Recent content by Snaps2010

Ok I think this should be my last question. I've managed to get to mars with a decent fuel consumption but when I fast forward 500 days to the time for the TEI I find that the TEI burn has to happen about half way between my apogee and perogee and not at my perogee which is where i want it...

So is there a way to set my course so that I will aproach mars in such a way that it will minimize the fuel required to enter a specific orbit. For exapmle, in the scinario I posted earlier there is a lander in mars orbit and I need to enter a neer identical orbit and be close enough to randevou...

Oh ok that makes sense. I thaught that when the guidance mode kept changing back to realtime in orbit eject it was because it was set set to realtime in course. Thanks for clearing that up for me. Ill look into the map feature but I still wonder how accurate the auto burn is. Will it get me...

I am able to change burn guidance mode in orbit eject but not in course. There is a picture in the IMFD manual with it set to Off-Axis in course mode which makes me think someting is wrong. I did manage to get a 2 burn TMI buy doing basicaly what said meson. I used the prograde autopilot to get...

That's sounds like it migt work so ill give ir a try. However I would still like to be able to change the burn guidance mode to Off-Axis just in case I need it some other time as well as the fact that I would like to keep the number of TMI burns down to 2 if possible because that is what NASA's...

I know that realtime won't work the problem is that it won't let me change it to off-axis.

It is. EIn is 0.174 degrees.

Here is the Scenario: BEGIN_DESC Contains the latest simulation state. END_DESC BEGIN_ENVIRONMENT System Sol Date MJD 58255.1285143230 END_ENVIRONMENT BEGIN_FOCUS Ship CTV-02-A-v1 END_FOCUS BEGIN_CAMERA TARGET CTV-02-A-v1 MODE Cockpit FOV 60.00 END_CAMERA BEGIN_HUD TYPE Orbit...

So recently I've been trying to set up a Mars Mission but I've been having some problems with the TMI Burn. I've managed to do it with Trans X but due to its lack of an autopilot there is plenty of human error and i used up to much fuel to be able to return to earth. So i decided try IMFD...

I have tried s turns and they help but when I get into the thicker atmosphere I am still goink like mock 15 so I my s turns are creating like 500 g turns.is their a way to add the ability to change cg and an autopilot to control the cg? I wonder how they did it with the space shuttle because I'm...

Ok so i have been using the Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser in Orbiter 2010 and when i get to reentry i cant hold a good Angle of Attack. i have tried both attitude mfd and aerobrake mfd with their attitude and AoA hold options but neither have been able to give me an AoA greater than 15 degrees once...

i have been trying to return the mplm to the shuttle cargo bay from the space station. i can undockit with the shuttle arm and position it in the shuttle cargo bay but when i release the mplm from the arm it teliports back to being docked to the space station. the arest payload button isnt...