Project Skydiving for Orbiter

[Tsynique]

Failing to find any addons that would replicate actual skydiving I decided to take a shot at making my own. Expecting to finish BETA1 release by end of September.

Headdown position with temporary models.

TODO List
low priority in italics

TOTAL COMPLETION for BETA1: 89.83 %

[077%] General

[050%] Movement in aircraft before exit
[100%] Exit in a desired position
[080%] Smoke trails
[080%] Skydiver model and visuals (anybody wanna help?)
[050%] Canopy model and visuals (anybody wanna help?)
[050%] Animations
[000%] Group exit
[000%] Simulated wind

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[093%] Belly to earth position

[100%] Turns
[100%] Backward/forward movement
[100%] Sideways movement
[100%] Fall rate control
[080%] Tracking
[075%] Docking
[000%] Front/back flip
[000%] Barrel roll
[000%] Atmonauti
[000%] Wingsuit flying
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[100%] Head down position

[100%] Turns
[100%] Backward/forward movement
[100%] Sideways movement
[100%] Fall rate control
[000%] Docking
[080%] Physics
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[000%] Sitfly position

[000%] Turns
[000%] Backward/forward movement
[000%] Sideways movement
[000%] Fall rate control
[000%] Physics
[000%] Docking
​

[008%] Backfly position

[000%] Turns
[000%] Backward/forward movement
[000%] Sideways movement
[000%] Docking
[040%] Physics
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[080%] Parachute

[070%] Ram air canopy physics model
[090%] Realistic deployment
[000%] Malfunctions
[080%] Reserve canopy / cut-away
[000%] Canopy collapse on the ground
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[100%] AI

[100%] Exit at a given time delay
[100%] Deployment at certain altitude
[000%] Exit after a particular jumper (delay optional)
[100%] Tracking away from formation before deployment altitude
[000%] Exit at a certain altitude
[000%] Executing formations
[000%] Ram-air canopy autopilot
[000%] Flight scenario for position, speed, movement change
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MODELLER WANTED
Since I'm not good at modeling I would like to ask anyone who wishes to contribute to help me with a model of a skydiver and a canopy. Thanks

 

[Tsynique]

UPDATED 2010 08 12

 

[JonnyBGoode]

That reminds me, I need to reinstall the Space Elevator and do some Ultimate BASE Jumping.

 

[Talon1]

That reminds me, I need to reinstall the Space Elevator and do some Ultimate BASE Jumping.

I tried that... but it's not working. T_T The scenario just crashes Orbiter.:compbash2:

 

[Andy44]

That reminds me, I need to reinstall the Space Elevator and do some Ultimate BASE Jumping.

Have you done the math on the velocity you'd reach by the time you hit the upper atmosphere from GEO altitude? Good luck surviving that re-entry! :thumbup:

 

[Kevon Daye]

Have you done the math on the velocity you'd reach by the time you hit the upper atmosphere from GEO altitude? Good luck surviving that re-entry! :thumbup:

Damage and failure simulation off, aka, the luck button

 

[Slice N Splice]

Failing to find any addons that would replicate actual skydiving I decided to take a shot at making my own. Expecting to finish BETA1 release this week.

TODO List
low priority in italics

TOTAL COMPLETION for BETA1: 62.0 %

[045%] General

[080%] Movement in aircraft before exit
[099%] Exit in a desired position
[000%] Skydiver model and visuals (anybody wanna help?)
[000%] Canopy model and visuals(anybody wanna help?)
[000%] Animations
[000%] Group exit
[000%] Simulated wind

​

[090%] Belly to earth position

[099%] Turns
[095%] Backward/forward movement
[095%] Sideways movement
[100%] Fall rate control
[075%] Tracking
[075%] Docking
[000%] Front/back flip
[000%] Barrel roll
[000%] Atmonauti
[000%] Wingsuit flying
​

[030%] Head down position

[000%] Turns
[040%] Backward/forward movement
[000%] Sideways movement
[095%] Fall rate control
[000%] Docking
[050%] Physics
​

[000%] Sitfly position

[000%] Turns
[000%] Backward/forward movement
[000%] Sideways movement
[000%] Fall rate control
[000%] Physics
[000%] Docking
​

[008%] Back flying position

[000%] Turns
[000%] Backward/forward movement
[000%] Sideways movement
[000%] Docking
[040%] Physics
​

[070%] Parachute

[020%] Ram air canopy physics model
[070%] Realistic deployment
[000%] Malfunctions
[000%] Reserve canopy / cut-away
[000%] Canopy collapse on the ground
​

[075%] AI

[100%] Exit at a given time delay
[100%] Deployment at certain altitude
[000%] Exit after a particular jumper (delay optional)
[100%] Tracking away from formation before deployment altitude
[000%] Exit at a certain altitude
[000%] Executing formations
[000%] Ram-air canopy autopilot
[000%] Flight scenario for position, speed, movement change
​

MODELLER WANTED
Since I'm not good at modeling I would like to ask anyone who wishes to contribute to help me with a model of a skydiver and a canopy. Thanks

This sounds like a good project i love to eject from DGIV for a quick adrenaline and never could find a skydiving This would be perfect for me and possibly any others who are adrenaline junkies.

Good luck to you on this. Ill definetly download this when its ready!

Cheers!

 

[JonnyBGoode]

Have you done the math on the velocity you'd reach by the time you hit the upper atmosphere from GEO altitude? Good luck surviving that re-entry! :thumbup:

That was why we always jumped with a Douglas Paracone instead of a chute.

And obviously, if you jumped from GEO you'd just float off into space. We jumped from the hotel halfway up.

(I invented the concept, I oughta know... )

 

[Urwumpe]

Have you done the math on the velocity you'd reach by the time you hit the upper atmosphere from GEO altitude? Good luck surviving that re-entry! :thumbup:

You will never reach the upper atmosphere when jumping from GEO altitude.

But it would be a nice tiny math exercise to tell how high you can maximal be for being able to jump back into the denser atmosphere and reenter...

 

[Shinrar]

That was why we always jumped with a Douglas Paracone instead of a chute.

And obviously, if you jumped from GEO you'd just float off into space. We jumped from the hotel halfway up.

(I invented the concept, I oughta know... )

Hrm...

Did you jump off the North/South sides of the hotel? Because I just had this frightful image of jumping off the west side, and smacking into the space elevator as you descend and maintain your orbital velocity and the building slows down... And I'm not sure if the east side would be any better once the atmosphere begins to apply drag on you.

 

[Tsynique]

Have you done the math on the velocity you'd reach by the time you hit the upper atmosphere from GEO altitude? Good luck surviving that re-entry! :thumbup:

Ran two simulations jumping from 300 km altitude with 0 horizontal speed.

Vertical speed at 100km (reentry interface) = 1955 m/s

Arch position (maximum drag)
G peek = 13.8 @ 28 km
Time to impact = 520 s.

Head down position (minimum drag)
G peek = 14.78 @ 20 km
Time to impact = 380 s.