LV-1 "Ant" Liquid Fuel Engine
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| LV-1 "Ant" Liquid Fuel Engine | ||
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| Liquid fuel engine by Jebediah Kerman's Junkyard and Spacecraft Parts Co | ||
| Radial size | Tiny, Radial mounted | |
| Cost | (total) | 110.00 
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| Mass | (total) | 0.020 t |
| Drag | 0.2 | |
| Max. Temp. | 2000 K | |
| Impact Tolerance | 7 m/s | |
| Research |  Propulsion Systems
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| Unlock cost | 1 500
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| 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
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| 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 Liquid Fuel Engine is used to provide thrust to a rocket, and is currently the weakest liquid fueled engine available. It has a relatively poor impulse compared to other liquid fueled engines but is useful on small satellites due to its size. There is a radial derivative of this engine called LV-1R Liquid Fuel Engine featuring the same engine properties and similar design.
No fuel bar appears next to LV-1 engines when they are active, so the general resource widget is the best way to see how much fuel is left.
Trivia
The quote in the part description is a reference to the movie Zoolander.
Manufacturer's description
| “ | What is this, an engine for ants? — Jebediah Kerman's Junkyard and Spaceship Parts Co. |
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Changes
- Thrust increased from 1.5 to 4 kN.
- Initial release
