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dgatsoulis · #1

I've been using this setup for sometime now and I've found it to be very useful. Two separate instances of TransX help with most of the cases where you'd normally need a surrogate ship and a quick edit of IMFD5.cfg to increase accuracy and set the date format to MJD.
I hope you can understand my accent.

Orbiter Space Flight Simulator: Setting up IMFD and 2 TransX MFDs video tutorial

Interceptor · 05-31-2012, 08:08 PM

Hi dgatsoulis,I loved the tutorial,but the sound is set too low.

dgatsoulis · 05-31-2012, 08:12 PM

Thanks for the feedback Interceptor, I'll try and fix this right away.

Interceptor · 05-31-2012, 08:16 PM

Thanks dgatsoulis.

Gr_Chris_pilot · 06-01-2012, 12:35 AM

Very nice tutorial!!! I think its time for me to work with transX

Mythos · 06-22-2012, 03:27 PM

Can you explain how you use TransX and IMFD together? I'm used to IMFD and want to try TransX. I had a look at flytandems video tutorials. My first thought was I'd miss an autoburn feature. Maybe IMFD would help out, but setting up equal plans would be diffucult if not impossible.

dgatsoulis · 06-22-2012, 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mythos

Can you explain how you use TransX and IMFD together? I'm used to IMFD and want to try TransX. I had a look at flytandems video tutorials. My first thought was I'd miss an autoburn feature. Maybe IMFD would help out, but setting up equal plans would be diffucult if not impossible.

Here is an example:

Below you see a manoeuvre setup in TransX for a Moon to Mars journey. According to TransX it would take a 1621 m/s of Prograde dV burn, in about 1205 seconds, to get a closest approach of ~3.0M when we arrive on Mars.

To test how accurate this plan is, we copy the burn data (in this case Prograde V: 1621 m/s and Time to burn 1205) over to IMFD's Delta Velocity program and check the closest approach to Mars, using the Map program.

We can see that this burn will actually get us to a PeA of ~15G when we arrive at Mars.
We need to tweak the dV and the time to get a better closest approach from the first burn. The closer we get in this burn, the less dV will be needed for MCCs.

In general, I use TransX in the first part of planning a journey, up to the point where I am ~ 1000 seconds away from the first burn. Then I copy the burn data on IMFD's Delta Velocty program and watch the predicted trajectory on IMFD's Map program. I make the neccesary tweaks and then use the AB.

Hope this helps

ADSWNJ · 06-23-2012, 12:29 AM

Great stuff, Dimitri. That's wild too, seeing Windows in Greek mode!

I'd love to see a couple of videos showing how you go from one tool to the other. E.g. Olympus to orbit around Venus, Wideawake to Jupiter slingshotting off Mars?

dgatsoulis · 06-24-2012, 11:10 PM

I've been trying to make a video, but my horribly outdated PC, will not work with me.

Anyone up for a collaboration?

-BB to Olympus
-BB-Earth-Olympus
-CC to Europa
-Paradigms of TransX and IMFD working together
-Q&A

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05-31-2012, 08:08 PM	#2
Interceptor Orbinaut	Hi dgatsoulis,I loved the tutorial,but the sound is set too low.

05-31-2012, 08:12 PM	#3
dgatsoulis Orbinaut	Thanks for the feedback Interceptor, I'll try and fix this right away.

05-31-2012, 08:16 PM	#4
Interceptor Orbinaut	Thanks dgatsoulis.

06-01-2012, 12:35 AM	#5
Gr_Chris_pilot DGIV Captain	Very nice tutorial!!! I think its time for me to work with transX

06-22-2012, 03:27 PM	#6
Mythos Orbinaut	Can you explain how you use TransX and IMFD together? I'm used to IMFD and want to try TransX. I had a look at flytandems video tutorials. My first thought was I'd miss an autoburn feature. Maybe IMFD would help out, but setting up equal plans would be diffucult if not impossible.

06-22-2012, 10:05 PM	#7
dgatsoulis Orbinaut	Quote: Originally Posted by Mythos Can you explain how you use TransX and IMFD together? I'm used to IMFD and want to try TransX. I had a look at flytandems video tutorials. My first thought was I'd miss an autoburn feature. Maybe IMFD would help out, but setting up equal plans would be diffucult if not impossible. Here is an example: Below you see a manoeuvre setup in TransX for a Moon to Mars journey. According to TransX it would take a 1621 m/s of Prograde dV burn, in about 1205 seconds, to get a closest approach of ~3.0M when we arrive on Mars. To test how accurate this plan is, we copy the burn data (in this case Prograde V: 1621 m/s and Time to burn 1205) over to IMFD's Delta Velocity program and check the closest approach to Mars, using the Map program. We can see that this burn will actually get us to a PeA of ~15G when we arrive at Mars. We need to tweak the dV and the time to get a better closest approach from the first burn. The closer we get in this burn, the less dV will be needed for MCCs. In general, I use TransX in the first part of planning a journey, up to the point where I am ~ 1000 seconds away from the first burn. Then I copy the burn data on IMFD's Delta Velocty program and watch the predicted trajectory on IMFD's Map program. I make the neccesary tweaks and then use the AB. Hope this helps

06-23-2012, 12:29 AM	#8
ADSWNJ Scientist	Great stuff, Dimitri. That's wild too, seeing Windows in Greek mode! I'd love to see a couple of videos showing how you go from one tool to the other. E.g. Olympus to orbit around Venus, Wideawake to Jupiter slingshotting off Mars?

06-24-2012, 11:10 PM	#9
dgatsoulis Orbinaut	I've been trying to make a video, but my horribly outdated PC, will not work with me. Anyone up for a collaboration? -BB to Olympus -BB-Earth-Olympus -CC to Europa -Paradigms of TransX and IMFD working together -Q&A