I just did it!!! I enetered Jupiter`s atmosphere!

[Sky Captain]

I just managed to successfully enter into Jupiter`s atmosphere in XR2 Ravenstar and now I`m slowly gliding deeper in. This was definitely the hardest and hottest reentry I have ever made.

I get countless hull temp warnings, last part of reentry was flown at 83 degree AOA with main engines providing lift because when I slowed down aerodynamic lift even at 17 degree AOA was`t enough to keep me from going in too deep. I was even forced to deploy radiator because coolant started to boil while flying nose pointed nearly straight up to protect upper hull from overheating with radiator open. Only few percent of APU fuel was left when reentry was over.

Now I will go deeper in to find out what`s in there.

 

[Stripe]

Oh my god, it's full of stars!

And he was never heard from again...

 

[Eagle]

You might want to include the density addon. That way you'll start floating once you get deep enough.

EDIT: Buoyancy not density. Thanks SlyCoopersButt.

 

[Sky Captain]

Now I get to the bottom and managed to successfully land on what can be called "surface" of the Jupiter:speakcool:. Atm pressure is 2.014 Mpa, hopefully XR2 won`t implode any moment. Hmm, what will happen if I open the cabin hatch???

Eagle, what did you mean with density addon, I could`t find it in Orbithangar.

 

[SlyCoopersButt]

He means this. http://orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=1243 Works great!

 

[Sky Captain]

Oh crap, seems I will be stranded on a Jupiter forever, atm pressure is so great my engines can`t give even a single Newton of thrust.

 

[dbeachy1]

Yes, the only way around that would be to set EnableATMThrustReduction=0 in your XR2RavenstarPrefs.cfg file.

But, of course, that's cheating.

In any case, congratulations on setting her down safely! :speakcool:

 

[RisingFury]

And that's not all. With 63 moons, one's bound to be full every day. :rofl: