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"Arrow X" Interplanetary Freighter
Customised cfg and help files for UCGO's Arrow 18 vessel
For Orbiter Multiplayer and personal experimentation only
- by Carmen A
Version 0.11
4 February 2011
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Version 0.11

- Increased power to RCS thrusters. They now function as an auxiliary drive for precision hovering during planetside ops, since the main drives are way too powerful for use in this role.

- Contents

Arrow freighter replacement cfg for Earth hover and "real time" interplanetary main engine capability. You can execute a direct flight from Earth to Jupiter in 4 hours. However this leaves you with only two hours of reserve fuel for the slower trip home.

There is also a custom checklist for the right-hand side bridge MFD containing a very simple procedure for an interplanetary direct transit, with some minor backstory.

Backup files for the original Arrow freighter's configuration are enclosed.


- Introduction

This is a spin-off from the Firefly Squadron Operations discussion on 3 February 2011.

It was proposed to retrofit the "Arrow 18" class interplanetary freighter with Firefly-type fusion drives to allow for interplanetary flights with a duration of 1-4 hours, as opposed to days or weeks.

The larger size of the "Arrow 18" will directly counter the Firefly-J class "Jumbo" transport's short range and limited fuel.

The "Arrow X" may be regarded as the Earth Federation's first FTL capital vessel, with a delta V beyond lightspeed. (However, gigametres/sec velocities are never achieved unless the vessel is deployed as an unmanned interstellar "UltraProbe".) Fitted with advanced contragravity equipment, the "Arrow X" may also fly in direct support of planetfall operations.

Addons required:

UCGO + UMMU 2.0
Latest OMP Package

- Support

Contact the author on the Orbiter Forums (www.orbiter-forum.com)