Recent content by Relayer91

My hat-and-glasses-clad mug: I might find one somewhere where you can actually see my face!

STS-102, carrying the Leonardo MPLM and equipment for outfitting the Destiny lab brought up on STS-98. Yet another launch picture. And yet another SRB separation picture. Approaching the ISS, not quite the 'standard' rotation I imagine. PMA-3 has been moved from Unity's nadir port to the...

STS-98, carrying the Destiny lab to the ISS. FWOOOOOOOSH! - looking back at the pads. Docked to PMA-3, PMA-2 has been relocated to the Z1 truss. Destiny attached to Unity ISS after PMA-2 was attached to Destiny Oriented for re-entry, just over Northern Australia I can see KSC! I've...

Well, depends on how much you actually like flying. There's no doubt that using AutoFCS is easier - and to some degree more realistic too, as real shuttle re-entries are controlled by the DAP autopilot. However, I fly 2010 without the FCS. It takes a bit of practice to get it right - I must...

Another 4 missions flown since my last batch of screenshots - STS-106. Since then, I've flown STS-92, 97, 98 and 102. STS-100 is in-progress. A few pictures from each over the next couple of posts: STS-92: OMS-2 Burn ISS PMA-3 and Z1 attached. Leaving the ISS. Pictures from STS-97...

Hnnnngh I can't wait for this. Is it Tuesday yet?!

One of the things just to bear in mind - I can't remember much about how to calculate this stuff manually - but you've got metric and imperial units in the same calculations, which could (if I am not mistaken, which I may well be) produce an erroneous result.

Similar yet slightly different law here in the UK - anybody over 18 can buy an IF (Imitation Firearm) which is what airsoft weapons are referred to as in law here. To be an IF, it has to have a body colour clearly dissimilar from a real firearm. Clear, or bright neon-electric colours are the...

Yup - winged vessels tend to disintegrate if you thrash them into the atmosphere without a care in the world. Capsules can be a little more forgiving (in my experience). There's a bunch of Orbiter tutorials out there for landing, including some on youtube. Check them out, and don't be put off...

I'm perfectly happy with the gun laws in the UK, as a former competitive shooter, instructor and coach. You need a valid reason to own a weapon - self defence is not a reason in itself. For example, if you wanted to get a firearms permit for target shooting, you'd have to be a member of a target...

Next mission - STS-106! Yes, I'm flying every ISS shuttle mission I can, I'd have posted images from STS-88, but I had to format my hard drive since then, so no screenies from that one. Another bog-standard ISS resupply mission with nothing tricky about it. Atlantis on the pad Liftoff! SRB...

Next shuttle mission now - STS-101. Another ISS resupply mission, one that actually went according to plan this time, and didn't involve me massively screwing up re-entry! Fairly uneventful mission, looking forward to the next one! Launch! SRB Sep Docked to the ISS Saying goodbye after a...

The second load of pictures from STS-96 Getting close... Discovery and the ISS silhouetted against the Earth Getting closer... And closer... Leaving the ISS (forgot to get decent pictures while there too!) Oriented for re-entry Last S-turn, coming in HOT! - screwed up my re-entry...

Some pictures from the launch of STS-96 Discovery sitting on pad 39-B On ascent SRB sep ET sep OMS-2 burn (1) OMS-2 burn (2)

Absolutely stunning. Feeling quite emotional just now.