Spaceplane to Eve in 1.0.5

[LordKael]

So, I have a spaceplane in orbit around Eve, and would very much like to fulfill my mission, but the first couple times I tried to deorbit, everything started exploding on me. It's all wings and mark2 parts, and a shielded docking port as a nose cone. Thoughts on how?

 

[Red Dwarf]

ya got pictures? We can't really do much for ya without em

[nosirrbro]

1 hour ago, LordKael said:

So, I have a spaceplane in orbit around Eve, and would very much like to fulfill my mission, but the first couple times I tried to deorbit, everything started exploding on me. It's all wings and mark2 parts, and a shielded docking port as a nose cone. Thoughts on how?

 

Er, your not going to enter Eve's atmosphere without a heatsheild, so your spaceplane is probably not gonna cut it. Also dont even think about trying to get it back into space after that, you would need an INSANE amount of delta v left, but I doubt you ever expected you could do that.

[Foxster]

I hate to ever say never, but in this case...without a heat shield that covers the entire width of the craft I don't think it's gonna happen. 

Edited December 24, 2015 by Foxster

[cephalo]

I haven't been to Eve with a spaceplane, but I've been to Jool. In my case, everything with less than 2400k tolerance needed to be stowed inside a cargo bay. I was able to descend with a very high angle of attack, almost perpendicular. I did have a small heat shield on the nose which takes the brunt the heating by far, even when the rest of the plane is hitting the airstream just as much. The shielded docking port is slightly less tolerant, and possibly not enough for the new role that nosecones have in 1.05, which is to take 90 percent of the heat. Forget about airbrakes, they are for subsonic flight now.

[LordKael]

Well, I had to turn infinite fuel to get back out, but I went down, flew around, and returned to orbit without burning up. Just took a long time to deorbit.

[Pecan]

1 hour ago, cephalo said:

I haven't been to Eve with a spaceplane, but I've been to Jool. In my case, everything with less than 2400k tolerance needed to be stowed inside a cargo bay. I was able to descend with a very high angle of attack, almost perpendicular. I did have a small heat shield on the nose which takes the brunt the heating by far, even when the rest of the plane is hitting the airstream just as much. The shielded docking port is slightly less tolerant, and possibly not enough for the new role that nosecones have in 1.05, which is to take 90 percent of the heat. Forget about airbrakes, they are for subsonic flight now.

Where on Jool did you descend TO?!