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  1. garyw

    Gaming New Microsoft Flight Simulator?

    I've found that sometimes it looks like it's not doing anything but it's actually just waiting on the Azure servers. More than once I've just walked away, made tea and come back to it working.
  2. garyw

    Gaming New Microsoft Flight Simulator?

    Yeah, steam is counting the hours that the launcher is running. Not how long the game has been played. There are some players up in arms because of the steam refund policy.
  3. garyw

    Gaming New Microsoft Flight Simulator?

    They have. OrbX already have scenario out and PMDG said they'd provide addons. I think it's pretty certain that addons will appear but like anything it will take time.
  4. garyw

    Gaming New Microsoft Flight Simulator?

    Well, a few issues with MSFS but after some prodding it seems to be quite stable and pretty amazing. I just did a flight over the neighbourhood at sunset - absolutely gorgeous.
  5. garyw

    Launch News SpaceX DM-2 Launch Scheduled for May 27!

    this Dragon is truly the first 21st century crew capsule. It's very different to anything before it, Soyuz, Apollo, shuttle, etc. It's almost like an A320 compared to a sopwith camel or a DC3.
  6. garyw

    Launch News SpaceX DM-2 Launch Scheduled for May 27!

    No. nothing. Just the screens. I was amused by one thing though. They have a docking sim on the internet https://iss-sim.spacex.com/ If you're used to dock MFD it'll be easy. It also looks a hell of a lot like Axial MFD...
  7. garyw

    Launch News SpaceX DM-2 Launch Scheduled for May 27!

    It's the colour. If they'd been orange like the LES suits then I think it would look better but they look like onsies with gardening boots and a crash helmet. Space is hard. And expensive - personal opinion, this is a big step forward. What America really needs is to be keep inventing a new...
  8. garyw

    Launch News SpaceX DM-2 Launch Scheduled for May 27!

    He'll do this when they are back. Not only is it closer the election but he'll be linked with a success rather than a failure.
  9. garyw

    News COVID-19 pandemic

    Typical UK - Our health minister has the virus! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51827356
  10. garyw

    Updates Boeing's CST-100 Starliner

    Do you blame them? They covered up two serious issues because they said they had "fixed them", never mind that these issues occurred on orbit. It's like the pre-challenger and pre-columbia days of NASA, the normalisation of deviance.
  11. garyw

    Calculate Exhaust Velocity

    Yes, the old multistage.dll - sorry, I should have made that clear.
  12. garyw

    Calculate Exhaust Velocity

    Hi All, Can anyone tell me how you'd get the exhaust velocity for a multistage rocket? The only thing I can see in the multistage files is the thrust in newtons so, how can I get the exhaust velocity from that? Thanks all!
  13. garyw

    Updates Boeing's CST-100 Starliner

    What? Why can't it have it's own clock? It strikes me that Boeing just lost a mission all because they didn't put a clock on board. Damn!
  14. garyw

    Problem Antinormal

    Do you have any additional MFD's? This stuttering can be caused by fighting autopilots.
  15. garyw

    Launch Azimuth and in plane launch windows

    Thanks, nice to be back!
  16. garyw

    can you recommend some autolanding MFD for me?

    PursuitMFD, GlideslopeMFD, HoverMFD are all really good and helpful for landing.
  17. garyw

    Launch Azimuth and in plane launch windows

    Hi all, As I've now got a bit more time on my hands I'm playing around with orbiter again and still trying to get my head around some of the math. I've got the formula for launching Northeast/on the ascending node for an ISS flyover but what I don't understand is how to change that forumla so...
  18. garyw

    What music are you listening to?

    I've fallen in love with the music in FarCry 5. and and The game is a masterpiece.
  19. garyw

    News Boeing 767 cargo plane crashes outside Houston with 3 on board

    There has been some talk on reddit about the data showing a 7,000 fpm descent. I'm wondering if this is a windshear related accident.
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