The Kolibri Engine (called Grasshopper L.F. Engine until 1.5) is a small engine. The engine is the third smallest (2×3 units) and third lightest engine behind the RCS Thrusters and Ion Engine. The Kolibri Engine is normally used on smaller rockets for landing on and ejecting from bodies with low gravity.
The flame produced by the Kolibri engine
The sound produced by the Kolibri engine
It produces a translucent purple flame with a shock diamond. The engine burns 5t of fuel in about 1.5 minutes. It has 108% the efficiency of a Hawk Engine, 93% the efficiency of a Valiant Engine and 217% the efficiency of RCS Thrusters. On Earth, it can lift 14.5 tons of weight.
Trivia[]
- Its original name was likely a reference to SpaceX's test rocket Grasshopper.
- Its current name means "hummingbird" in several European languages like Hungarian. Both grasshoppers and hummingbirds are small animals, alluding to its low size and thrust, so it is sometimes called as Grasshopper Engines.
- This engine likely burns methalox (liquid methane and liquid oxygen), because methalox powered engines give off a purple flame.
- If you put two of these engines on a 30t Fuel Tank, it will lift off without support.
- In blueprint files, this part is named
Engine_Kolibri - Unlike other Engines, Kolibri Engine still need it's top connection point to touch other parts top or bottom connection points.
History[]
Until it was renamed in 1.5, the Kolibri Engine was called the Grasshopper L.F. Engine, and emitted a blue-yellow flame.
Gallery[]
Pre-1.5 Kolibri Engine in action in space. The blue-yellow flame can be observed.
Close up of the current version
