January 22, 201610 yr Will it model LauncherOne? http://www.virgingalactic.com/satellite-launch/l1-operations/ Paul Smith.
January 22, 201610 yr That's an interesting application; not a new idea, a B29 launched the Bell X-1 to break the sound barrier. I am a little surprised that a B744 is the mother ship, expecting a B742 I guess. Dan Downs KCRP
January 22, 201610 yr That's an interesting application; not a new idea, a B29 launched the Bell X-1 to break the sound barrier. I am a little surprised that a B744 is the mother ship, expecting a B742 I guess. Probably one of the retiring Virgin Atlantic birds. They're all paid for!! Devin CYOW
January 22, 201610 yr Dont forget the space shuttles were also carried on and in the case of the Enterprise launched from, the back of a 742 Jetline Systems Gravity GTX | i9 9900K 5.0GHz | Gigabyte Aorus Z390 Ultra MB | RTX 2080 Ti OC Edition | 64GB Corsair DDR4 3200 SDRAM | Samsung 970 Pro M.2 NVMe PCIe 1TB SSD | 2x ASUS 32" 4K Monitors | Windows 10 | P3dv4.5 64Bit
January 22, 201610 yr That's an interesting application; not a new idea, a B29 launched the Bell X-1 to break the sound barrier. I am a little surprised that a B744 is the mother ship, expecting a B742 I guess. Probably one of the retiring Virgin Atlantic birds. They're all paid for!! Pretty much, I believe the plane they are using was on it's way to retirement from Virgin Atlantic and then they have brought it back to life for it's new role. Vote to fix transparent sun visors having no effect on the sun glare effect in MSFS at: https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/sun-shades-sun-visors-not-influencing-light-in-cockpit/691565/
January 22, 201610 yr Moderator Will it model LauncherOne? http://www.virgingalactic.com/satellite-launch/l1-operations/ No. Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
January 25, 201610 yr Author No. Are you sure? It utilises the same mechanisms required to carry the ferry engine and would require the same procedures to adjust for balance and stability. Apart from visuals, the prime additional requirements would be for a release mechanism and procedures to rebalance the aircraft after release. It is not as if there are that many other opportunities for 747's with Boeing reducing production to half a dozen a year. Paul Smith.
January 26, 201610 yr Moderator Are you sure? It utilises the same mechanisms required to carry the ferry engine and would require the same procedures to adjust for balance and stability. Apart from visuals, the prime additional requirements would be for a release mechanism and procedures to rebalance the aircraft after release. It is not as if there are that many other opportunities for 747's with Boeing reducing production to half a dozen a year. Can't be 100% sure of anything in life, but I highly doubt they will add that feature. The engine ferry feature was surprising but the feature asked for here I would suspect isn't in consideration. Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
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