MK2 cockpit should have higher heat tolerance

[royying]

I know the higher AoA theory, but turn red on 59KM atmosphere edge???

I can't raise AoA very much in the edge of atmosphere , the plane will bound back to space.

 

We can't add ablator on it nor use radiator to cool it down, it just hope less...

Could Squad just raise the heat tolerance of MK2 cockpit or offer some counter measure part to make our life easier?

[Gaarst]

Reentring head-on does not distribute shock heating at all, and your cockpit takes all the heat, which makes it overheat extremely quickly.

To solve this, either make your cockpit out of tungsten, or use an appropriate reentry profile instead of juste heading prograde.

To distribute heat correctly along the entire body of the spaceplane you have to keep a non-zero angle of attack.
The greater your angle of attack is, the better you'll be, for two reasons:

• if your angle of attack is greater then less heat is absorbed by the cockpit and more by the rest of the craft
• an AoA of 10-15° will give you tons of lift and very little drag. You want tons of drag and very little lift when reentring to slow down quickly and not bounce. Since KSP doesn't simulate stall, the best way to achieve this is to keep a very high AoA: you want to have an angle of attack superior to 30°, and to 45° if possible (the space shuttle had a 40° angle of attack when reentring). Some prefer to get a 90° AoA to get the maximum amount of drag but it's the best way to flip if your plane is not perfectly balanced.

A plane is not a capsule, since it has not ablative shield you can't just let your thing heading prograde and forget. Spaceplanes are a bit harder to fly than capsule and you can't do anything about it.
Space is not easy. KSP is easy enough, so I don't think Squad will make the cockpit magically strong to make your life easier (nor do I want it).

Edited May 14, 2016 by Gaarst

[Rom201]

So evrytime in targetting a node with sas my ship shakes while moving to the node and then it simply overshoots it and stops targeting the node. i have tried evryting like reinstalling, restarting and all that but it does not help. PLS HELP ME I WANNA PLAY THE GAME