July 21, 20214 yr With the recent "jumps" out of the Stratosphere, I wonder if they're possible to replicate in X-Plane 11 ? I'd say Virgin Galactic could be designed for X-Plane, and, why not Bleu Origin ? - X-Plane allows for rocket propulsion after all, I just don't recall if there are detailled sources of thrust available in Plane-Maker ( Rocket- Maker might make sense in future versions ... hmmm, or UFO-Maker ! ) Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
July 21, 20214 yr Commercial Member Do we know how high the atmosphere is modelled in X-plane? The starship video is interesting to demonstrated thrust but it doesn't exactly go very high. Owner, Fulcrum Simulator Controls. fulcrumsim.com facebook.com/fulcrumsimulatorcontrols instagram.com/fulcrumsimulatorcontrols twitter.com/Fulcrum_SC
July 21, 20214 yr I think the space/orbital simulation of X-Plane, although working, has multiple shortcomings (compared to specialized software like Orbiter). But there's an add-on called X-Space that should overcome most of the limitations: https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/9115-x-space/ EDIT: Don't know if it works in XP11. Edited July 21, 20214 yr by Murmur "Society has become so fake that the truth actually bothers people".
July 21, 20214 yr There used to be a Space Shuttle in XP10 - together with scenarios to do a "full entry" - there was even a gauge for total energy management and a description by Austin how to "hand fly" the reentry correctly. Did it once, it was fun - but I can´t say how accurate it was. I am sure that there is a "somewhat" accurate density reduction in the atmosphere with altitude...probably together with a reduction in gravity forces and centripetal (centrifugal) forces of a high speed object. All the more sophisticated effects of multiple gravitational forces from sun and moon, plasma heating, hypersonic flow etc...I doubt it.
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