Terrible bug at Jool!!!

[WalkingShadow89]

So I sent a probe to Jool to aerocapture (with big heatshield and everything from procedural parts) and the shield instantly overheats and the rest of my probe explodes on contact with the atmosphere, PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!;.;;.;

[Halo_003]

So I sent a probe to Jool to aerocapture (with big heatshield and everything from procedural parts) and the shield instantly overheats and the rest of my probe explodes on contact with the atmosphere, PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!;.;;.;

Try aerobraking at Laythe instead. Your velocity aerobraking at Jool is probably around 9km/s, whereas at Laythe the atmosphere is thinner and you should only be going around 5km/s.

[cantab]

It's caused by Jool's atmosphere having a "sharp edge", so you go from no atmosphere to somewhat thick atmosphere, which combined with the high speeds means booms. As mentioned try an alternative way to capture into the Joolian system.

[WalkingShadow89]

But when I decouple the probe I can't timewarp because it says I am "accelerating" even though no engines or RCS are on and I'm not spinning or anything. Then the heatshield IMMEDIATELY overheats (I've aerocaptured at Jool before, it didn't do that) plus i have an altitude of 193 km so it shouldn't overheat like that