Inflatable Heatshiedl Stress Test ( Or Can You Aerobrake with 20.000 m/s ?)

[Sephka]

Hey everyone

I'm back with my second video this time about the limits of the inflatable heatshield.
I tried to compare it to other methods of slowing down so that you can see how good it performs
Hopefully this will help and/or entertain you!
 

 

[Stocchinet]

Very well done and informative, bravo!

[kunok]

Good video

Just one thing, the air-brakes  are supposed to work in the other way (in the game they work the same forwards than backwards but in reality no)

[Sephka]

4 hours ago, kunok said:

Good video

Just one thing, the air-brakes  are supposed to work in the other way (in the game they work the same forwards than backwards but in reality no)

Yeah I know  I noticed that too late but since it makes no difference I just kept it that way 

[kunok]

1 hour ago, Sephka said:

Yeah I know  I noticed that too late but since it makes no difference I just kept it that way 

What about combining a inflatable heat shield and a real heat shield? The inflatable will burn again but it may worth the difference in mass

[CatastrophicFailure]

Excellent! This needs to get far more attention! If only there were a way to back-port this shield to 1.0.5...

 

11 minutes ago, kunok said:

What about combining a inflatable heat shield and a real heat shield? The inflatable will burn again but it may worth the difference in mass

Don't think the inflatable shield will work with anything in front of it. 

[kunok]

1 minute ago, CatastrophicFailure said:

Don't think the inflatable shield will work with anything in front of it. 

The other way, put the inflatable shield in the front, and when it explodes use the normal heatshield

[Sephka]

3 hours ago, CatastrophicFailure said:

Excellent! This needs to get far more attention! If only there were a way to back-port this shield to 1.0.5...

 

Don't think the inflatable shield will work with anything in front of it. 

Thanks! I posted it on reddit but I have no idea how to reach more people other than waiting  But I'm fine with that, I'll keep making videos and see whats happens