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June 1, 20206 yr 21 hours ago, HighBypass said: Google Hohmann Transfer Orbit. Two things strike me: 1. How the heck that was conceived in 1925. 2. I shouldn't have stopped my maths training after high school.
June 1, 20206 yr It's just orbital mechanics, and astronomers were calculating the orbits of short period comets long before 1925. Christopher Low AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU / 64GB DDR5-6000 RAM / 12GB Nvidia RTX 4070 Super GPU / Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite Wifi 7 / 1+2TB Samsung Evo Plus M2 Nvme UK2000 Beta Tester
June 1, 20206 yr 2 hours ago, Christopher Low said: It's just orbital mechanics, and astronomers were calculating the orbits of short period comets long before 1925. Maybe, but to conceptualize and define the optimum way to maneuver a spacecraft through an orbital transfer before mankind had built anything capable of even reaching the stratosphere certainly strikes me as visionary! Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
June 1, 20206 yr Anyone here try the Space-x online docking simulator? It is pretty cool and gives you a good idea of what they had to go through to dock their craft. It took me an hour to do it the first time due to learning and getting a feeling for the controls. The second time took 20 minutes. Ted [email protected] ghz, Noctua C12P CPU air cooler, Asus Z77, 2 x 4gb DDR3 Corsair 2200 mhz cl 9, EVGA 1080ti, Sony 55" 900E TV 3840 x 2160, Windows 7-64, FSX, P3dv3, P3dv4
June 1, 20206 yr 19 minutes ago, Ted Striker said: Anyone here try the Space-x online docking simulator? It is pretty cool and gives you a good idea of what they had to go through to dock their craft. It took me an hour to do it the first time due to learning and getting a feeling for the controls. The second time took 20 minutes. Ted Yeah I gave it a go. Pretty cool. BTW in normal circumstances the Dragon capsule docks fully autonomously. The controls are there if the crew needs to take over.
June 1, 20206 yr 2 minutes ago, NZ255 said: BTW in normal circumstances the Dragon capsule docks fully autonomously. The controls are there if the crew needs to take over. The takeoff appeared mostly automatic also. I expected the astronauts to be pecking away on their screens as I do on the GTN750 but they just sat back for the ride. Perhaps at the G forces they were exposed it had to be automatic. Ted [email protected] ghz, Noctua C12P CPU air cooler, Asus Z77, 2 x 4gb DDR3 Corsair 2200 mhz cl 9, EVGA 1080ti, Sony 55" 900E TV 3840 x 2160, Windows 7-64, FSX, P3dv3, P3dv4
June 2, 20206 yr I was a bit surprised when comparing the shuttle to Dragon, they said (in a polite way) that the Dragon ride up wasn't as refined as the Shuttle despite the G force being less in the Dragon. I guess they must have deployed the sports suspension for this flight rather than the comfort option 😉 I figure these things accelerate about the same as a typical shopping trolley hatchback for the first couple of hundred metres. After that though....
June 2, 20206 yr 14 hours ago, Ted Striker said: Anyone here try the Space-x online docking simulator? It is pretty cool and gives you a good idea of what they had to go through to dock their craft. It took me an hour to do it the first time due to learning and getting a feeling for the controls. The second time took 20 minutes. Ted Actually, they didnt dock manually. They just briefly switched off the automatics and tested the manual controls. Then switched back to auto dock.
June 2, 20206 yr I tried out the SpaceX docking demo. Took me about 5-10 mins, first time. Blowing my own trumpet, 😎 but I'm used to rotational and translational controls thanks to playing ORBITER - the free spaceflight sim, and have docked several vehicles to the ISS, some sci-fi, not all with docking ports on the nose... 😓 Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
June 4, 20206 yr On 6/2/2020 at 11:19 PM, martin-w said: Actually, they didnt dock manually. They just briefly switched off the automatics and tested the manual controls. Then switched back to auto dock. Tesla AutoPark 😀 Matthew Kane I'm Dyslexic, what's an error to you is not to me
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