[1.6.x] Kerbal heatshield

[Xd the great]

YAY, this is my first mod. Thanks to people who supported me, and @SpannerMonkey(smce) for teaching me how to mod.

After years of investment and R&D, this is what we come up with. A golf-ball looking heatshield for kerbals.

HOW TO USE:

1. get it in your inventory.

2. get into a suborbital trajectory.

3. Equip the heatshield.

4. BURNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

A simple demonstration, by kottabosgames: 

 

 

5. deploy personal parasail, wait for full deployment.

6. once you have full deployment, DIVE and pull up to get yourself flying

7. Land.

DEPENDENCIES: KIS and all its dependencies:

Download: https://spacedock.info/mod/1925/Kerbal heatshield

License: CC-BY-SA 2.0

CKAN is supported.

Install instructions: copy the "kerbal heatshield" file in the .zip to your gamedata file.

Q&A

1. IS XDTHEGREAT NUTS?

No, I am a human.

2. Will you do more stupid stuff like this?

YES. GIVE ME IDEAS.

3. Is there more stupid stuff I can do with this mod?

Yes. Use your imagination!

4. Why does the heatshield look like a golf ball?

This is what our XD team developed, and is totally not because I am a noob and is lazy.

5. Why should I choose this mod?

Prevent kerbals from burning up collecting eva reports in the upper atmosphere, and can incinerate kerbals without risking them die. Or uninstalling the mod and let them pop.

 

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITIES FOR EYE OR MENTAL DAMAGE DUE TO THE UGLY GRAPHICS AND CRAZY IDEAS.

ENJOY.

Edited February 4, 2019 by Xd the great

[hab136]

pics?

[Xd the great]

13 hours ago, hab136 said:

pics?

Maybe. Too lazy for that.

Its just a red golfball. Who needs pics?

[kurgut]

5 hours ago, Xd the great said:

Maybe. Too lazy for that.

Its just a red golfball. Who needs pics?

Pics always good, just one is enough

And nice mod too!

License?

EDIT: sorry, just saw it on spacedock, but good to put it in the forum thread too

Edited August 3, 2018 by kurgut

[KerbalMan23]

Kottabos reviewed your mod! 

 

[linuxgurugamer]

Congrats on the release

[Xd the great]

38 minutes ago, linuxgurugamer said:

Congrats on the release

Thanks.

4 hours ago, KerbalMan23 said:

Kottabos reviewed your mod! 

 

Milestone achieved

[CardinalBiggles57]

What a cool mod

[Xd the great]

On 8/5/2018 at 3:15 AM, CardinalBiggles57 said:

What a cool mod

Thanks.

[Xd the great]

New update is out, recompiled for ksp v 1.4.5.

INCINERATE KERBALS AT YOUR PLEASURE.

[Mythical Donuts]

Congrats! this mod looks awesome, downloading it now

also someone should make a golf club in orbit and whack this at the Kerbal Space Center

[zer0Kerbal]

On 8/18/2018 at 10:09 PM, Xd the great said:

New update is out, recompiled for ksp v 1.4.5.

INCINERATE KERBALS AT YOUR PLEASURE.

Jeb approved of this ad.

[Xd the great]

2 hours ago, Mythical Donuts said:

Congrats! this mod looks awesome, downloading it now

also someone should make a golf club in orbit and whack this at the Kerbal Space Center

Some type of golfball cannon? With rcs for manouvering?

[Xd the great]

NEW UPDATE IS OUT!!!!

compatibility for ksp v 1.5

[Xd the great]

ANOTHER NEW UPDATE IS OUT!!!

Compatibility for KSP v 1.6 added.

[Quoniam Kerman]

That reminds me one idea Nasa acutally had back in the years 2000. Having personal heat shield like bathtub inside which the astronaut could come back safely to Earth from the ISS. After the heat part of the journey completed, the astronauts would have deployed parachutes just like paratroopers do.

[Tonka Crash]

20 minutes ago, Quoniam Kerman said:

That reminds me one idea Nasa acutally had back in the years 2000.

The idea is about as old as manned spaceflight. http://www.astronautix.com/m/moose.html

[Quoniam Kerman]

Ah mainstream media when they don't know what to talk about...  I bet this resurfaced during the  Shuttle Columbia didaster.