Eve Reentry

[O Nerd]

As far as you guys can see, i love to go to Eve. Now i'm planning to enter another probe there to collect DAT SCIENCE... But i'm usin Deadly Reentry. I seriously am SCREWED, because it probably is impossible to land on Eve with DR... I need some suggestions, because i can't think about an effective and compact enough design to fit in my fairings... Anyone have any suggestions?

Edited December 17, 2013 by O Nerd

[lajoswinkler]

I've never used that mod, but I'd suggest putting the detectors on this adapter and protecting it with this separated with a decoupler so you can jettison it. It's a lightweight design, very realistic, and should be able to withstand quite a lot.

[Taki117]

come in shallow, come in slow, pop chutes early, and have a very large heat shield.

[mic_e]

Seing how the scale height on eve is greater, and orbital speeds are not that much higher, using a bigger heat shield should definitely suffice.

The important thing about reentry is to bleed off as much speed as possible before entering the denser atmosphere, so aim for a ~50km periapsis, and use a high-drag design (if you're using FAR, just use a BIG heatshield or otherwise big surface area (high ratio between mass and drag per dynamic pressure) and, as a bonus, design your ship so that it creates a little lift during entry. If you're in the stock game, you'll just have to hope for the best (but at least your ship won't suddendly turn and explode violently if you designed it aerodynamically unstable).

I have survived 6km/s entries at Kerbin with DRE, by attaching a 2.5m heatshield to a 600kg lander can.

Edited December 17, 2013 by mic_e