Just came across a white dwarf star, almost instantly raised my heat to max.

[rupok]

Pretty scary, fsd in the system, saw it and instantly emergency drop because it was so hot and I am assuming it was sucking me in.

 

[nexxo]

Yeah, those little suckers are fierce!

 

[5PIDER]

If you are using a keyboard then it is hard to slow down fast enough. I use HOTAS and do not have that problem.
The star is not sucking you in, you are just very close to the boundary when you come out of hyper-space.

 

[Pekka]

Nasty buggers, those dwarves!

 

[AJ_Impy]

White dwarfs are nasty. They radiate an insane amount of heat: Note the green border line and its distance from the stellar surface. Best bet is to set throttle to zero during the frame shift countdown to hold back from careening into a repair bill.

 

[rupok]

If you are using a keyboard then it is hard to slow down fast enough. I use HOTAS and do not have that problem.
The star is not sucking you in, you are just very close to the boundary when you come out of hyper-space.

I can just press x which I will do next time.

 

[Psychometric]

White Dwarf stars are pretty nasty. Good practice is always set your throttle to zero while in hyperspace, that should ensure you keep at safe range from whatever star you warp in at.

 

[vitch]

Pretty scary, fsd in the system, saw it and instantly emergency drop because it was so hot and I am assuming it was sucking me in.

Yep, really should be called Brown Dwarf's after the state of your Y-Fronts after meeting one

 

[rupok]

Yep, really should be called Brown Dwarf's after the state of your Y-Fronts after meeting one

true keeping my hand on the x key all the time now when using fsd.

 

[aRtFuL]

I can just press x which I will do next time.

You can try but chances are you still might not be fast enough.

The difference with using HOTAS is HOTAS throttles can start at 0 position, so as soon as you jump out you can be at speed 0.

If you spam X before exit jumps chances are there is still a bit of delay, but that time the delay finish you might already be in the boundary. With keyboard + flight stick I've found I have to pull up right away upon exiting jump to avoid even if I zero speed.

 

[Slythe]

Stars can be pretty hot, tis true!

I nearly died once because I flew between two stars that were very close together (there was less than one star radius between them), got dropped out of supercruise when I overheated and had some difficulty getting cool enough to supercruise out again.

 

[Ralph Vargr]

White Dwarfs are Death Suns. I think that's the type that got me. What's the stellar classification for a White Dwarf? Avoid them, if possible.

 

[nexxo]

What's the stellar classification for a White Dwarf?

I think it's a number 10 on the sphincter scale.

 

[anikaiful]

White Dwarfs are Death Suns. I think that's the type that got me. What's the stellar classification for a White Dwarf?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_classification#White_dwarf_classifications ...all begin with the "D", as in death star indeed

 

[Eros]

haha, I printed a H-R diagram to help me figure out what to expect when i was jumping into systems while out exploring
O type? Mmmmm toasty warm

 

[Soulside Journey]

You can try but chances are you still might not be fast enough.

The difference with using HOTAS is HOTAS throttles can start at 0 position, so as soon as you jump out you can be at speed 0.

If you spam X before exit jumps chances are there is still a bit of delay, but that time the delay finish you might already be in the boundary. With keyboard + flight stick I've found I have to pull up right away upon exiting jump to avoid even if I zero speed.

You don't need to spam, just hold the key down.

 

[GT3000]

Just hit X BEFORE you complete the FSD jump countdown. You'll automatically stop when you arrive at your destination.

 

[Erif Snogard]

What is the max temperature percent before the ship goes kablooey?

I've had my cobra to 135% and I was panicking lol

I was having issues getting distance from that white star.

 

[TerrorTrooper]

Under 150% you won't take any damage! over 150% and the damage racks up exponentially.
You can safely hit 200-300 percent before your risking death though, I've heard even higher for some people up in the 500's

 

[Erif Snogard]

Under 150% you won't take any damage! over 150% and the damage racks up exponentially.
You can safely hit 200-300 percent before your risking death though, I've heard even higher for some people up in the 500's

That's way higher percent than I was thinking it would be.

Good to know though if there's a next time.