Favourite engine?

[Tw1]

I don't tend to use the LV 30 or 45 that much. My launchers tend to make use of the mainsail and skipper (formerly atlas) engines. In orbit, the little LV-900 or the LV-N tend to get more use, for efficiency. The poodle and 77-24 get a fair amount of use too, in landers.

[llamatoes]

1. The skipper engine, it has power, is mildly efficient and my god, frocks and that banjo it looks awesome.

2. The nuke, it has a massive ISP, and spends more time being naccelled on my vacuum stages than any other engine

3. 909, it has a good TWR, and is perfect for hops to the mun and back.

4. Rockomax 24/77, amazing TWR, and so versatile.

[Sapphire]

I very much love the PB-ION and the Aerospike. It may take forever to get anywhere on the ion, but at least you'll get there with buttloads of fuel!

[Sempiternal]

EDIT - Actually no, nevermind.

Anyway, on topic I'd have to say the LV909. Fuel efficiency for days.

Edited May 30, 2013 by Sempiternal

[Francesco]

"Mainsail and the KSPX one"

-.-'

Oh my God, can't you show some respect for the Skipper?

[Daze]

Definetely the LV45, i use it in the most of my lander, high TWR and good efficiency

[Jaedinator]

Where is the Skipper Engine in the Poll

[Skyllz]

My favorite is definitely the mainsail. My mother ship has 8 of them.

Very inefficient interplanetary ship...

[sidew]

Where is the Skipper Engine in the Poll

Maybe under "Mainsail and the KSPX one"

[pjschurr]

I feel like the only person who really likes the larger radial engines. 2 of them can land such a relatively good sized lander with ease, and they are decently efficient. The radial mounting is very easy to place and build for too.

No, it turns out there are two of us.

[MennoLente]

I don't really have an opinion. I use all engines. And when there is an engine that I don't use, I slightly improve it's values in the config file, so that I might consider using the engine a little more often, or perhaps find an application it is suited for.

[koshelenkovv]

Why can't I vote for Aerospike or Lv-1 'Ant'? These are my favorites.

[Drunkrobot]

If my puppy was a rocket engine, he would be an LV-909. But my favourite engine has to be the 30. Why settle for a boring, inefficient and prone to failure mainsail when a bit of skill in the VAB can leave you with a mighty cluster of solid awesome.

[Laughing Man]

No love for the tiny radial? That thing is awesome for shifting things about with low mass or in low gravity, plus it's damn cute.

EDIT: Mixed up the large and small votes, eep

[MrIronMoose]

I don't always fly on interplanetary missions. But when I do, I choose LV-N nuclear engines.

Stay radioactive my friends.

[MarkusA380]

The Nerva, I love interplanetary missions and it is the best on there.

But another funny is the ant, because its funny as i said.

[Banbite]

The LV909. The most efficient 'chemical' rocket and very useful and easy to use for landers.

[Blipser]

The LV-909, it's so perfect for lighter ascent/decent stages, orbiters and moon missions.

[Blade_N]

Where's the love for the Skipper engine? My favourite since the new update!

[Deadpangod3]

If you could attach stuff to the bottom of Aerospikes then that'd be the only engine I'd ever use

[Nullspace250]

Why doesn't the Rockomax "Skipper" have it's own option? That's my favorite launch engine and the LV-N my favorite orbital and small celestial body engine.

Sorry, it fitted it with the Mainsail, Polls are limited by 10 options

[Nullspace250]

Why can't I vote for Aerospike or Lv-1 'Ant'? These are my favorites.

Then again, no space for them, it would be for Others

[ComradeGoat]

The Skipper is a beautiful thing. I started a new, stock save for .20 and I'm trying to simplify my designs into smaller, lighter packages with fewer parts... Most of my payloads are around 10-20 tons to LKO, so I don't need all the thrust of a Mainsail. The Skipper fills the first-stage engine role nicely, letting me avoid the complication and part-count of clustered engines. With these kinda payloads I usually have a pretty low TWR at launch, so it also gives me an excuse to use SRBs which makes Jeb happy

I so nearly chose the skipper. It's a gift to heavy lifters, and works much better in vacuum than the brutish Mainsail. It was pipped in my vote by the NERVA though. It's big, heavy, too long and has a pathetic amount of thrust, but 800 ISp in vacuum; how can you not forgive it everything for that?

[ComradeGoat]

If you could attach stuff to the bottom of Aerospikes then that'd be the only engine I'd ever use

Near constant ISp, and a goodly amount of thrust. They had to nerf it somehow.

[WhiteWeasel]

NERVA is the obvious choice, but I want to be out of the norm. I do love my Ion probes, low power sure, but can make big differences with the right maneuvers.

Just curious, for a mun/minmus lander should I Use aerospikes or lv 909s?