Thorsten wrote in Thu May 19, 2016 6:34 pm:(Come to think of it, the Shuttle avionics is definitely the wrong place to learn the basics of orbital mechanics... it's all not very visual)
I cannot comment on the specifics of the shuttle, let alone the physics/maths involved in all this, but I am more than willing to help you come up with a visual representation of it all, e.g. by extending the existing trajectory map that you have created already.
As you may remember, that was one of the original reasons for me getting involved in the discusssion, i.e. creating a reusable "trajectory map" that could help people develop these features, regardless of the aircraft/spacecraft in use - I think, we actually discussed the Vostok/SpaceShip One specifically back then.
However, I don't know what an "ideal" representation would look like - i.e. it would probably be something to support spatial awareness ?
Maybe there's something in Orbiter that we could learn from ? Any screenshots of orbiter maps ?
For instance, something like the following should be possible to re-create using Nasal and Canvas, animating it using trajectories of actual FlightGear objects:
https://www.eeb.ucla.edu/test/faculty/n ... ensors.htmHere's a related discussion I found online, which specifically mentions visualization of space trajectories:
http://space.stackexchange.com/question ... lar-system