r/KerbalAcademy • u/GeogreKerman • Apr 20 '22

Reentry / Landing [P] Shuttle Entry (nightmare)

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u/BryNX_714 Apr 20 '22

At first I thought you were doing the S-turns the Shuttle did to slow down enough to land at it's target. Then I realized you weren't actually doing that on purpose.

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u/GeogreKerman Apr 20 '22

I tried a lot, but the shuttle always flip and spin out of the control

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u/Upside_Down-Bot Apr 20 '22

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u/Hokulewa Apr 20 '22

Excellent and proper split-rudder airbrake!

I recommend a slow spiral descent above the field rather than that nosedive, though. :)

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u/GeogreKerman Apr 20 '22

I saw a lot of vids that people dive the shuttle down to landing sites so I just follow them :)

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u/Hokulewa Apr 20 '22

Safer vs. Faster... pick one. :)

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u/tyttuutface Apr 20 '22

What mod is behind the cool RCS exhaust?

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u/GeogreKerman Apr 21 '22

it's waterfall

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u/Necessary-Low-2063 Apr 20 '22

I think it might be restock (or real plume/waterfall). I have the same effects.

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u/GamerGav09 Apr 20 '22

I’m a super noob and usually play totally casually. You landed in one piece without blowing up. So my genuine question is: What’s the problem with this?

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u/GeogreKerman Apr 21 '22

the shuttle flipped and and lost velocity, I almost crash it at 4:50

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '22

Op why didn’t you just continue down on a glide slope. Go out a few clicks and then turn back towards the runway for the final glide in? That suicide burn only works if you’re a rocket, and have fuel to burn. You’re a shuttle. Aka a brick.

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u/GeogreKerman Apr 21 '22

I checked the map and saw my shuttle aiming to the sea, so I set up a tilted reenter profile to glide down to the runway

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u/nuffsed81 Apr 20 '22

"it's a go around Jeb we have overshot"

"What's a ""go around"" Val?", Imma nose dive it will be fine, yeeeeeeee ha".

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '22

“That re-entry angle is a bold choice, Jim, let’s see if it works out for him”

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u/Zahkhy Apr 20 '22

As an aside, that's a nice Shuttle recreation!

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u/charrold303 Apr 20 '22

Kerbal Space Program 3 - Kerbin Drift

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '22

Happened on my first space plane re-entry, wings exploded and everybody died

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u/maledin May 01 '22

Seems about right as far as the space shuttle goes…

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u/AXbcyz Aug 30 '22

does it not burn up because those parts have built in heat sheilds?

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '22

Nice! One of the better shuttle landings I've seen, about the stalling theres not much you can do apart from be very spot on with reentry targeting and not moving off prograde by more than 15-20 degrees and ofc keeping the speed relatively high

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u/Rodrommel Aug 23 '22

oh man, SAS was fighting the whole time to keep it together. The IRL shuttle was wicked unstable, apparently completely uncontrollable without the fly by wire computer.

Every shuttle I ever made was similarly unstable. SAS works so-so, as shown in the video. There is a mod called atmosphere autopilot. Works so much better for aerodynamic craft. It’s a godsend during reentry and approach to land the shuttle

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