LV-TX87 "Bobcat" Liquid Fuel Engine
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 | Available only with the Making History Expansion installed. |
| LV-TX87 "Bobcat" Liquid Fuel Engine | ||
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| Liquid fuel engine by Jebediah Kerman's Junkyard and Spacecraft Parts Co | ||
| Radial size | Medium, Radial mounted | |
| Cost | (total) | 2 000.00 
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| Mass | (total) | 2.000 t |
| Drag | 0.3-0.2 | |
| Max. Temp. | 2000 K | |
| Impact Tolerance | 12 m/s | |
| Research |  Heavy Rocketry
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| Unlock cost | 8 000
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| Since version | 1.4.1 | |
| Part configuration | LiquidEngineLV-TX87.cfg | |
| Maximum thrust | (1 atm) | 374.19 kN |
| (vacuum) | 400.00 kN | |
| Isp | (1 atm) | 290 s |
| (vacuum) | 310 s | |
| Fuel consumption | 26.32  /s
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| 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
| “ | Meow! One of these engines gives more than enough thrust to jump as high as the sky, so we gave you two. — Jebediah Kerman's Junkyard and Spacecraft Parts Co |
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Variants
As of version 1.4.1 this engine has two models that can be switched in the editor.
The different variants of the engine
Trivia
Real-world comparison
The LV-TX87 was inspired by the American LR-87 engine.
Changes
- Moved tech from Heavier Rocketry to Heavy Rocketry
- Increased unlock cost from 6000 to 8000
- Increased crash tolerance from 6 to 12
- Increased EC generation from 3 to 8
- Added ModuleTestSubject
- Initial Release
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