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I review orbiter source codes. I noticed that touchdown points and refer to read dnysurf.pdf in technotes. I went to read it but I noticed missing PDF file in TechNotes (in Orbiter installer package). I checked Orbiter source code and noticed a missing line in CMakeLists.txt in TechNotes...

Ok, I learned some about Linux because I am doing developments through Unix systems. Do you use Visual Studio Code or Eclipse for coding and building? I prefer Visual Studio Code over Eclipse. It is easier to write programs in IDE editors. It is easier to read in dark theme. It supports...

I now got it. Thanks for providing a link to a book about re-entry atomsphere that I am looking for. Thanks for repies.

Ok I now got it. We tried to fly darkstar plane on MSFS and noticed that it got some atomspheric heating at mach 10. I watched some launch videos. Many rockets do not burn through atomsphere when they left earth here. When they left atomsphere, they jettisoned fairings to expose satellites...

I watched Star Trek and Star Wars series and movies for many years. I have a question for you. I noticed that spaceships do not burn through atmospheric entry. One episode in Mandalorian series showed that his broken ship attempted to enter atomsphere but did burn through. I believe that...

I found something called precomputed atmospheric scattering. Check http://www-evasion.imag.fr/Membres/Eric.Bruneton/ for more inforomation.

I searched for some atmospheric models for planet Earth. I am still looking for Jacchia 77 package but can't find it on NASA website anywhere but found it on GitHub, but it is written in Python. It provides a link to NASA website, but I got error 404. Does anyone know where Jacchia 77...

There are many Blender tutorials on YouTube. I am currently learning how to use Blender v3.0.

I have a question for you. I have Blender 3.0. Will this tools work with Blender 3.0? Are you planning to port tools to FreeCAD (another free parametric-based CAD editor)?

I am surprised to see that! XR vessels are finally now open-source. Orbiter is now open-source as well! Let's port everything to other platforms and OpenGL support.

I found a few good books that I searched for. 3D Engine Design for Virtual Globes - how to render planet with LOD levels and jitter elimination due to 32-bit float inaccurate. Computational Space Flight Mechanics - space flights with switching between reference frames and planetocentric...

I read some Orbiter documents for converting LANDSAT images into tiles for Orbiter simulator but can't find any how to instructions. There is one document about planet texture document but it only mentions large planet bitmap to be converted into tiles with tileedit utility. I searched for...

I read that book and it is very good book for how to develop space flight simulator like Orbiter. I learned a lot about jittery issues with limited FP32 float accuracy when rendering large world. They provides useful information about RTE method (relative to eye) by applying high and low of...

Ok, I now found some good aircraft design books on Amazon. Thanks for replies.

Folks, I was looking for good aircraft design books for Orbiter and other flight simulators. Does anyone recommend books to learn how to design aircraft/spacecraft with attitude controls like hover, SCRAM engine, rocket, etc like Delta glider? How about cockpit design like instruments and...

Aircraft design books Thanks for reply. I tried post similar on many forums but no one response except this forum. I was able find that book on Amazon easily. I have another question about aircraft design book that teach how to design aircraft and cockpit like Delta gilder for flight...

Folks, I found a book called "Principles of Flight Simulation" by David Allerton. They looks good for flight simulation programming for Orbiter system like Delta glider, etc. Does anyone have good recommendation for other books about flight simulation programming and flight controls...

Where are Landsat 7/8 dataset for downloads? Folks, Does anyone know where LandSAT 7/8 files are for downloading? I was googling for that but can't find any source to download raw GeoTIFF files. I am interested to learning and trying make global terrain in both infrared color and natural...

Folks, I discovered that Gaia DR2 archives are now available to public. I downloaded a copy of Gaia Sky package and tried it. Very interesting! It immediately displays Milky Way cloud from particle database! That allows travel through interstellar space like Stargate, Star Trek and Star Wars...

Ok, thanks for let me know. I took my old GTX 770 video card from my old system and put it into my new system. GTX 770 is much better performance than Intel UHD 630 onboard. Also I have some drive issues because driver sometimes block some applications. I will buy new GTX 1080 or GTX 1180 this...