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It's kind of more complicated than what Tommy said--he just gave a very brief overview. But yes, you need to orbit eject and leave the moon's SOI before you can use dV from slingshot. Don't worry, the manual will be released in a few weeks--probably the week of August 3rd.

Actually, I just had a problem with off axis last night, my orbit matched the target orbit perfectly and it did not shut off the engines. Despite what everybody else says about realtime mode not working during ejection burns, I always use it, and it works perfectly for me. Plus, with realtime...

Nice idea. Kinda like the seven deadly sins of IMFD :) and a list of "Make your life a lot easier by always following these simple rules..." I'll make Appendix F: The Few Secrets of IMFD that will make your Life Easier and Appendix G: The Major Do’s and Dont’s of IMFD. And this message is...

I have been running IMFD 5.3 a LOT, all over the solar system, doing many various complex flight maneuvers (planar transfers between Jovian Moons, Earth to Moon direct ascent, Moon to Mars with a slingshot around Earth, Mars to Phobos, Earth to Neptune Off-Plane Transfer, Earth to Saturn with a...

Not to worry, http://orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?t=9072 This is coming soon and will have a tutorial for Moon to Mars, and will do it the more efficient way with a slingshot around Earth.

Thanks, Tommy. Yeah I never understood what you meant by matching PeT and PeA, I just set the Earth to Mars Transfer, opened the Slingshot Program and time warped until dV hit a minimum, then took off at 90 degrees, did an orbit eject (getting data from slingshot). Once free of the Moon's SOI...

Hey, also, is it normal to have a large correction burn after leaving the moon's SOI (about 1500 m/s of dV in the slingshot program)? ---------- Post added at 03:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:21 PM ---------- Good idea. I had actually put in the ones from the 5.0 manual but...

Thanks. That was actually pretty easy, and it was MUCH more fuel efficient than an Earth to Mars transfer. That tutorial is going in.

Yes, I think that's a great idea. Besides, I'll be flying the missions so I can take screenshots for the tutorials, so I might as well save them and include them in the package. Thanks.

Tommy, I don't need the slingshot step by step anymore. I figured out how to do it. As for tutorials, the following will be included in the package: Planet to Planet Transfer (Earth to Mars) Includes: Flight Plan Setup Surface Launch with Surface Launch Program Orbit...

I have seen the 4.2.1, thanks. I have 4.2.1, 4.6, 5.0, 5.1, and 5.3. I am pulling the best info from everywhere. I have already asked jarmonik a few questions, so I'd bet he wouldn't mind answering a few more. Also, do you know anything about offsetting the target in the Course program...

Hey great news!! I just did a direct ascent, and it was very easy. I'll put that tutorial into the package. I'll put it in. Thanks so much Tommy! Please, take your time though. Work comes first :) . Also, on Base Approach, do you know what Reentry (Old) means? I just use Reentry and...

It's actually going to be both--It will explain all items on all display screens of all programs and all buttons of all programs. Then there will be a section with tutorials. I'm actually considering doing the tutorial book separately and including both books in one package. As soon as I...

Nobody is interested in anything? Judging by the numerous questions and complaints about IMFD in the MFD Help/Questions forum, I would think people would be showing a little more interest. There's gotta be something that somebody would like to see in my manual/tutorial set.

Hi to all. I am making some very encouraging headway on the IMFD full manual I proposed about a month ago. I still have to do Slingshot and Base Approach programs. Right now the manual is 57 pages with the bottom margain set at 4" and the right margain set at 2" (I'll explain why in the...

I just did a trip from Mars to Earth in the XR2 Ravenstar. One catch though--I did a complete deadstick reentry. The last time I fired my main engines was about 2000 kilometers away from Earth. I went from about 25,500 mph to 0 and made a perfect touchdown at Wideawake International.:cheers:

On the topic of Asus laptops, I was wondering if I was the first to run Orbiter on the new Asus G51. It runs BEAUTIFULLY. I get 60 fps in the VC of the DG-XR1 while docked to another DG-XR1 looking down to Seth Eden's level 10 Earth textures 1.000M below. I also get 60 fps reentring in the VC...

Thanks Kveldulf and Mjanicki. The slingshot is definitely my weak point in IMFD, so that will be great help. I would ask my girlfriend to translate them (she´s in AP French) but that would be kinda embarassing :P. If you can´t get an Earth slingshot around Jupiter right to Io then that´s not...

Yes, woo482 did moon to mars, but it was not the most efficient way possible--he simply burned until out of the moon´s soi, then targeted mars and autoburned away. ar81, thank you VERY much for your addon. I knew it existed in the back of my mind, but now that you have brought it forth it will...

Alright, thanks for everyone´s interest. I already know how to do direct reentry from the moon (see the tutorial i co wrote on orbithangar called home direct), and planet to planet. The next step is more comples manuevers (europa to callisto, moon to mars, earth to io--these are just examples)...