LV-1 "Ant" Liquid Fuel Engine
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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 used to provide thrust to a rocket, and is currently the weakest liquid fueled engine available. As of 1.0, it has extremely poor specific impulse in atmosphere, but decent specific impulse in vacuum; in combination with its low mass and tiny size, this makes it a good choice for small satellites. There is a radial derivative of this engine called LV-1R Liquid Fuel Engine featuring a similar design and vacuum thrust but very different ISP profile at a slightly higher cost.
Product description
“ | What is this, an engine for ants? | ” |
Changes
- Mass, cost, thrust, and fuel consumption decreased; specific impulse changed. Fuel gauge added. Given proper nickname.
- Cost increased from 150 to 350 (and made meaningful)
- Thrust increased from 1.5 to 4 kN.
- Initial release