
Research		Heavy Rocketry
Unlock cost		14 000
Since version		0.20
Part configuration		skipperLiquidEngine_v2.cfg
Maximum thrust	(1 atm)	568.75 kN
	(vacuum)	650.00 kN
Isp	(1 atm)	280 s
	(vacuum)	320 s
Fuel consumption		41.43 /s
Thrust vectoring		2 °
Electricity generated		10.0 ⚡/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

The Rockomax "Skipper" Liquid Engine is used to provide thrust for medium sized rockets and middle stages. It is typically fueled by large diameter Liquid Fuel Tanks like the Rockomax X200-32 Fuel Tank and especially Rockomax Jumbo-64 Fuel Tank.

Usage

The Skipper is a large-diameter rocket engine which fills the gap between the Poodle and the Mainsail. It is about three times as powerful as the Poodle while in turn having a bit more than a third of the power of the Mainsail. Its fuel efficiency and mass are also in between these two. This makes it a good engine for intermediate stages of heavy lift rockets. This engine sometimes overheats.

While it previously offered inferior performance compared with clusters of LV-T30 Liquid Fuel Engine and LV-T45 Liquid Fuel Engine engines, this no longer the case.

Product description

“

The smaller sibling of the Mainsail, the Skipper's power rivals that of... large cities. Combining high thrust with reasonable efficiency, this engine excels when used as a mid-stage booster.

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Changes

1.9

• New texture and variants

0.24

• Mass decreased from 4 to 3, cost increased from 850 to 2850, specific impulse increased from 300-350 to 320-370.

0.20

• Initial Release