OHM Dyna-Soar w/MOOSE v1.34

[OrbitHangar]

Author: sputnik

By Sputnik and Burncycle. The USAF's hypersonic glider, circa 1965. Aero properties, moving controls, CVEL payload deployment. Updated v1.3 with new scenarios, payloads, and now including MOOSE re-entry pack for safe ejection at any time. CVEL Titans v1.3 strongly recommended.  Project X-15/Edwards High Range needed to run scenarios with drops from B-52's.


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Legacy Reviews

Legacy Add-on Reviews from Orbit Hangar Mods


Review by andy44
Pros: booster options, payloads, pilot w/ejection seat
Cons: perhaps a virtual cockpit someday
Review:
I have always preferred add-ons that are plausible and do not violate physics, so I can explore space without cheating. I'm also a big history fan. This addon fulfils both, big time. An almost-was Cold War spaceship, complete with Cold War payloads and missions, multiple CVEL booster options, and an ejection seat for when you screw up your re-entry! It's as realistic as the Space Shuttle but in many ways more fun to fly. 5 stars all the way.

 

[4throck]

Great add-on, one of my long time favorites :thumbup:!

Regarding a VC, there are detailed reference photos here:

http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=1441

 

[IronRain]

I'm having problems. At the time the X-20 would separate I get a CTD

Here's the log

**** Orbiter.log
Build Aug 30 2010 [v.100830]
Timer precision: 5.13144e-007 sec
Found 1 joystick(s)
Module AtlantisConfig.dll .... [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module AtmConfig.dll ......... [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module DGConfigurator.dll .... [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module EnergyConfigurator.dll  [Build ******, API 060425]
Module ScnEditor.dll ......... [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module Rcontrol.dll .......... [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module Framerate.dll ......... [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module FlightData.dll ........ [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module ExtMFD.dll ............ [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module ScreenCapture.dll ..... [Build ******, API 060425]
Module OrbiterSound.dll ...... [Build ******, API 060425]
---------------------------------------------------------------
>>> WARNING: Obsolete API function used: oapiRegisterMFDMode
At least one active module is accessing an obsolete interface function.
Addons which rely on obsolete functions may not be compatible with
future versions of Orbiter.
---------------------------------------------------------------
Module LunarTransferMFD.dll .. [Build 100621, API 100603]
Module Glideslope.dll ........ [Build ******, API 060425]
Module dock_port_show.dll .... [Build ******, API 060425]
Module ReFuelMFD.dll ......... [Build ******, API 060425]
Module uap.dll ............... [Build 110613, API 100830]
Module BaseSyncMFD.dll ....... [Build 100616, API 100603]
Module BurnTimeCalculator.dll  [Build 110301, API 100830]
Module AttitudeMFD.dll ....... [Build ******, API 060425]
Module AeroBrakeMFD.dll ...... [Build ******, API 100830]

**** Creating simulation session
DirectDraw interface OK
Direct3D interface OK
Graphics: Viewport: Fullscreen 1366 x 768 x 32
Graphics: Hardware T&L capability: Yes
Graphics: Z-buffer depth: 32 bit
Graphics: Active lights supported: 8
Loading 15382 records from star database
Module Sun.dll ............... [Build 100830, API 100830]
VSOP87(E) Sun: Precision 1e-006, Terms 554/6634
Module Mercury.dll ........... [Build 100830, API 100830]
VSOP87(B) Mercury: Precision 1e-005, Terms 167/7123
Module Venus.dll ............. [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module VenusAtm2006.dll ...... [Build 100830, API 100830]
VSOP87(B) Venus: Precision 1e-005, Terms 79/1710
Module Earth.dll ............. [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module EarthAtmNRLMSISE00.dll  [Build 100830, API 100830]
VSOP87(B) Earth: Precision 1e-008, Terms 2564/2564
Module Moon.dll .............. [Build 100830, API 100830]
ELP82: Precision 1e-005, Terms 116/829
Module Mars.dll .............. [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module MarsAtm2006.dll ....... [Build 100830, API 100830]
VSOP87(B) Mars: Precision 1e-005, Terms 405/6400
Module Phobos.dll ............ [Build ******, API 060425]
Module Deimos.dll ............ [Build ******, API 060425]
Module Galsat.dll ............ [Build 100217, API 100215]
Module Jupiter.dll ........... [Build 100830, API 100830]
VSOP87(B) Jupiter: Precision 1e-006, Terms 1624/3625
Module Io.dll ................ [Build 100217, API 100215]
Module Europa.dll ............ [Build 100217, API 100215]
Module Ganymede.dll .......... [Build 100217, API 100215]
Module Callisto.dll .......... [Build 100217, API 100215]
Module Satsat.dll ............ [Build 100215, API 100212]
Module Saturn.dll ............ [Build 100830, API 100830]
VSOP87(B) Saturn: Precision 1e-006, Terms 2904/6365
Module Mimas.dll ............. [Build 100215, API 100212]
SATSAT Mimas: Terms 113
Module Enceladus.dll ......... [Build 100215, API 100212]
SATSAT Enceladus: Terms 33
Module Tethys.dll ............ [Build 100215, API 100212]
SATSAT Tethys: Terms 101
Module Dione.dll ............. [Build 100215, API 100212]
SATSAT Dione: Terms 59
Module Rhea.dll .............. [Build 100215, API 100212]
SATSAT Rhea: Terms 68
Module Titan.dll ............. [Build 100215, API 100212]
SATSAT Titan: Terms 100
Module Iapetus.dll ........... [Build 100215, API 100212]
SATSAT Iapetus: Terms 605
Module Uranus.dll ............ [Build 100830, API 100830]
VSOP87(B) Uranus: Precision 1e-006, Terms 1827/5269
Module Miranda.dll ........... [Build ******, API 060425]
Module Ariel.dll ............. [Build ******, API 060425]
Module Umbriel.dll ........... [Build ******, API 060425]
Module Titania.dll ........... [Build ******, API 060425]
Module Oberon.dll ............ [Build ******, API 060425]
Module Neptune.dll ........... [Build 100830, API 100830]
VSOP87(B) Neptune: Precision 1e-006, Terms 391/2024
Finished initialising world
---------------------------------------------------------------
>>> WARNING: Obsolete API function used: VESSEL::SetBankMomentScale
At least one active module is accessing an obsolete interface function.
Addons which rely on obsolete functions may not be compatible with
future versions of Orbiter.
---------------------------------------------------------------
Finished initialising status
Finished initialising camera
Finished initialising panels
Finished setting up render state
**** WARNING: Mesh not found: .\Meshes\X20/X-20_Pit.msh
**** WARNING: Mesh not found: .\Meshes\.msh
**** WARNING: Mesh not found: .\Meshes\.msh
**** WARNING: Mesh not found: .\Meshes\.msh

