Dropping into the hot zone

Major Klutz

Major Klutz
So this just happened ...
[video=youtube_share;bg-T9DoI8WI]https://youtu.be/bg-T9DoI8WI[/video]
Unfortunately, Shadow Play let me down again. When I pressed the key to dump the buffer, it crashed and I got a partially corrupt file with the last few minutes of video missing.

The first time I jumped in here, I dropped out literally inside the secondary star. My view forward of the primary star was not blocked but I could see flares in front of me and when I throttled up and started moving forward, I could see the surface of the star appear as I passed through it. I had to use two heat sinks to get out without overheating.

I was frustrated that Shadow Play failed so I rebooted, started a new recording and jumped back to where I was to do it again.
Unfortunately by that time, the secondary star had moved in it's orbit and I ended up beside the star instead if inside it. It's all about the timing, a few minutes later and I wouldn't have been cooked at all.

This is why I still carry heat sinks with me.
Still no clue as to why it sometimes drops you out 100ls away from a binary pair but still dropped me in this close to this trio.
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Roqinn

Roqinn
That happened to me the other day! Popped out of FSD and immediately start to fuel scoop! I actually love it when this happens. It's a bit of unexpected excitement! I don't even carry heat sinks anymore as it doesn't happen often and my AFMU can fix most things.
Good job on not panicking and getting out of there without frying!
 

duckofdeath

duckofdeath
It happens to me too on a daily basis since 2.3. Safest practice for me is just to leave the throttle at 100% during a jump and if I hear the "fuel scooping" alert when arriving I either make a 90-ish degree turn to get out or aim straight at the actual arrival star, if the star "behind" is too big, and then follow a low orbit scoop-altitude out of that one. That last resort escape usually works without heat damage. :D
I wonder if there's been any explorers in Dolphins who's lost their ships because of this since 2.3? Those ships fry their internals in a matter of seconds if it gets too hot... I'm in a Conda myself, so I can luckily go get a cup of coffee while the ship escapes without getting too much damage even in the worst cases.
 
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JohannStrauss

JohannStrauss
3 Days ago, after 330.000 LY nonstop exploration I came out between 2 white stars. Heat went up to 90%, 100% in 3 seconds.
---FULL STOP, 1 of my last 2 Heat sinks. slooooooowly turning...and awayyyyy....
 

Kenneth McGrew

Kenneth McGrew
duckofdeath said:
It happens to me too on a daily basis since 2.3. Safest practice for me is just to leave the throttle at 100% during a jump and if I hear the "fuel scooping" alert when arriving I either make a 90-ish degree turn to get out or aim straight at the actual arrival star, if the star "behind" is too big, and then follow a low orbit scoop-altitude out of that one. That last resort escape usually works without heat damage. :D
I wonder if there's been any explorers in Dolphins who's lost their ships because of this since 2.3? Those ships fry their internals in a matter of seconds if it gets too hot... I'm in a Conda myself, so I can luckily go get a cup of coffee while the ship escapes without getting too much damage even in the worst cases.
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My Dolphin has about 300,000LY on the clock and its fine, I don't carry heat syncs either.

Planet side is another matter with heat if you follow my ravings
 

duckofdeath

duckofdeath
Oki. I've only flown it extensively in civilisation and like you said, it definitely does not like leaning to the side on a planet. :D "Status update on modules during a high G turn: 5-by-5! No wait, they're gone. All of them."
 

Kenneth McGrew

Kenneth McGrew
duckofdeath said:
Oki. I've only flown it extensively in civilisation and like you said, it definitely does not like leaning to the side on a planet. :D "Status update on modules during a high G turn: 5-by-5! No wait, they're gone. All of them."
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its a bug, FD confirmed it but haven't done anything about it.... yet (soon they say, if they say soon once more ill 3d print the word out and ......), it can get quite toasty turning in the dolphin if its in the right mood.

[video=youtube_share;tsOsUYimKak]https://youtu.be/tsOsUYimKak[/video]


*waits in the shadows for people saying "its not a bug"*
 

Major Klutz

Major Klutz
That's odd that it would heat up that much in such low gravity.
In any case, it's designed as a passenger vessel and if you have passengers on board you would want to use yaw for turning so as not to spill drinks.
Can you imagine a commercial airbus pilot making a bank turn like that with passengers on board?
 
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