J-404 "Panther" Afterburning Turbofan

J-404 "Panther" Afterburning Turbofan
Jet engine by C7 Aerospace Division
Radial size		Small
Cost	(total)	2 000.00
Mass	(total)	1.200 t
Drag		0.2
Max. Temp.		2000 K
Impact Tolerance		7 m/s
Research		Supersonic Flight
Unlock cost		9 000
Since version		1.0.5
Part configuration		jetEngineAfterburning.cfg
Maximum thrust		85.00 kN
Isp	(max)	9000 s
Fuel consumption		0.19 /s
Intake air consumption		7.70 /s
Thrust vectoring		10 °
Maximum thrust		130.00 kN
Isp	(max)	4000 s
Fuel consumption		0.66 /s
Intake air consumption		7.95 /s
Thrust vectoring		10 °
Electricity generated		5.0 ⚡/s
Electricity generated		3.0 ⚡/s
Testing Environments
On the surface		Yes
In the ocean		Yes
On the launchpad		Yes
In the atmosphere		Yes
Sub-orbital		No
In an orbit		No
On an escape		No
Docked		No
Test by staging		Yes
Manually testable		Yes
Packed volume		None

The J-404 "Panther" Afterburning Turbofan is a jet engine added in version 1.0.5. It has two modes: The first, Dry mode, is similar to that of the J-33 "Wheesley" Basic Jet Engine, with a bit more thrust. The second, Wet mode, uses the afterburner to produce thrust almost equal to the J-X4 "Whiplash" Turbo Ramjet Engine, but at a considerably reduced efficiency. This can make it a good alternative for when you want something that can be controllable and doesn't need excessive heat shielding, but still need to be able to go incredibly fast if necessary, at the expense of increased fuel consumption.

Note that you need to activate the afterburner ("Wet Mode") manually. You do that by right-clicking the engine and clicking "Toggle Mode."

A well-designed jet with this engine and with the afterburner lit, flown properly, can momentarily climb to 30Km altitude. Or it can supercruise at three times the speed of an equivalent Wheesley jet (with nearly equal fuel efficiency) at 15Km altitude. Which makes this engine ideal for those missions which require doing many science activities above particular altitudes.

Usage

Visualization of the thrust multiplier curves for velocity

Visualization of the thrust multiplier curves for atmospheric pressure

Product description

“

A high performance jet engine with a variable geometry thrust vectoring nozzle and an afterburner for extra thrust.

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Changes

1.0.5

• Initial release