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RC-001S Command Pod Too Large For 1.25m Heatshield


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I learned the excruciatingly painful way that the 1.25m heatshield is not large enough for the RC-001S command pod - it is about 10 cm too large and your probe explodes on re-entry from the heat.

This model for the RC-001S needs to be scaled down so it is LESS than 1.25m.  This problem actually exists for most of the heatshields where they are the EXACT size of most of the objects they were designed-for, making them almost useless unless you want to always use the next-largest size (which is ridiculous).

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It's a tricky one to balance. If you make a heat shield larger than standard size then it should be a lot more draggy on the way up because of this. 

One thing that you can try is not putting the RC-001S next to the heat shield. I've just tried and with the first craft here the probe core over-heats on re-entry but doesn't on the second...

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