Has anyone notice this about the skipper?

[Dfthu]

When I was using a skipper for my burn to the moon I saw that the nozzle changed to pretty blue collar. Has anyone else saw this?

 

[Vaporo]

Yeah, but I don't think that many people know about it. The engine doesn't usually get hot enough to do that.

[mythbusters844]

Yeah, this happened before 1.0 too, but because of the changes with 1.0.5 the glowing effect is dependent on time, not heat. This means that all you have to do to get to the end of the Skipper's heat animation--and see the blue effect--is to just run it for a while, and it doesn't require any extra heat than normal. On a somewhat-related note, this is exactly what my old mod did, which also had the same issue.

Edited December 14, 2015 by mythbusters844

[Hannu2]

I have noticed it but did not care. It does not need overheating. Just put Skipper with an orange tank and run.

[MalfunctionM1Ke]

I see that quite regularly as the skipper is my choice for a high-power upper-stage engine

I didnt know what caused it though... No overheating was indicated.

 

Edited December 14, 2015 by MalfunctionM1Ke

[Randazzo]

I notice it gets white-hot, which I find curious. I wondered if the emissive was intended to get that hot, that quickly.

[panzer1b]

It also happens to some extent on the lv-909, which turns whitish after a long time.  Its not very pretty, although it is realistic since in actuality the higher the surface temperature the more high frequency wavelengths, but i do not believe that that engine would get so extremely hot as to emit white or blue. 

Overall, its not something i care too much about, but i do see how some would find this odd.  It just doesnt fit in line with the glow appearance of the newer engines.  Perhaps some day we will get a visual overhaul of the stock rocket parts, as we got with the jets.