LV-1 "Ant" Liquid Fuel Engine

LV-1 "Ant" Liquid Fuel Engine
Liquid fuel engine by Jebediah Kerman's Junkyard and Spacecraft Parts Co
Radial size		Tiny, Radial mounted
Cost	(total)	110.00
Mass	(total)	0.020 t
Drag		0.2
Max. Temp.		2000 K
Impact Tolerance		7 m/s
Research		Propulsion Systems
Unlock cost		1 500
Since version		0.18
Part configuration		liquidEngineLV-1_v2.cfg
Maximum thrust	(1 atm)	0.51 kN
	(vacuum)	2.00 kN
Isp	(1 atm)	80 s
	(vacuum)	315 s
Fuel consumption		0.13 /s
Thrust vectoring		No
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
Packed volume		20 l
Stacking capacity		2 units

The LV-1 "Ant" Liquid Fuel Engine is the smallest liquid fuel engine available.

Product description

“

What is this, an engine for ants? — Jebediah Kerman's Junkyard and Spacecraft Parts Co

”

Usage

Although the Ant has extremely poor specific impulse in atmosphere, it provides decent specific impulse in vacuum. In combination with its low mass and tiny size, this makes it a good choice for small satellites.

The radially-mounted LV-1R "Spider" has a similar design, the same weight, and the same vacuum thrust. The Spider adds atmospheric performance and thrust vectoring at the cost of vacuum efficiency.

Variants

As of version 1.7 this engine has two models that can be switched in the editor.

The different variants of the engine

Trivia

• The product description is a reference to the movie Zoolander.

Changes

1.7

• New model and texture
• Added 2 variants

1.0.3

• Specific impulse at sea level reduced from 85 to 80.

1.0

• Mass, cost, thrust, and fuel consumption decreased; specific impulse changed. Fuel gauge added. Given proper nickname.

0.24

• Cost increased from 150 to 350 (and made meaningful)

0.23.5

• Thrust increased from 1.5 to 4 kN.

0.18

• Initial release