LV-TX87 "Bobcat" Liquid Fuel Engine

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LV-TX87 "Bobcat" Liquid Fuel Engine
Part image
Liquid fuel engine by
Jebediah Kerman's Junkyard and Spacecraft Parts Co

Radial size Medium, Radial mounted
Cost (total) 2 000.00 Funds
Mass (total) 2.000 t
Drag 0.3-0.2
Max. Temp. 2000 K
Impact Tolerance 12 m/s
Research Tech tree heavy rocketry.png Heavy Rocketry
Unlock cost 8 000 Funds
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 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

When compared to the Swivel Engine, this engine is better. It has higher thrust, higher specific impulse at sea level, and more thrust vectoring. However it is slightly heavier and more expensive, but it is still a good engine nonetheless. Given the characteristics of this engine, it is best used as a lower stage launch engine, like what it is modeled after, the LR-87 engine

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

Variants

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

TankButt variant
TrussMount variant
The different variants of the engine

Trivia

Real-world comparison

The LV-TX87 was inspired by the American LR-87 engine.

Changes

1.6
  • 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
1.4.5
  • Added ModuleTestSubject
1.4.1
  • Initial Release