Trapped....

ixholla

ixholla
Was looking at panels while fuel scooping BAM....overheat and dropped me so close to the sun i can't get out lol.

Stuck at 87* and when I try to Jump I hate about 140* and smoke starts entering the cockpit and I chicken out lol.

In a Fully Loaded T9 and have been stuck for about an hour, I try to Boost but doesn't really do much.

Tried logging and the heat just goes up when I get back into the ship.

I think I'm doomed!
 

DaveL

DaveL
depending on your ship % you just have to aling with the star on your 6 and then hit the FSD and pray it charges faster than your % goes to 0.
I once survived with just 1% when smillar thing happened to me.
 

Dethmunk

Dethmunk
The ship can take far higher temperatures. So long as you have an escape vector you should be fine. I've got a Cobra and I hit a well over 200 degrees and she held together. She took damage for sure, but survivable. Do it, what can you loose. Either sit in the suns corona forever or give it a punt and see if she'll take the jump away from the star. ;)
 

DefiledDragon

D
Four pips to engines, point yourself away from the star, full throttle, go to bed, get up, go to work, come home, see how far away you are then...
 

Eagle Eye

Eagle Eye
Disable all modules you can to reduce ship temp. You basically just need Power Plant, Thruster and FSD active.

Get the sun directly behind you (that aligns you with escape vector), full throttle, hit FSD don't chicken out
 
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Masta Squidge

M
ixholla said:
Was looking at panels while fuel scooping BAM....overheat and dropped me so close to the sun i can't get out lol.

Stuck at 87* and when I try to Jump I hate about 140* and smoke starts entering the cockpit and I chicken out lol.

In a Fully Loaded T9 and have been stuck for about an hour, I try to Boost but doesn't really do much.

Tried logging and the heat just goes up when I get back into the ship.

I think I'm doomed!
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No damage to hull until 150% heat.
 

Galactic Midden

Galactic Midden
I think I would just chance it. Try to go to supercruise heading at full speed towards the escape vector. You'll probably take some damage once you're temperature's past 150% but you'll survive unless it goes really high. It's happened to me too when I've forgotten to throttle down after a jump.

Fingers crossed, and if the worst happens please be aware the above is just a suggestion. I don't want to be blamed ;)
Best of luck

edit: oh and just had a thought, can't you go into modules screen and disable anything non-essential to bring your heat down further before you try and jump?
 

Jetset

J
You've got 2 choices:

Try to get out by hitting FSD & aligning with escape vector whilst temp goes up to around 150 to 200 or:

Self destructing......I know which I've done when it's happened to me & (clue) I've still got my ships!
 

Tigga

T
Power things down. Power down *everything* except FSD/thrusters in the modules tab. This will reduce your temperature significantly. Heck, even power down the FSD/thrusters, powering them up just before you start. Maybe keep life support on

Do not boost. Just go straight for it. Going above 150 won't hurt you much, but would be expensive, and it depends how long you're above 150 for...
 

DaveL

DaveL
95%? well thats easy, you´ll survive even over 200% heat for about 15seconds.. wich your FSD will be already charged..
 

CMDR Rob James

C
Happens to me a lot around blackholes and binary systems , heatsink launchers keeps me getting back home. But after 3 strikes i'm crawling back 1700lys away with crushed hull and cracked canopy.
 

Hell Razor5543

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^^^ What Tigga said. The ship designers were intelligent, as they knew pilots make errors of judgement, so they built in a large safety margin before things start to fail. Switch off everything except Power Plant, Thrusters, FSD and (unless it is a good one) Life Support (see how much time that gives you first before shutting it down), then target the star, rotate 180 degrees and then get the flock outta there!
 

kneg

kneg
I once heated my Viper up to a cosy 225 degrees while looking for the escape vector. Interestingly, I didn't take any hull damage, seems that military alloys are worth their weight in gold :)

You could try to select a FSD target that's directly in front of you when you point your aft at the sun. This way, you'll reduce the time needed for finding the escape vector. Then go for it and hope the best...
 
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