@lego, cool, I should read them again then.
@Thorsten and others: guys, I was making that timelapse for atmospheric braking, and actually, being above the Shuttle, I am now understanding why I am getting many troubles doing the nasty Mac > 30 re-entries.
aerobraking_test.mkvLook at the timelapse (the beginning is a bit long), but pay attention as soon as I am switching on the APUs:
1) The elevons of the Shuttle take a very weird initial position, maximal roll on one side. RCS thrusters are actually firing to compensate this at the beginning!?
2) Consequence -> as soon as air becomes thick, the Shuttle gets a roll kick, I am jumping on CSS roll manual, see my nice driving to compensate afterwards
3) I also noted that when the message "switching to aero" appears, the elevons go back to normal
PS: I suspect (to check), we have this as well in normal entry, but that does not matter because the entry is smooth and the roll kick is not enough to do anything bad. But at Mach 31, it does.
4) Finally, I am losing the ROLL control after the bounce, impossible to get it back in either CSS or AUTO when back to OPS 301. I suspect there is some no-reinit from OPS 304, but only on the ROLL control!?. Maybe that's because I have switched it to CSS to save my life? That would be cool Thorsten if you could have a look to reinit that one too, if possible (I have the feeling this issue only appears when there is a transition to AERO, because sometimes, I do not get any problem, especially when the atmospheric braking is so gentle that the AP never switches to that AERO mode).
Hopefully I am gonna make a nice timelapse at some point
Cheers,
Chris.