General Question A means for recording the flying data

[SuprunP]

Is there any tool that can record my flying data from whatever moment I want it to, write them into a separate file so that I could use it afterwards to draw some charts to understand what was wrong, where it was wrong, and for how long it was wrong?

Thanks.

 

[Ghostrider]

There was a flight data recorder MFD ([ame="http://orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=759"]FlightDataRecMFD[/ame]). Don't know if it works with Orbiter 2010 but there it is.

 

[orb]

There is flight data recorder (not MFD) in Orbiter 2010-P1 distribution. It has "log" option there. You can enable it by checking "Flight data" in modules list, and use it from "Custom Functions" dialog.

 

[Notebook]

You can also try the built-in flight data recorder in Orbiter 2010. Its in the Modules tab, under Tools & Dialogs.

N.

 

[SuprunP]

There was a flight data recorder MFD (FlightDataRecMFD). Don't know if it works with Orbiter 2010 but there it is.

It doesn't seem to be working, I'm afraid. It just doesn't record the data, although you can toggle it and see what it was supposed to be doing

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One small additional question, if I may.

As this built-in flight data recorder works fine (it has for a couple of minutes ), what program do you usually use to study the data written into a *.log file?

Thanks.

 

[diogom]

One small additional question, if I may.

As this built-in flight data recorder works fine (it has for a couple of minutes ), what program do you usually use to study the data written into a *.log file?

Thanks.

Notepad would do that

 

[MaverickSawyer]

Notepad should be fine.

 

[SuprunP]

How do you actually use it?
I can't take it out of my screen and its window stretches all the way down from the top to the bottom...

 

[MeDiCS]

[ame="http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=4645"]This[/ame] exports trajectory data to Google Earth. Quite limited, but no special setup is needed.

 

[Ghostrider]

You can import the data as a CSV file in any spreadsheet and analyze it to your heart's content, plot it in 4D, print it in a nicely formatted way and make a paper plane out of it...

 

[SuprunP]

You can import the data as a CSV file in any spreadsheet and analyze it to your heart's content, plot it in 4D, print it in a nicely formatted way and make a paper plane out of it...

I would like to import the data, but which program actually collects these data?
As I have noted already the built-in recorder does this but because of its can't-be-closed-and-still-be-recording window my flight experience can be likened to someone's flying with a band upon their eyes

If the program in question is Google Earth Tracker 2 v1.2, kindly proposed by MeDiCS, I have no idea how I can convert a *.kml file into a CSV one...

 

[Ghostrider]

I have no idea how I can convert a *.kml file into a CSV one...

Try this for all your geographical data convershttp://www.gpsvisualizer.com/ion needs.