RK-7 "Kodiak" Liquid Fueled Engine
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 | Available only with the Making History Expansion installed. |
| RK-7 "Kodiak" Liquid Fueled Engine | ||
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| Liquid fuel engine by Reaction Systems Ltd | ||
| Radial size | Medium, Radial mounted | |
| Cost | (total) | 1 100.00 
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| Mass | (total) | 1.250 t |
| Drag | 0.3-0.2 | |
| Max. Temp. | 2000 K | |
| Impact Tolerance | 9 m/s | |
| Research |  Heavier Rocketry
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| Unlock cost | 4 400
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| Since version | 1.4.1 | |
| Part configuration | LiquidEngineRK-7.cfg | |
| Maximum thrust | (1 atm) | 247.00 kN |
| (vacuum) | 260.00 kN | |
| Isp | (1 atm) | 285 s |
| (vacuum) | 300 s | |
| Fuel consumption | 17.68  /s
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| Thrust vectoring | No | |
| Electricity generated | 5.0 ⚡/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 | |
| Packed volume | None | |
Product description
| “ | A bear of an engine. This quad-nozzled beast comes with multiple cowling options, and no gimbal. Don’t forget those verniers. — Reaction Systems Ltd |
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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 RK-7 was inspired by the Russian RD-170 engine.
Changes
- Initial Release
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