Flight Question Manual Launch of the Shuttle in Orbiter 2016

[Beck]

Greetings,

Does anyone know if there is there a tutorial or some kind of tips & tricks outline available for "manually" launching the shuttle in Orbiter 2016? I found the "autopilot" MFD for launching to a specific orbit (and that works), but the goal is to successfully launch it without using the autopilot MFD. I suspect that I am looking for something that says at such and such a time, pitch x number of degrees and at another point in time, roll to a heads-up position.

Thank you.

Beck

 

[GLS]

Hi!
Here's what the astronauts used on page 2-28 (or 66 in the pdf): https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/pdf/539916main_ASC_134_F_5.pdf
BTW: those are in feet and feet per second, so it's probably a good idea to convert that to metric before you launch.

 

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Also, meter on one place and mile on the other would cause confusions, which caused the Mars Climate Orbiter to lose. Here are some of the conversions of the metric units in US customary or SI:

• 1 meter (m) ≈ 39 inches (in)
• 1 kilometer (km) = 1,000 m
• 1 meter per second (m/s) ≈ 2.2 miles per hour (mph) ≈ 3.3 feet per second (ft/s)
• 1 kilogram (kg) ≈ 35 ounces (oz)
• 1 tonne (t) = 1,000 kg
• 1 newton (N) ≈ 3.6 pounds-force (lbf)
• 1 kilonewton (kN) = 1,000 N