Wedge313
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Hello. Attempting to run the Apollo 16 mission, and as I go along a lot of questions are piling up, and I wanted to ask a few....
Before launch we set up the EMS, set the counter to 6999.9 and leave it in STBY. Does that ever get switched to NORMAL? I couldn't find it in the checklists.
What exactly is Time Base 5? (Or Time Base 6?) Where can I find info on this?
During the launch, I get a weird anomaly with the SII staging. The staging is occurring before engine cutout. This makes for an interesting external view, as after staging the SII stage continues to thrust forward for a second before cutoff, actually accelerating ahead (and passing through) the SIVB, and then falling back (and again passing through) as the SIVB engine ignites and the SIVB stage accelerates. Is this a glitch with my computer, or a bug in the simulation?
And not a big deal, but on the Project Apollo Checklist MFD, after the Launch checklist is completed it switches to the Spacecraft Systems Activation Checklist instead of the Insertion Checklist. Not a big deal as I can manually select the Insertion checklist, but it caused me some confusion the first time through. (But then my default position seems to be one of confusion.)
Finally I've had an O2 Flow Hi light on since about T+21min (currently I'm at T+45), Cabin Pressure is about 4.9 PSI, should I expect to see that light for a while? Or do I need to get out the Emergency Checklist?
Thanks for the help.
Before launch we set up the EMS, set the counter to 6999.9 and leave it in STBY. Does that ever get switched to NORMAL? I couldn't find it in the checklists.
What exactly is Time Base 5? (Or Time Base 6?) Where can I find info on this?
During the launch, I get a weird anomaly with the SII staging. The staging is occurring before engine cutout. This makes for an interesting external view, as after staging the SII stage continues to thrust forward for a second before cutoff, actually accelerating ahead (and passing through) the SIVB, and then falling back (and again passing through) as the SIVB engine ignites and the SIVB stage accelerates. Is this a glitch with my computer, or a bug in the simulation?
And not a big deal, but on the Project Apollo Checklist MFD, after the Launch checklist is completed it switches to the Spacecraft Systems Activation Checklist instead of the Insertion Checklist. Not a big deal as I can manually select the Insertion checklist, but it caused me some confusion the first time through. (But then my default position seems to be one of confusion.)
Finally I've had an O2 Flow Hi light on since about T+21min (currently I'm at T+45), Cabin Pressure is about 4.9 PSI, should I expect to see that light for a while? Or do I need to get out the Emergency Checklist?
Thanks for the help.