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A continuation of StretchySRBs, which is a continuation of StretchyTanks
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Procedural heatshield' mass and cost don't increase with length #289

Open Tonas1997 opened 3 years ago

Tonas1997 commented 3 years ago

Title. While cost and mass increase with diameter, it doesn't do so with length:

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Swamp-Ig commented 3 years ago

Wouldn't this make sense though? The cost is the surface ablative layer, the stuff behind is just filler / insulation.

Tonas1997 commented 3 years ago

Partially, yes. But as you can see in the screenshots, surface area also increases with length. Part volume does as well, and both should reflect on mass and cost.

DRVeyl commented 3 years ago

There's no tankage, so the effect of additional volume is questionable. What would you propose the solution should be? Besides just "more."

Tonas1997 commented 3 years ago

Hmmm... giving it a second thought, it does make sense for either mass/cost to only scale with diameter. That being said, shouldn't there be an intrinsic tradeoff in going for a thicker heatshield? Perhaps a higher maxTemp at the cost of increased mass?