Recent content by Cale

X-cellent Job!!:tiphat: Looking forward to taking it for a spin. Best, Cale

Pennyblack, you do some really nice work on your XR-series skins:thumbup: Any chance you'd take a request to do a CSA (Canadian Space Agency) skin for the XR5? I just finished one for the XR2, but I must admit to not having your painting skills. Best, Cale

Am trying to convert a saved playback into a format that can be played back on Windows Media Player. Could someone give some advice or point me to a thread on how to do this. Much appreciated! Cale

No problem-o :)

Mike Norman (the author of AFCS) included guidance files (found in the modules/plugin folder in Orbiter)for both the STS and DG/DGS for versions 2 and 2P1. It will also work with the XR1 and XR2. There should be three .ini files included: AFCS.ini AFCS (STS).ini AFCS (DG).ini The module...

Try making a copy of the base config file (which is probably in the Earth/Base folder and paste the copy in the main config folder. Can't remember why, but AFCS looks for the base config file in the main folder. Best, Cale

Tax stuff aside, I question McCain's temper and his judgment. Best historical model is what would have happened if he had been POTUS in October 1962. Based on his aggressive foreign policy and his (self-admitted) hot-headedness, all of Cuba and most of the US eastern seaboard would've become a...

Ok, have got the re-entry heating issue solved: I just dumped fuel until my ship mass was under 22000 kg. No problems, hull temps didn't even go "yellow". This was using the standard AFCS angle of attack of 40 degrees. Dunno if anyone else has AFCS 2p1 installed, but I'm curious to see if anyone...

Hey Doug, AFCS sets the pitch angle to 40 degrees. This is the setting I've always used when flying re-entries regardless of the spacecraft I'm using. You can, however, alter this setting as well as the distance from base that entry interface takes place. I've used 6.95M (same settings as...

OK, tried 1-C for a re-entry using AutoFCS...for the first time, I noticed real re-entry heating concerns. Will try dumping fuel to lighten the spacecraft to see if that makes a difference. Other than the heating problem (I know, at this point, that sounds like "Other than that, how was the...

Ok, have finally had a chance to try out Beta 1B. Love the new effects. Had some much slower performace, however (~10-17fps in some views). Then figured out my wife had, accidentally she says, messed with some of the video settings. Reset those and things look great. Followed Steve's advice...

Damn...have been out of town for work over the last few days...will get testing over the weekend. Sorry for my silence over the last week! Cheers, Cale

Ok, have tried out the new beta in the "Ready to launch to ISS" scenario. Takeoff and inital climbout from the runway seems a bit smoother (though I haven't made any changes in the prefs file at this point). I followed the regular ascent profile as described for the XR1: 1. Reduced thrust...

One thing I noticed for the "Ready for Takeoff to ISS" scenario is that the XR2 is positioned on rwy 33. As this scenario requires a course of 134 degrees to align with the ISS, I modified the scenario to start at the other end of the runway (rwy 15). It makes for an easier turn onto the...

Ok, have tried both STS Guidance and AutoFCS: 1. No problems so far with STS Guidance. The MFD was able to change the orbit altitude and plane alignment with no problems. Haven't used the rendezvous autopilot yet. 2. I copied and pasted an XR1 re-entry and landing scenario and inserted...