Heat Shield (10m)

Heat Shield (10m)
Heat shield by O.M.B. Demolition Enterprises
Radial size		Small
Cost	(total)	300.00
	(dry)	200.00
Mass	(total)	0.300 t
	(dry)	0.100 t
Drag		0.2
Max. Temp.		3300 K
Impact Tolerance		9 m/s
Research		Survivability
Unlock cost		600
Since version		1.0
Part configuration		HeatShield1.cfg
Ablator		200 units
Loss at 2000K		0.47 units/s
Ejection momentum		100 Ns
Testing Environments
On the surface		Yes
In the ocean		Yes
On the launchpad		Yes
In the atmosphere		Yes
Sub-orbital		No
In an orbit		No
On an escape		No
Docked		No
Test by staging		No
Manually testable		Yes
Lift generated		0.35
Packed volume		550 l

The Heat Shield (10m) was introduced in version 1.1. Unlike other heat shields, the 10m heat shield uses a large inflated surface instead of ablator to slow down the space craft to which it is attached.
When inflated, the shield has a diameter of 10m, but is 2.5m in diameter in it's uninflated state.
It costs 2400 Funds and weighs 1.5 tons. has a maximum temperature of 3,500 Kelvin. It also has an impact tolerance of 9 m/s.

Product description

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Based on the design of a child's toy, this heat shield uses a set of inflable rings covered with a thermal blanket to provide a generous 10 meter heat shield for reentry and deceleration, and the aerodynamic qualities of an untethered bouncy castle.

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Trivia

• A smaller scale inflatable heat shield was successfully tested by NASA in 2009.[1]

Changes

1.1

• Initial release