Overheating in Cargo Bays

[Xyphos]

1.1.3 is nice, they fixed a lot of bugs, but now I'm noticing that parts stowed in cargo bays still take heat damage, does anyone have a work-around to keep them from exploding?

[samstarman5]

Going here might help ya: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/forum/69-technical-support-unmodded-installs/

[LordFerret]

3 hours ago, Xyphos said:

1.1.3 is nice, they fixed a lot of bugs, but now I'm noticing that parts stowed in cargo bays still take heat damage, does anyone have a work-around to keep them from exploding?

Do I take it you mean from reentry? Are you using a heat shield? I use cargo bays, loaded with science stuff and batteries, and I've not had any issues (yet). During reentry, you do want to stay lined up on that retrograde mark.

[Xyphos]

1 hour ago, LordFerret said:

Do I take it you mean from reentry?

no, during SSTO sub-orbit launch. I get it up to 1200 m/s orbital speed in the atmosphere, which is about 450 m/s short of my usual exit speed before switching to rockets, but everything explodes in the bays around 1300 m/s

[solarbearman]

Pics?

[sal_vager]

Heat will still conduct into cargobays from outside, they will only protect from atmospheric convection and from radiation, so some heating is expected even inside a bay or a fairing.

[LordFerret]

I've done a few seriously ballistic launches which have gotten the ship glowing, but no explosions.

I don't have much experience with SSTOs; But -
Are these explosions near the transition into space? Sounds like they are. How about radiator panels? What if you put 2 of the smaller ones on the sides of the cargo bays? It's just a thought.

[OHara]

11 hours ago, Xyphos said:

 everything explodes in the bays around 1300 m/s

Did you have a kerbal on EVA climb into the bay before launch?  I noticed that kerbals in cargo bays are no longer (1.1.3) protected from atmospheric heating, and they do explode, which might cause a chain-reaction explosion in your case.    After my kerbal explosion, I started watching other temperatures in the cargo bay, but noticed nothing else getting hotter than in 1.1.2.