Recent content by desertman

What do the different panel buttons do? Especially the auto pilot. Great job Schimz. I've been waiting for the new DGex since last Tuesday! Ted

FANTASTIC! I cant wait till Tuesday..........

Except it would only use the control surfaces and RCS jets to adjust pitch (possibly roll) to maintain a given vertical speed. It would be useful only in atmospheric flight. Doing MACH 15 with the hover doors open has bad results.

Anybody consider making an MFD that can hold vertical speed in flight mode? This would mainly be used for the winged aircraft while ascending or during reentry. The MFD would also have to have reverse functionality during reentry. I know its a huge task, creating MFDs, but I was hoping someone...

Does anybody know how to add bases and/or runways to Glideslope MFD? Thanks Ted

Hielor, thank for the help. the card was dirtier than I thought. I had been cleaning the system but not blowing out the heat sink. When I took the card out and looked into the sink it was almost completely clogged. Hope I didn't ruin the card. I have run Orbiter several times since the cleaning...

TSpenguin, I get random lockups (full blown blue screen. MACHICE_CHECK_EXCEPTION errors) at different times but I can usually reproduce the error in Orbiter. At this point I dont see what else it could be. I keep the inside of my system pretty clean but I think I will pull the card tonight...

Hello fellow Orbi-nauts, I am currently running an Nvidia GS 6800 and have been experiencing lockups lately. It happens most when complex graphics come into view but not all the time. I am running XP on an AMD 64 3500, replaced the RAM last night (went from 1.5g to 2g matched memory) updated...

If anybody has AUTOFCS working with the XR class vessels please post and tell us how you did it.

Genius, what do your config files look like for AFCS. In AutoFCS it does not give the option of a runway and I could not get it to do the deorbit burn. On a positive note I am able to get it to control the ship post deorbit burn but it seems to come very short of the intended base. Thanks Ted

Has anybody been able to get AUTOFCS working with the XR5? I have followed the direction per the suggestions on the forum but when I engage AUTOFCS the ship starts spinning out of control. Fresh install and named the directory 'ORBITERSTS' still freaks out when I start it. Thanks Ted

linguofreak, I am more interested in using the the autopilot during ascent. Pitch/AOA hold on the winged aircraft require constant attention and in the real word they would probably have an autopilot that controls v/s with pitch and possibly engine gimbal. The DGEX for instance can only climb...

woo482, do you know if that autopilot uses hover engines to control v/s?

Sorry guys, forgot to mention it is the DGXR5. I tried holding down the '*' but it has no effect.

Been having a problem lately and not quite sure what to do about it. I'm 1 orbit away from my intended landing site, ready to do a retrograde burn. I hold down the '+' on the key pad to start the burn using main engines. When release the '+' key the main engins stay on. I have tried the '*'...