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KSP Instellar Mod for Kerbal Space Program
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VAB incorrectly calculates waste heat on solar panels in low Kerbol orbit #26

Open bonesbro opened 10 years ago

bonesbro commented 10 years ago

I have a craft with an upgraded 3.75m Aegletes 2, four upgraded huge radiators, four gigantor panels, and six 1x6 panels. The VAB claimed my max thermal dissipation would be 51GW at 0.001 AU, with a max radiator dissipation of 54.5GW. However, I'm sitting at 13,330,000m with full solar panel exposure and my waste heat is only at 1,6M / 40M and pretty much holding steady, about 1580 / 3500K, radiating 566MW each. The gigantors have an energy flow of about 44000 (44MW, yes?) and heat production of about 22 MW.

When I add an additional gigantor, the VAB claims that my heat production at 0.001AU would increase by 9GW, but they're only putting out 22MW of heat at that distance.

Tebryn commented 10 years ago

The AU calculation is from the center of the star. So you need to add 261,600,000m to your altimeter reading to get your AU altitude.

Honestly, any fix here would be to change the minimum value for the VAB waste heat helper to 261,601,340m (~0.01924 AU, minimum Kerbol orbit before your vessel burns up) since right now it goes from .03 to .001 Adding a way to manually enter a value would be nice too.