Newbie from the Netherlands

[NilsNL]

Hello everyone!

I'm Nils from the Netherlands (and that sorta explains my screenname, not very imaginative, I know :lol: )

I'm 23 and I work as a airline pilot in the UK. Got into Orbiter a while back, but stopped using it. Now I am back to it and I am enjoying it immensely.

I'm not that proficient with orbiter yet, I can get myself in to an orbit, and to the moon. But for the life of me I cannot figure out how to use TransX and how to get into a precise orbit (ie. to rendezvous with the ISS). I always end up having to make costly orbit and plane changing burns.

I also like to make new textures for ships and I have made some for the XR2 & XR5. Nothing really special, but I like them. I'll post some pictures when I get the chance.

So that's me!

Greets, NilsNL

 

[diogom]

to the Forum!

 

[ky]

to O-F!

 

[Yoda]

Welkom NilsNL, fijn dat jer ook nu onderdeel bent van ons Forum !

 

[NilsNL]

Thanks for the warm welcome guys ( bedankt Yoda )

Here is the picture I promised of one of my textures:

It is still a WIP, but if people like it, I might upload it to the Hangar.

 

[Alfastar]

to the forum. Nice XR2 skin you have make.

 

[Scrooge McDuck]

Leuk, welkom op het forum!

Het lijkt erop dat de aandacht voor Andre Kuipers vrij veel Nederlanders naar Orbiter heeft geleid... Altijd mooi natuurlijk!
Maar goed, de laatste tijd natuurlijk veel andere interessante gebeurtenissen... Phobos-Grunt, geslaagde lancering van MSL, Soyuz crashes, etc. etc.

Tip: Gewoon de DG-->ISS checklist in de Orbiter manual (pag. 113) uitprinten, en een paar keer stap voor stap volgen. Dan worden de MFD's wel vrij snel duidelijk.
TransX is weer een ander verhaal. Vond vroeger zelf I-MFD wat beter, maar al een tijd niet meer gebruikt.


Groet

[EDIT] Oops, I was talking Dutch... Here's my tip in English for other new people:
Print the DG to ISS flight checklist in the Orbiter manual (page 113). After following this tutorial step-by-step a few times, the use of these MFDs will become clear very soon!

 

[IronRain]

Welcome/Welkom!

 

[Pinguinboy]

Welkom op het forum!

 

[Mir]

Welkom :yes:

 

[ADSWNJ]

Hi Nils & welcome aboard. If you are launching to get to the ISS, then you can time your launch to fly 090 towards the ISS to minimize your relative inclination and maximize the assist from the spin of Earth. Use Align Planes and Sync Orbit to fine-tune when on orbit.
Shout if you need more,
-Andrew

 

[Pipcard]

Hi Nils & welcome aboard. If you are launching to get to the ISS, then you can time your launch to fly 090 towards the ISS to minimize your relative inclination and maximize the assist from the spin of Earth. Use Align Planes and Sync Orbit to fine-tune when on orbit.
Shout if you need more,
-Andrew

It's not always 090 (if you're launching towards the ISS).

 

[Eli13]

Welcome to the forum!

 

[Luke Skywalker]

Welcome to O-F!

 

[ADSWNJ]

It's not always 090 (if you're launching towards the ISS).

Yeah - sorry, you are of course right. Was thinking of orientations to go to Mars. Anyway - launch when the ISS track is over your base, behind you, and then race it up into orbit. So long as you get relatively little inclination, you will be fine, especially in the Delta Glider!