Screamer7
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That is why they called Venus Earth's evil twin.:shifty:
Use the ship to sustain the crew. Send down something that'll actually survive in Venus harsh landscape and has an aersospike engine to power out of that thick atmosphere and back into orbit.
Use the ship to sustain the crew. Send down something that'll actually survive in Venus harsh landscape and has an aersospike engine to power out of that thick atmosphere and back into orbit.
AFAIK the structural parameter of the landing gear only applies if the gear is deployed, if you land with the gear up, the damage occurs to the little doors that open, which aren't built for a 7 m/s impact
i landed at 4 m/s. Will my gear no longer work or just unil i take back off?
We discussed that briefly on IRC and wondered if this -> JELAIR-HotAirBalloon(UCGOandUMmu) <- Would work on Venus.... It would need to lift the XR-2 to a point where the engines could overcome the atmosphere..... it wouldn't be pretty!
Too bad buoyant forces are not modeled in Orbiter. (AFAIK)
Assuming Venus atmosphere surface density of 67kg/m^3, XR-2 may actually already be less dense.
Loaded weight is 35748 kg. What's the XR-2 volume?
is it possible to simulate a crude propeller in orbiter? I know I've used some jets that have realistic altitude limits on their thrust. Some one was talking about a winged titan lander on the deep star thread, it would be cool to see a propeller based lander for places like venus and titan. Maybe a passive maple seed type alternative to parachutes, or a dual mode prop that can be passive or used to gain altitude for rockets
Something with a spinning animation and a thruster whose thrust is dependant on altitude.
Or AddForce and using a simple propeller model in C++.
Thrust ~ Pressure change * effective propeller area.
And:
Pressure change ~ shaft power / density
AFAIK the structural parameter of the landing gear only applies if the gear is deployed, if you land with the gear up, the damage occurs to the little doors that open, which aren't built for a 7 m/s impact
So, is UCGO/DGIV-cargo Deployable Venus Escape Balloon to lift an XR2 to the flyable reaches of the atmosphere already grabbed by someone? Or is it still free to make?
If it is yet ungrabbed, i'll likely release it tomorrow.