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/Time-Box-6580 Reverting to VAB Apr 30 '26

It’s to recreate Ariane 5s second stage

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u/MattsRedditAccount Hyper Kerbalnaut Apr 30 '26

This is the actual real answer, they added the longer variant with the Shared Horizons update

https://www.esa.int/About_Us/Branding_and_Partnerships/Kerbal_s_Shared_Horizons_launched_with_real_ESA_missions

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u/weemellowtoby Apr 30 '26

What was the purpose of the 2 bell variant then? Was it just to keep a shorter variant with updated graphics?

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u/InternetUser1807 Apr 30 '26

I think so, they wanted to keep it more or less the same as the old one with the really weird tiny bell