Heat Shield (1.25m)

Heat Shield (1.25m)
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 (1.25m) is a part introduced in version 1.0. It costs 300 Funds and contains 200 ablator. It weighs 0.3 tons and has a maximum temperature of 3,300 Kelvin. It also has an impact tolerance of 9 m/s. This is one of the first heat shields, the other being Heat Shield (0.625m), you receive in the tech tree. This part is used mainly for early career mode, on the Mk1 Command Pod.

Product description

“

A small structural heat shield with an integrated fairing — O.M.B. Demolition Enterprises

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Changes

1.2

• Moved from Aero to Thermal
• Added ModuleLiftingSurface
• When ablator is tweaked down in VAB or SPH, heat shield does not appear blackened.

1.0.5

• Max temperature increased from 3000 to 3300

1.0

• Initial release