Motivation: This tutorial started as a simple plain text document wherein I jotted down a few important reminders so I wouldnât forget what I was learning. That plain text document grew organically over the course of an entire year. I eventually realized that I had a compilation of fantastic information that would be beneficial to others, so long as I took the time to format it in a presentable fashion. This tutorial is the result of that formatting effort.
Audience: This tutorial is intended to help beginners who want to learn how to fly from the earth to the moon without using automated methods that do most of the work for you (but leave you clueless as to how or why anything works.)
Every effort has been made to make this tutorial as simple, yet all-inclusive as possible, but it is not intended to serve as an installation guide for the Orbiter program, nor is it intended to serve as a guide for familiarizing beginners with the user interface of Orbiter. (Refer to the Orbiter.pdf document in the Doc folder to familiarize yourself with the fundamentals.)
It is assumed that you have already installed Orbiter, have it working, and have spent at least enough time to understand how to get into space and how to interact with the multi-function displays (MFDâs).
This tutorial utilizes the Delta-glider space vessel that comes with the default installation of Orbiter. This tutorial does not require any Orbiter add-ons. However, I highly recommend Orbiter Sound 3.5 by Dan Steph so you will have engine and thruster sounds.