Siliconaut
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Hi All!
I've been using Orbiter since I discovered it's original implementation back in early 2001 and it's one of maybe a half dozen programs that has had an essentially permanent home on my hard drive for the last 10 years.
I fondly have spent many, many hours and days manuvering the DeltaGlider around the Solar System using (by today's Orbiter Standards) only the most basic and primitive of MFD nav aids. No IMFD, No handy DGIV autopilots, nothing but a barely understood TransX and a prayer that I don't wind up somewhere in interstellar space.
I remember the thrill I got the first time I made a successful interplanetary insertion, approach and arrival at Mars. The same thrill the first time I made it to Jupiter and managed to make a tour of all the Galilean Moons. IMFD makes these manuvers a snap, but up until then doing anything but basic LEO manuvers was a mind bending challenge using the instruments available then.
Dan Steph's DGIV is without a doubt my favorite vehicle. The detail is just stunning and I can't believe that all these talented people put in so many hours of work to create all these wonderful addons that have kept me entertained for over a decade now.
Anyway, just wanted to say hi, hello, how are ya and introduce myself to the forum.
I've been using Orbiter since I discovered it's original implementation back in early 2001 and it's one of maybe a half dozen programs that has had an essentially permanent home on my hard drive for the last 10 years.
I fondly have spent many, many hours and days manuvering the DeltaGlider around the Solar System using (by today's Orbiter Standards) only the most basic and primitive of MFD nav aids. No IMFD, No handy DGIV autopilots, nothing but a barely understood TransX and a prayer that I don't wind up somewhere in interstellar space.
I remember the thrill I got the first time I made a successful interplanetary insertion, approach and arrival at Mars. The same thrill the first time I made it to Jupiter and managed to make a tour of all the Galilean Moons. IMFD makes these manuvers a snap, but up until then doing anything but basic LEO manuvers was a mind bending challenge using the instruments available then.
Dan Steph's DGIV is without a doubt my favorite vehicle. The detail is just stunning and I can't believe that all these talented people put in so many hours of work to create all these wonderful addons that have kept me entertained for over a decade now.
Anyway, just wanted to say hi, hello, how are ya and introduce myself to the forum.