The Hawk Engine is a high thrust, low efficiency engine, normally used in the first stage of a rocket. It's the first stage counterpart to the Valiant Engine, and the smaller version of the Titan Engine.
Hawk Engine firing in 1.5
The engine burns 5 tons of kerolox in 7.5 seconds. On Earth, it can lift up to 115 tons.
History
The Hawk Engine, previously named RB-48 Liquid Fuel Engine, was the one of the first two engines in Spaceflight Simulator, the other one being the Valiant Engine.
Trivia
- This engine likely burns kerolox (kerosene and liquid oxygen), because kerolox powered engines give off an opaque plume.
- The engine is likely based off of the real life Merlin 1D engine.
Image Gallery
Hawk Engine with plume before 1.5
| Parts | |
|---|---|
| Basics | Parachute • Capsule • Hawk Engine • Valiant Engine • Kolibri Engine • Fuel Tanks • Separator • Side Separator • Aerodynamic Nose Cone • Landing Leg |
| 6 Wide | 6 Wide Aerodynamic Nose Cone • Fuel Tanks • Titan Engine • Separator |
| 8 Wide | 8 Wide Aerodynamic Nose Cone • Fuel Tanks • Separator |
| 10 Wide | Fuel Tanks • Separator |
| 12 Wide | Fuel Tanks • Separator |
| Engines | Hawk Engine • Valiant Engine • Kolibri Engine • Titan Engine • Frontier Engine • RCS Thrusters • Ion Engine |
| Aerodynamic Parts | Parachute • Side Parachute • Aerodynamic Nose Cone • Aerodynamic Fuselage |
| Fairings | Fairing |
| Structural | Structural Part |
| Other | Docking Port • Landing Legs • Ion Engine • Probe • RCS Thrusters • Rover Wheels • Solar Panel |
| Currently discontinued in Version 1.5 | |
| Battery • Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator | |
9