Obviously there are meshes missing. Did I forget to download something?

 

[sputnik]

Oh, for crying out loud.

It'll never work if I forget to include all the meshes in the distribution! You're fine; it can't be working for anyone else either.

And...v1.33 released! Try it now; you'll find it works much better.

And thanks!

 

[sputnik]

And, when adding a mesh, always remember to include its textures. I knew I was forgetting something, but I was on my way out the door that morning, and....

Well. v1.34 uploaded, with a non-functional (but pretty) VC, AND its textures, added. The VC is courtesy 80mileshigh; the absent-mindedness is entirely on me.

 

[Thunder Chicken]

Dumb question but, how does one initiate the drop from the B-52 (in the X-15 and in the X-20)? I don't see any documentation for this.

 

[IronRain]

go to the B-52, press A. A little white box should then appear on the lower left of your screen. Then press shift+0 ((numpad) zero) to release the X-20. If shift+0 doesn't work directly, turn off num lock.

 

[80mileshigh]

The VC is courtesy 80mileshigh.

I'd forgotten about this! This was back before I properly understood mapping and so there is a proliferation of textures where the should only be one. I can tidy this and make it look much nicer but it will have to wait. At some point down the track ...

Great to see the X-20 in Orbiter 2010 anyway!

 

[Star Voyager]

I think I have an issue here. Is the CRT in the VC supposed to look like this?

 

[sputnik]

Yes, it is.

The VC isn't really released, which is why it's not in the feature list; nothing works yet.

My intention had been to animate the 3D ball in pitch, roll, and yaw, but it turns out that the animation system doesn't work that way and I'll probably have to borrow Martin's latest Shuttle-A code instead (which uses an entirely different approach, that I only partially understand).
Meanwhile, the energy management display was to be converted into a single MFD. That part's not done yet either, though I expect it to be much easier.

 

[barrygolden]

great job

As a boy on the early sixtys I read a book called " Major Matt Moore Flys the Dyna-Soar" It was really neat to get to fly this add on and see what it would have looked like. The detail is awsome and the missions were fun. I hope you keep doing these forgotten missions.

 

[HoldYourFire]

I was just re-entering from orbit in a Dyna-soar launched by an INT-13 from Velcro Saturns. On approach to Vandenberg I heard an almighty crash and seemed to lose yaw control. Reading the docs I think the noise was the heatshield being jettisoned, what effect on flight characteristics should I expect that to have? After this event I had very little yaw control (my velocity vector indicator was skating around the place, no flat spin though) and I'm pretty sure I didn't deploy the airbrake or anything like that.

An easy explanation, or a ghost in the machine?

 

[ZacharyS41]

On the Lunar Dyna-Soar scenario, how do I escape Earth's velocity to the Moon using the Centaur? Is there a certain launch date or window?

 

[sputnik]

TransX. Although I sometimes make do with the Transfer MFD.

The launch autopilot will put you into a suitable parking orbit first.