RE-L10 "Poodle" Liquid Fuel Engine

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RE-L10 "Poodle" Liquid Fuel Engine
Part image
Liquid fuel engine by
Rockomax Conglomerate

Radial size Large
Cost (total) 1 300.00 Funds
Mass (total) 1.75 t
Drag 0.2
Max. Temp. 2000 K
Volume  ?
Impact Tolerance 7 m/s
Research Tech tree heavy rocketry.png Heavy Rocketry
Unlock cost 4 200 Funds
Since version 0.16
Part configuration liquidEnginePoodle.cfg
Liquid fuel engine
Maximum thrust (1 atm) 64.29 kN
(vacuum) 250.00 kN
Isp (1 atm) 90 s
(vacuum) 350 s
Fuel consumption 14.57 Units of fuel/s


Thrust vectoring 5 °
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 Rockomax "Poodle" Liquid Engine, formerly designated LV-909 Liquid Fuel Engine (Large)‏‎, is a size 2 (2.5 meter diameter) liquid fuel engine. It has a comparatively low thrust to weight ratio, somewhat offset by its relatively short height, high Isp and thrust, and wide gimbal range.

The primary intended role of this engine is for larger upper stages of rockets for orbital insertions, transfers, and landings. For interplanetary travel, however, using five LV-909 Liquid Fuel Engines instead of one Poodle may be the better choice, because they have more thrust (about 13 %) for the same mass. Their only disadvantage is the much lower gimbal range.

Description

A more reasonable engine for rough economic times, the Poodle engine doubles as a BBQ when at low power.

Rockomax Conglomerate

Changes

0.18
  • Retextured
0.17
  • (Part rebalancing) Mass reduced from 4 to 2.5, thrust increased from 135 to 220.
0.16
  • Initial Release