Recent content by jholley309

So, for my CIS105 class (which my professor has pretty much told me I don't really need to show up for as long as I work ahead a couple of weeks and post to the discussion forums online) we have to do an APA formatted paper. At least 2 pages, any topic we like, as long as we have at least 3...

As it turns out, I think the surface tile thing was a result of the way I merged the canaveral.cfg info; after trying to get rid of a duplicate VAB (by commenting out pretty much everything I merged) the tiles came back. I also tried another scenario and LC 40/41 are prettty close to where they...

Okay, so I'm thinking the list of "working" add-ons for 2010 seems to depend on your idea of "working"... For instance: the SpaceX Falcon1/9/Dragon add-on. Okay, the rockets seem to work okay (except for the fact that the payload fairing just winks out of existence when you jettison it on the...

Okay, so color me waaay out of the loop. I really should not take such huge breaks between Orbiter cycles... So here I am upgrading my computer to Win7 Pro x64, being as though I get a student discount (finally going back for my BS in Information Systems...long other story) and I need a 64-bit...

Well, it's not so much a matter of government regulation as it is survivability: remember, these big boosters have a lot of high-frequency vibration when lit. That vibration tends to shake things apart unless they are specifically designed to withstand those forces. For instance: if you...

Hmmm...perhaps a "generic" checklist MFD that developers could plug in their own checklists? For example: Add-on developer builds Rocket X complete with autopilot and custom functions for animating various parts. ChecklistMFD uses a standard input format that the add-on developer uses to...

Well? Did you dress it up as an asteroid? :dry: Cheers! Jim

Saturn, hands down. It's what hooked me on astronomy; after that first look through a crappy department store 50mm telescope, I couldn't wait to see more. I still love looking at Saturn whenever I can get outside with the 'scope (which grew up into an Orion 120mm achro refractor, BTW)...

TSP, I'd love to see some of the pics as soon as you get some processed. What software are you using for registration and stacking? I've had pretty good luck with Registax in the past (plus it's free), but since I got a "real" CCD camera for the 'scope I've been using MaximDL Essentials a lot...

Thou shalt not allow physics to intrude upon Hollywood's bubble of reality... :P Besides, aren't all nukes magical engines of destruction that will eventually swallow the entire universe? Maybe that's why they're so bad... ;) Cheers! Jim

Oh, jeez...somebody remade "Rollerball"? :blink: You know, "Space Cowboys" has to make this list somewhere, I think. And the new Battlestar Galactica, too...it started sucking hard after the first few episodes. The cylons certainly got sexier, though... :huh: Ah, heck with it. I'm going back...

Um...where the heck do you get the BaseSync MFD mentioned in the tutorial, or has that been incorporated into AreoBrake? No joy on Avsim or Orbithangar... Jim

Thanks! I knew I remembered something like that, just couldn't find it. Yep! Link works; apparently either AVSIM "found" all the Orbiter files again or that one didn't go missing like the rest. BTW: did anybody ever figure out why AVSIM went wonky with the Orditer files, or is it just one of...

Greetings all! Okay, I know this subject has had to have come up before, but a search for "updating orbital elements" resulted in an ungodly number of wildly unrelated threads and posts. So, here's a coupla questions: 1. Is it possible to use current TLEs (2 line elements, or KEPs) to...