Orbiter Screenshot Thread

[N_Molson]

Lol, you just created Orbiter Multiplayer Turn-by-Turn mode :lol:

 

[HAL9001]

multiplayer desn't work for me , but theres still hope to fix it, maybe even soon

 

[IronRain]

While the others are playing hide and seek in the Jovian system, I started my journey to my first destination: Mars

 

[Loru]

While everyone is roaming Solar System a lot of LES work is done on Jarvis.

And engineers have mated SRBs wrong way

 

[Woo482]

I believe the engineers have now fixed the SRB mating issue!

 

[jangofett287]

I think I'll join in this fun as well. Urr, TransX or IMFD?

 

[Izack]

I think I'll join in this fun as well. Urr, TransX or IMFD?

I'm using IMFD, I think everyone else is using TransX. It depends on whether or not you want to wing it or plan ahead.

 

[Eli13]

If you want to cheat and be lame, you can always use R-Warp

 

[Loru]

And finally lift-off...

 

[IronRain]

I think I'll join in this fun as well. Urr, TransX or IMFD?

I'm using IMFD, I think everyone else is using TransX. It depends on whether or not you want to wing it or plan ahead.

Nope, IMFD too :thumbup:

 

[jangofett287]

I'll just try it and see what happens. (last time I tried doing something like this I ended up not where I wanted to be (on mars) but somehow in the sun) just give me a min to download the outer planets addon, and install all the high-res stuff I've downloaded but not installed yet.

 

[Spacethingy]

Well, I'm here too! Just having a Chris Columbus moment...

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[Loru]

Final work on the flames is done

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Cargo version also flies.

 

[N_Molson]

I dont exceed 11 kilometers of altitude these times... Time to get back to the Moon ; but working on this airliner taught me several C++ tricks that are going to be put in good use !

BTW I decided myself to use the atmosphere color values recommended on the "recommended Orbiter addons", along with the Sun texture/color and the better clouds addons and I must say wow, this is much better (the improvement of the clouds is really impressive) !

 

[Izack]

Misfortune befell the crew of the Deltaglider detachment of the expedition as their vessel ploughed into the Europan ice on takeoff, due to failure of the flight computer. Luckily the crew survived the crash and could turbopack back to the Arrow.

(Real life version: Hover autopilot disengaged unexpectedly 15 seconds after takeoff, and I didn't have enough time/altitude to pitch up and compensate for the loss of hover engines... Hover and main engines were totaled, computer BSOD'd and many chunks were flung about (inside and outside the cabin. ))

Now the vessel is at Saturn, picking up fuel and a replacement Deltaglider for the trip to Neptune:

Kuclh's [ame="http://orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=1834"]Fuel Service Station[/ame] is the perfect orbital depot for the Arrow because of the position of its docking ports and its sheer immensity. This scenario brought to you by copious amounts of handwaving.

Docking is extremely difficult using the Arrow as active vessel. I was only able to by using the remote vessel control and setting the RCS sensitivity as low as the slider could go.

:hello: Spacethingy! I'm in the Encke gap if you're searching. :lol:

 

[Archabacteria]

If you want to cheat and be lame, you can always use R-Warp

Sure, all the times I've used that for a solar system planet I've crashed a few seconds later. Even if I go for several thousand kilometers out. All the dV in the world does me no good, and apparently prograde is straight up.

 

[Chub777]

While everybody is not in LEO, I practice my first ISS docking (everything manual and didn't start the scenario in orbit):

Lift-off!

Pitching to 80 degrees.

Heading east (or northeast).

Hover thrusters help during ascent.

MECO! Now I am in a 268km x 583km orbit. Now I have to fix it and sync orbits.

EDIT: Mission update: After performing a burn to align planes, the craft ran out of fuel:

Just minutes later, another DG was sent to re-fuel the stranded craft. Sadly, it burnt up over northern Florida. The pilot was able to eject: Not that the default DGs had ejector seats...

NASA contacted ESA to launch a DG from French Guyana:

Here the European DG just passed 100 km in altitude:

Here it has reached a stable orbit:

The pilot was able to snap a wonderful sunset:

Several orbits, thruster re-starts and RCS adjustments later, the craft was nearing the stranded DG. The European DG ducked into the upper atmosphere but was able to re-cover:

A few orbits later, the stranded DG appeared on the docking system of the European DG. My first Earth to space docking was about to happen:

 

[HAL9001]

And finally lift-off...

that's within one of the cooest exhaust texures I ever saw! :thumbup:

 

[Stevodoran]

Hold on. Tex, Izack.......... What the hell did we just do?

Anyway im at Tex's old site

 

[Loru]

that's within one of the cooest exhaust texures I ever saw! :thumbup:

While this contrails textures took me considerable amount of time to make I'm still working on proper Kerosene/LOX exhaust texture to use with upper stage and shuttles.