Mercury capsule reentry

[yomahabaca]

I noticed during the reentry of the mercury capsule that I could change the attitude of the capsule put it in a position perpendicular to the direction of the movement for example and it can remain like that without moving the rest of the reentry which does not realistic. It is as if the pressure of the atmosphere during reentry has no impact on the attitude of the capsule.Is this a bug, something that I am doing wrong?

[Hector Melo]

Thank you for playing our wonderful Sim, For reentry is good that the capsule remain the same attitude it got when separated from booster and Yaw turned Left, then at reentry you will face the 0.05 g's at atmospheric ingress, the capsule should keep Rolling Left until reentry is done, if you place your capsule in the attitude you indicate above Pitch = 90°, of course that is not the right attitude and you may burn at reentry, maybe it is not implemented yet that way, but that is how is correct.
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[the_student]

It's possible it's a simplification of the aerodynamic model making RCS OP during reentry. Eventually surviving reentry will require the correct attitude (bc outside temps)

[wilhelmsenstudios]

Hi!
The aerodynamic drag of the Mercury capsule is "disabled" and has been for a while. The reason is the game over logic and the complexities around this. This will be re-enabled soon.

Thanks for reporting! :)

[yomahabaca]

Hello during the mercury atlas mission I am curious to know why during the desorbitation burn the mercury spacecraft had to be positioned at a certain angle from the full retrograde? Wouldn't a desorbitation burn have been more effective staying in full retrograde?

[the_student]

Originally posted by yomahabaca:

Hello during the mercury atlas mission I am curious to know why during the desorbitation burn the mercury spacecraft had to be positioned at a certain angle from the full retrograde? Wouldn't a desorbitation burn have been more effective staying in full retrograde?

I believe it's to give you a more particular orbit after the burn (in terms of Ap/Pe)