Entry
TAEM
I spent some time to make those displays fully usable and not just placeholder with lines here and there.
Hence, the following Workbook is really a must read to understand how to use well the New Entry Trajectory cues and philosophy behind those archaic green things ( Drag lines, Boundaries meaning,etc) and the Energy over weight management ladder on the right of the TAEM display.
There are also in the book a lot of situationnal exercises that are applicable in the sim ( High, Low energy, Straight in approach, Minimal Entry point etc)
Entry,TAEM, and approach workbook
https://gandalfddi.z19.web.core.windows.net/Shuttle/USA005512%20-%20Entry,%20TAEM%20and%20Approach%2021002%20Basic%2020060123.pdf
For those who want to go even deeper, there are the Handbook, that will explain all the steps of the Entry checklist with a lot of details.
A kind of deeper workbook with a zoom on specific flight data files procedures.
Entry Handbook
https://gandalfddi.z19.web.core.windows.net/Shuttle/JSC-11542%20-%20Flight%20Procedures%20Handbook%20Rev%20E%20200504.pdf
Approach,Landing,Rollout Handbook
https://gandalfddi.z19.web.core.windows.net/Shuttle/JSC-23266%20-%20Approach,%20Landing%20and%20Rollout%20Flight%20Procedures%20Handbook%20-%20Rev%20B%20200505.pdf
Some entry parameters for testing:
Entry
Nominal KSC entry (4500Nm of entry range) with a nice energy management at KSC for TAEM ( either a 360 ° HAC or a Straight in ) . Good to test a wide range of energy situations.
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--aircraft=SpaceShuttle-entry
--lat=12.96
--lon=-158.87
--heading=51.5
High Energy KSC (4000 Nm REI )
It might require to manually bank to 90 ° in CSS up to guidance is active above q bar = 8 ( value written in the entry display). Then back to Auto mode.
Pre Bank procedures are described in the books above.
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--aircraft=SpaceShuttle-entry
--lat=12.96
--lon=-151.87
--heading=51.5
Low energy KSC (5200 Nm REI)
Far less fuel efficient as a longer time is spent in the atmosphere. In real, it would have be on the limit for the "backface temperature" ie. the aluminium temperature behind the tiles that might get too hot in a long entry.
Entry early path and flight path angle was a trade off between the max tiles temperature and the max duration that could handled the parts behind the tiles ( explained in the book above)
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--aircraft=SpaceShuttle-entry
--lat=12.96
--lon=-174.87
--heading=51.5
TAEM
Nominal return to KSC runway 15 Overhead
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--aircraft=SpaceShuttle-TAEM
--lat=28.627
--lon=-80.2010
--heading=060.0
Low energy that might require a Straight In Downgrade ( with Fault message)
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--aircraft=SpaceShuttle-TAEM
--lat=28.627
--lon=-80.4510
--heading=060.0
Low energy also where you can try an Overhead Minimal Entry Point.
Quite impressive to be aligned just 4 Nm before the runway at 6000 feet,
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--aircraft=SpaceShuttle-TAEM
--lat=28.627
--lon=-80.5010
--heading=060.0
Dont forget to turn on the help/info messages
PS: To have an accurate distance to runway when flying to the HAC entry waypoint 1 after a long turn to be aligned with this point, it can be nice to re enter an item 3 or 4 EXE in the Spec 50 display to reload the function that will calculate the HAC entry point and distance.