CR-7 R.A.P.I.E.R. Engine

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CR-7 R.A.P.I.E.R. Engine
Part image
Hybrid engine by
C7 Aerospace Divisionand Rockomax Conglomerate

Radial size Small
Cost (total) 6 000.00 Funds
Mass (total) 2.00 t
Drag 0.2
Max. Temp. 2000 K
Volume  ?
Impact Tolerance 20 m/s
Research Aerospace tech.png Aerospace Tech
Unlock cost 35 000 Funds
Since version 0.23
Part configuration rapierEngine.cfg
Liquid fuel engine
Maximum thrust (1 atm) 162.30 kN
(vacuum) 180.00 kN
Isp (1 atm) 275 s
(vacuum) 305 s
Fuel consumption 12.04 Units of fuel/s


Thrust vectoring 3 °
Jet engine
Maximum thrust 105 kN
Isp (max) 3200 s
Fuel consumption 0.67 Units of fuel/s
Intake air consumption 4.02 Air unit/s
Thrust vectoring 3 °
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

The R.A.P.I.E.R. Engine (Reactive Alternate-Propellent Intelligent Engine for Rockets) is a hybrid engine. It can change between a airbreathing jet and a liquid fuel engine. It has the feature to auto adjust, change between jet and rocket automatically when it runs out of intake air. This engine is in-game counterpart of the real life SABRE engine, which is also visible in the naming as both are named after swords.

Usage

This is the only hybrid engine ingame, it is especially useful for single-stage-to-orbit designs. The engine doesn't has the efficiency of normal jet engines, even when in jet mode or the efficiency of a similar rocket engine when in rocket mode, but because it can switch between may be a better choice than a Toroidal Aerospike Rocket for orbital insertion.

Description

The R.A.P.I.E.R (Reactive Alternate-Propellent Intelligent Engine for Rockets) is a joint venture between C7 Aerospace and the Rockomax Conglomerate. Designed to fill a gap in the design requirements for sustainable single stage to orbit aircraft, this engine combines the best of rocket and air-breathing thrust technology

C7 Aerospace Division and Rockmax Conglomerate

Changes

0.23
  • Initial release