How do I calculate my heading with align plane MFD?

[ElonSatoshi]

So I was wondering if there was a way to calculate which heading I should take to rendezvouz with the ISS, using the Align Plane MFD. Or maybe a way to calculate my heading based on my latitude and the ISS's inclination. Short of that, is there a chart showing which headings to take from each base?

 

[Mojave]

You can find an answer in this thread on Dan's Orbiter page: http://orbiter.dansteph.com/forum/index.php?topic=10321.0

azimuth = arcsin ( cos (inclination) / cos (lattitude) )

Additionally, you could use LaunchMFD which will calculate the heading for you. https://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=6988

 

[ElonSatoshi]

Additionally, you could use LaunchMFD which will calculate the heading for you. https://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=6988

You could've linked to the 2016 version: https://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=2802

I'll have to memorize that equation, thanks!

 

[Ripley]

You can find a more thorough explanation in Dansteph's DGIV documentation, pages 19-21.
After install, doc is "DGIV_Documentation_ en.pdf" in "Orbiter_ROOT\Doc\DeltaGliderIV\res" folder.

You can also download this XL file:
https://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=5222
Sorry, it's in Italian. Maybe I'll translate it, if there's need to.

 

[Mojave]

You could've linked to the 2016 version: https://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=2802

I'll have to memorize that equation, thanks!

I am in the mindset that 2010 is what people are still using.

Glad it helped tho! It's a nifty equation.

 

[ElonSatoshi]

I am in the mindset that 2010 is what people are still using.

Glad it helped tho! It's a nifty equation.

If UMMU were finally updated and not broken in 2016, there'd be no reason to use 2010. Finally, uneven terrain? I couldn't resist.

I just hope 2016 works on Wine. I hear it doesn't. And that's why this new laptop still has Windows and not Gentoo.

 

[Enjo]

I just hope 2016 works on Wine. I hear it doesn't. And that's why this new laptop still has Windows and not Gentoo.

Who told you that? Did he/she see this page?
http://www.orbiterwiki.org/wiki/Running_Orbiter_under_Wine

azimuth = arcsin ( cos (inclination) / cos (lattitude) )

I'll have to memorize that equation, thanks!

This equation is only a rough estimate. Here is a version that's closer to reality. Launch MFD calculates this and other stuff as well.

P.S.
Let's move the Wine discussion here.

 

[Ripley]

...Maybe I'll translate it, if there's need to.

Well...I "created" the need, and now you can download an English version of it.
https://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=5222