Kerbodyne KE-1 "Mastodon" Liquid Fuel Engine
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 | Available only with the Making History Expansion installed. |
| Kerbodyne KE-1 "Mastodon" Liquid Fuel Engine | ||
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| Liquid fuel engine by Kerbodyne | ||
| Radial size | Small, Medium, Large, Radial mounted | |
| Cost | (total) | 8 000.00 
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| Mass | (total) | 5.000 t |
| Drag | 0.3-0.2 | |
| Max. Temp. | 2000 K | |
| Impact Tolerance | 15 m/s | |
| Research |  Very Heavy Rocketry
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| Unlock cost | 32 000
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| Since version | 1.4.1 | |
| Part configuration | LiquidEngineKE-1.cfg | |
| Maximum thrust | (1 atm) | 1 283.61 kN |
| (vacuum) | 1 350.00 kN | |
| Isp | (1 atm) | 290 s |
| (vacuum) | 305 s | |
| Fuel consumption | 90.27  /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 | |
Usage
The Mastodon has the second-highest thrust-to-weight ratio of any liquid fuel engine in the game, trailing only the "Twin-Boar". However, it can be independently mounted, making clusters of this engine an ideal way to lift the heaviest payloads.
Product description
| “ | Considered to be the behemoth of rocket technology, this propulsion system is the pinnacle of power. — Kerbodyne |
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Variants
As of version 1.4.1 this engine has three models that can be switched in the editor.
The different variants of the engine
Trivia
Real-world comparison
The engine was inspired by the American F-1 engine.
Changes
- Decreased unlock cost from 135000 to 32000
- Decreased cost from 22000 to 8000
- Increased crash tolerance from 6 to 15
- Increased EC generation from 3 to 8
- Improved Isp
- Added ModuleTestSubject
- Initial Release
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