LFB KR-1x2 "Twin-Boar" Liquid Fuel Engine
| LFB KR-1x2 "Twin-Boar" Liquid Fuel Engine | ||
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| Liquid fuel engine by Kerbodyne | ||
| Radial size | Large, Radial mounted | |
| Cost | (total) | 17 000.00 
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| (dry) | 14 062.40
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| Mass | (total) | 42.500 t |
| (dry) | 10.500 t | |
| Drag | 0.2 | |
| Max. Temp. | 2000 K | |
| Impact Tolerance | 20 m/s | |
| Research |  Heavier Rocketry
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| Unlock cost | 65 000
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| Since version | 0.23.5 | |
| Part configuration | part.cfg | |
| Maximum thrust | (1 atm) | 1 866.67 kN |
| (vacuum) | 2 000.00 kN | |
| Isp | (1 atm) | 280 s |
| (vacuum) | 300 s | |
| Fuel consumption | 135.96  /s
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| Thrust vectoring | 1.5 ° | |
| 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 | |
| Liquid fuel | 2 880
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| Oxidizer | 3 520
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The LFB KR-1x2 "Twin-Boar" Liquid Fuel Engine is a liquid fuel engine with a built-in liquid fuel tank.
Like all liquid fuel engines, the Twin-Boar is throttleable, both by the main throttle and a thrust limiter tweakable. The minimum thrust level required for this booster to lift its own laden weight is 17.5%. In addition, the liquid fuel booster can be run longer by adding additional rocket fuel tanks, which the Twin-Boar will draw from.
This booster contains two engines at the bottom which are added radially, so the base of the booster is wider than a usual large tank. It also does not allow any parts to be attached below it. It contains the same amount of fuel as the Rockomax Jumbo-64 Fuel Tank (2880). The thrust is higher than the Rockomax "Mainsail" Liquid Engine and is thus the most powerful large-sized engine. However, its Isp is slightly (5-10 s) lower than that of the Mainsail at all altitudes.
The Twin-Boar is the only part that is simultaneously a liquid fuel tank and engine.
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Product description
| “ | This liquid fuel booster system is a very purposeful piece of engineering. Instead of relying on single engines or solid rocket boosters, the KR-1x2 employs two modified KR-1 engines, fed by a built-in fuel system, as the source of its immense lifting power. All that self-contained goodness comes at the cost of not having a mounting point for its underside, and not being quite as efficient as dedicated engines. It also comes at quite a literal cost as well. — Kerbodyne |
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Usage
The Twin-Boar is an unusually good engine. Once the weight and cost of the fuel + tankage is subtracted out, it weighs almost the same as a Mainsail, but has 33% more thrust while actually being 13% cheaper. It's similar to a pair of lower-efficiency Vectors. The Twin-Boar also has highest thrust to weight ratio of any liquid fuel engine in the game and the second highest thrust to cost ratio, second only to the LV-T30 "Reliant" Liquid Fuel Engine. This makes it an excellent and cost-effective mid-game launcher for larger payloads.
It is also the best engine in the game for first stage recovery. It has a high impact tolerance of 20m/s, and being very tall makes it extremely buoyant in case of a splashdown. Even in the case of a bad landing which results in partial disintegration of the rest of the stage, the integrated fuel tank is always recovered, so the recovery percentage in case of a crash landing is higher than for other engines.
Trivia
- The name LFB KR-1x2 might be a reference to the Advanced Boosters, a future Space Launch System Block 2 component.
- The names "KR-1x2", "Twin-Boar", and the part description all imply the existence of an LFB KR-1 "Boar" Liquid Fuel Engine. However, no such part exists.
Changes
- Changed cost (5900 -> 16400), reduced Isp from 320-360 s to 290-340 s, changed description.
- Initial release
