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Re: Space Shuttle - Flight

Postby GinGin » Wed Feb 05, 2020 9:02 am

We can see Shuttle entry angle of attack through the Tiles joint marks relative to the horizontal body axes, impressive

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Re: Space Shuttle - Flight

Postby GinGin » Wed Feb 19, 2020 4:29 pm

Working on opening a line between California and Easter Island :mrgreen:

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Re: Space Shuttle - Flight

Postby Thorsten » Thu Feb 20, 2020 6:55 am

The flight time seems suspiciously long...
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Re: Space Shuttle - Flight

Postby GinGin » Thu Feb 20, 2020 7:23 am

Thorsten wrote in Thu Feb 20, 2020 6:55 am:The flight time seems suspiciously long...


Yep, they probably put a correspondance via Chili.
A doctored Google screen :mrgreen:
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Re: Space Shuttle - Flight

Postby eatdirt » Mon Mar 09, 2020 10:01 am

Some nice "VFR approach" training sites :)

Skagway
PAGY.webm

Telluride
KTEX.webm

Copalis State Airport
S16.webm

Ísafjörður (posted elsewhere a while ago)
BIIS.webm
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Re: Space Shuttle - Flight

Postby Marsdolphin » Mon Mar 09, 2020 10:09 am

Is there a way I can fly the shuttle on super fast international flights, like Beijing to New York (one way)
I'm currently trying to wait for the ISS...
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Re: Space Shuttle - Flight

Postby wkitty42 » Mon Mar 09, 2020 5:24 pm

no, not without doing the work to figure out the proper launch and early abort scenario stuff for a mission file...

remember, the shuttle is a space truck designed for low earth orbit... not a transport from one place on earth to another place on earth ;)
"You get more air close to the ground," said Angalo. "I read that in a book. You get lots of air low down, and not much when you go up."
"Why not?" said Gurder.
"Dunno. It's frightened of heights, I guess."
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Re: Space Shuttle - Flight

Postby GinGin » Fri Mar 20, 2020 1:26 pm

Marsdolphin wrote in Mon Mar 09, 2020 10:09 am:Is there a way I can fly the shuttle on super fast international flights, like Beijing to New York (one way)
I'm currently trying to wait for the ISS...




That might be possible.
Same latitude, launch eastward from New York.

6000Nm
For a TAL and a direct re entry, MECO around 25000 fps.
A solution for an Abort once Around should be possible with an expensive radial burn

And we need to add Pekin in the Entry/TAEM guidance list ( well explained somewhere in the manual)
That might be a nice challenge, I will come back to you with more infos when tested :)





A small trip around the Earth to test AOA

MECO next to Canada

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On our way to White Sands

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Derivating in the dark

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Brightness game

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New Zealand

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Dark Maul Entry

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Sun, Moon and Venus

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Ground in sight

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Manual control, and Stall :mrgreen:

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Re: Space Shuttle - Flight

Postby Johan G » Fri Mar 20, 2020 7:59 pm

GinGin wrote in Fri Mar 20, 2020 1:26 pm:Manual control, and Stall :mrgreen:

Good thing you have some altitude to use up in recovery. :P
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Re: Space Shuttle - Flight

Postby Thorsten » Sat Mar 21, 2020 8:23 am

At 7000 ft/min regular descent velocity, probably not as much as you'd hope...
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Re: Space Shuttle - Flight

Postby GinGin » Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:21 pm

Fatal Spin :/


TAL to ZZA


From Sunny Liftoff

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To Hot Potatoes

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Galicia, North Spain

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Mist here and there

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In the Turn

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Final

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Off Road :mrgreen:

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Re: Space Shuttle - Flight

Postby Thorsten » Mon Mar 23, 2020 7:33 am

It seemed unnecessary to go off-road at this point...
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Re: Space Shuttle - Flight

Postby legoboyvdlp » Mon Mar 23, 2020 12:12 pm

SUV spaceshuttle :mrgreen:
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Re: Space Shuttle - Flight

Postby GinGin » Wed Mar 25, 2020 8:18 pm

Foggy day on the pad

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I am still trying to reproduce those Really low and thick patches of fog :)

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Re: Space Shuttle - Flight

Postby Thorsten » Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:14 am

That's totally doable, but you have to fine-tune the lowest visibility layer in the property browser.
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