deployable/retractable heatshield?

[Tomato29]

Hello everyone,

I'm new on that forum website and I play ksp for a few month ago. I created a interplanetary spaceship with mods and resized pieces, and I was searching for a big deployable and retractable heatshield that could allow me to aerobrake on jool and save tons of fuel. I suck at unity and bender so I couldn't create one myself. Would you know a mod that adds this kind of piece?

thanks!

[theend3r]

Google led me to this: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/98178-NASA-Adaptable-Deployable-Entry-Placement-Technology-%28ADEPT%29-by-OLDD-%2826-04-14%29.

Don't know if it's up to date.

[Tomato29]

I saw this one too, but it's not "giant" enough to protect all my ship from heat disasters and death of jeb. my ship is at least a dozen meters large and more than 8 meters high.

[theend3r]

Then you'll need to use Laythe to aerobrake. It works just as well and is far safer.

[Gaarst]

Then you'll need to use Laythe to aerobrake. It works just as well and is far safer.

Laythe still has a dense high atmosphere, so this is not 100% safe either.

Best thing to do is use Tylo (or Laythe/Vall, but they are less massive) to do a gravity assist that will put you in orbit around Jool. That requires a bit of tweaking at your initial burn though.

[Starwaster]

I posted updates in the ADEPT thread and Deadly Reentry also patches it for compatibility.

It could be rescaled easily enough to cover a larger area if someone took the time to do it properly

There was a parts pack with a larger shield that would probably be suitable for braking a large ship but it's badly in need of an update.

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/12106-0-25-Lionhead-Aerospace-Inc-Icarus-v0-4-updated

[Tomato29]

Thanks for reply guys, I searched for hours to find maybe a deployable heatshield but I didn't find one so I built one myself with infernal robotics and these stock steel square parts (forgot their names)

[MaverickSawyer]

Well if anyone wants to take a stab at it, there were the old Icarus Project sunshades...

They're a few versions out of date, sadly, but they might be salvageable. Download links are still good.

[kerbiloid]

Bahamuto Dynamics Shielded port.

Allows to attach things below the heatshield and close it when those things are no longer required.

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/49035-WIP-Bahamuto-Dynamics-%28Dockable-Fairings%29-11-5-13

All parts require a little modification:

node_stack_bottom = 0.0, -0.1250235, 0.0, 0.0, -1.0, 0.0, 1

I.e. as usual, fifth value in "node_stack_bottom" line must be negative.

[Tomato29]

The icarus project was exactly what I was searching! perfect. thanks all, see you around

[Gaarst]

The icarus project was exactly what I was searching! perfect. thanks all, see you around

Well, unless you play with a year old version of KSP, I doubt that will work

As MaverickSawyer said, this mod has been abandonned for quite a while...

[ximrm]

If someone is interested to finally finish it, I'd give away my old heatshield project.

IIRC the Animation and UV mapping is done. Only textures and Unity import needs to be done.

Link: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/95260-WIP-Opening-Closing-reusable-Heatshield%28now-less-obstructive-still-wip%29

Just msg me for the files.

[mythic_fci]

I've updated the Icarus project heatshields for personal use; however, I'm not sure if the TOU allows me to give it out as a seperate download. Any ideas?