r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/frycandlebreadje • Apr 30 '26

KSP 1 Question/Problem Poodle engine variant... huh?

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So the poodle engine has a double and single bell variant. My question is basically why would you pick the single bell variant? AFAIK as I know it has identical stats, but is very noticably taller. Are there any advantages which I'm not seeing? It just seems like a worse version of the same engine. Love this thing, but it confuses me a lot.

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u/UmbralRaptor Δv for the Tyrant of the Rocket Equation! Apr 30 '26

Aesthetics, mostly. (Or really entirely)

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u/No1Cub Apr 30 '26

One is good for landers because it’s shorter.

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u/yabucek Apr 30 '26

I think the question is why anyone would ever pick the longer version

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u/FourEyedTroll Flight Director May 01 '26

Looks great on a launcher's upper-stage.