Hello everyone. I just thought I'd ask for some help from those who are a bit more mathematically inclined than I am.
I've been a orbiter user for many years now. My favorite craft are the XR Fleet, the XR2 being my favourite, and of course the arrow freighter, which is my interplanetary craft of choice. I think its autoland ability is extremely cool.
What I'd like to ask about is what some of the definitions for altitude and speed in orbiter actually relate to. Please be gentle here. Math has never been my strong point.
So, first of all, the indicator that measures forward velocity. What is that exactly. Being also a flight sim buff, I'm used to speed being measured in knots, but orbiter seems to use something else.
And the altitude measurements. The default reading is K. I assume that is kilometers is it?
And also, when you get further out from planets, the distance switches to M. 1.5M from the earth puts you in a medium orbit for example. What is M defined as?
I apologise if any of these questions sound stupid, this is why I haven't asked this in so long but now I'd like to know. If I knew what the definitions for the readings were it would help me use them better.
Thanks in advance and again, please be gentle with me!
I've been a orbiter user for many years now. My favorite craft are the XR Fleet, the XR2 being my favourite, and of course the arrow freighter, which is my interplanetary craft of choice. I think its autoland ability is extremely cool.
What I'd like to ask about is what some of the definitions for altitude and speed in orbiter actually relate to. Please be gentle here. Math has never been my strong point.
So, first of all, the indicator that measures forward velocity. What is that exactly. Being also a flight sim buff, I'm used to speed being measured in knots, but orbiter seems to use something else.
And the altitude measurements. The default reading is K. I assume that is kilometers is it?
And also, when you get further out from planets, the distance switches to M. 1.5M from the earth puts you in a medium orbit for example. What is M defined as?
I apologise if any of these questions sound stupid, this is why I haven't asked this in so long but now I'd like to know. If I knew what the definitions for the readings were it would help me use them better.
Thanks in advance and again, please be gentle with me!