Recent content by Gumdrop

I suggest using gp's excellent Aerobrake MFD. This tool has improved invaluable for my atmospheric reentries. Combined with the attitude autopilots of the XR2, precision reentries are not hard to come by.

Old topic but I was just attempting this scenario yesterday so I thought I would add some advice -- for the record. Your initial orbital plane is indeed unaligned with the ejection orbital plane but I found it helpful to rotate the ejection plane so that the ascending and descending nodes are...

This has been a good read. It's kind of inspiring.

I have to load up World of 2001 every time I read it.

Will a dry lakebed suffice for a large runway?

It depends very much on what view you are in. For Earth to the moon, try maneuver view.

Thanks, Orbiter, you are redirecting my attention from Foundation and Empire; which is also lying on the captain's desk of the UCGO mother ship.

You know you are addicted to Orbiter when your son says he wants a slingshot and you instantly think of Jupiter.

I've enjoyed your software for almost five years to the day. A marvelous contribution of your free time. My significant other calls me nerdy and geeky, and I gotta tell ya.....it's all very worth it!. Thank you! PS: I will be seeding when I get home if a torrent is available.

Have we considered nuclear power?

Wow, that's a big ship! So big, in fact, I wonder if its feasible to land it conventionally. There is the risk of a tail-strike while flaring or taking off. The stubby wings and lifting body characteristics make it reminiscent of those high AOA landing operations. There would have to be long...

TransX has a steep learning curve, no doubt. For a clear picture, I recommend FlyTandem's tutorials. They are a gem.

I tried Orbiter on an XP virtual guest with Debian Lenny host. Virtualbox 3. I got 15 fps maximum.

I believe most YouTube comments are pulled straight from the screenplay of "Idiocracy".

Well, if that is an exact reproduction of the letter verbatim, then I'd say your son's teacher cannot proofread her own major grammar and spelling errors. Let's hope the public school system does not fail your son.