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HoverMFD 1.1.1 for Orbiter 2010 2014-06-12

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Hover MFD is an add-on for Orbiter introducing a new multifunctional display and a universal (meant for all spacecraft) autopilot for many kinds of maneuvers that use your hover engines.

The autopilot functions are inspired by autopilots built in Arrow Freighter and DGIV. I wanted these functions to be available for other spacecraft and I wanted some fine tuning to be able, like having a "Level Horizon" that doesn't keep pitch and bank to zero, but only one of both.

With the right parameter setup the autopilot can:
  • Launch in hover style (e.g. from pad)
  • Landing in hover style (e.g. on pad)
  • Apply desired vertical speed (up or down)
  • Slow downward vertical speed automatically for soft touchdown
  • Maintain specific altitude
  • Keep horizon level (standard) or any other pitch and bank
  • Turn to desired heading
  • Turn nose into horizontal airspeed direction (or relative to)
  • Turn (relative) to target (NAV signal, coordinates, named base)
  • Travel to target by main- and retro-engine
  • Travel to target by hover-engine with pitch/bank control
  • Maintain or capture center position over target
  • Taxi from pad to pad (or any other target)
  • Dynamic engine assignment (pod thruster support)

This is version 1.1.1 for Orbiter 2010, main updates from Version 1.1.0:
  • Set up base with pad number 0 to get the first one that is not occupied
  • Fixed text size in D3D9 client
  • Tailsit mode (BETA version, use with caution)

For Orbiter 2016 version use Hover MFD 1.1.2 or newer

Here are some video samples using Hover MFD:

DG going into Tailsit mode (NEW)
http://youtu.be/AO-y6A9B8 Uc
Using Travel page for base approach (1.1.0)
http://youtu.be/a_L--KlDo 1g
ShuttleA pod thrusters used dynamically (1.1.0)
http://youtu.be/xcaFzxcTf wY
Launch, taxiing and landing (1.0.2)
http://youtu.be/X9zPhNLd7 qw
XR2 heli taxiing on earth (1.0.2)
http://youtu.be/wM5lHUaAX Jk

Installation or update: Unpack HoverMFD-VERSION.zip to your orbiter folder and overwrite all files.

Read the HoverMFD.pdf (unpacked in orbiter's doc folder) for more details.


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Supported Orbiter Version
  1. 2010-P1
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Worked straight out of the box. It enables hovering and base landing if you are careful. Fingers do not have to constantly adjust ins/del.
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