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Experimantal re-entry effect for heat.
Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:16 am
by shadmar
Using particles. Should be tied to hull temperature I think. Maybe some other variables to consider,
RE: Experimantal re-entry effect for heat.
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:45 am
by s2odan
Awesome
Maybe some other variables to consider, Hmm, I think it could work if based solely on velocity and atmosphere pressure/density
RE: Experimantal re-entry effect for heat.
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 8:04 pm
by shadmar
Earth atmosphere in Pioneer ends at 24km pressure and density are then 0.0, but I think reentry friction starts at about 80km.
RE: Experimantal re-entry effect for heat.
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 8:27 am
by s2odan
Pioneer is suposed to be based on reality. In that case you have found a bug, it is not by design. It was likely caused by the atmosphere rewrite of several months ago. Certainly 0 atmosphere pressure at 24km is not correct. Some aircraft fly at 20km. However, you are reading atmosphere pressure from a figure with only 2 decimal places. After 30km the Earth's atmosphere is so thin that only less than 1/100 of an atmosphere remains, which would not be displayed by the readout with 2 decimal places. By the time you reach 100km, your flying through just 0.00001 atmospheres
Which is still "enough" to fry your ship
RE: Experimantal re-entry effect for heat.
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 3:42 am
by shadmar
Yes, I think it might be a bug. Heating of hull should also probably start much earlier from what I can google.Thanks for the input s2odan.