4throck
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A small update:
» I'm adding small thrusters to the orbital module and it looks fine so far. They are located at the far end of the solar panels, so it's nice to see them in action.
» The spacecraft launches and achieves Earth orbit fine, with some fuel left on the rocket stage.
I'm using a generic guidance config for the Proton, so I think It's spending much fuel and that the final orbit would be far from ideal. As it is, I was unable to get an escape trajectory from Earth.
This is something for which I'll need some help latter on, as I'm not that good with navigation and perhaps the fuel amounts and thrust are just fine.
» I've been trying to fix the faceted models. I made some progress and at least know what doesn't work. It seems to be a common problem with the usage of the 3DS format for export. Here are the options I'm using for export in Sketshup and what I get in Anim8or. Now I'll try to export directelly from Anim8or to mesh !
---------- Post added at 11:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:31 PM ----------
And here it is the Venera 9 model in Orbiter!
I opened the 3DS and simply saved it directly to a Orbiter mesh in anim8or.
Success at last!!!
At least now any defects that might be visible are due to my bad modeling and not to messed up exports or conversions.
» I'm adding small thrusters to the orbital module and it looks fine so far. They are located at the far end of the solar panels, so it's nice to see them in action.
» The spacecraft launches and achieves Earth orbit fine, with some fuel left on the rocket stage.
I'm using a generic guidance config for the Proton, so I think It's spending much fuel and that the final orbit would be far from ideal. As it is, I was unable to get an escape trajectory from Earth.
This is something for which I'll need some help latter on, as I'm not that good with navigation and perhaps the fuel amounts and thrust are just fine.
» I've been trying to fix the faceted models. I made some progress and at least know what doesn't work. It seems to be a common problem with the usage of the 3DS format for export. Here are the options I'm using for export in Sketshup and what I get in Anim8or. Now I'll try to export directelly from Anim8or to mesh !
---------- Post added at 11:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:31 PM ----------
And here it is the Venera 9 model in Orbiter!
I opened the 3DS and simply saved it directly to a Orbiter mesh in anim8or.
Success at last!!!
At least now any defects that might be visible are due to my bad modeling and not to messed up exports or conversions.
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