OFSS II - Project Info & Discussion Thread

[Kyle]

Well, without the landing problem, I could fly STS-142 if you'd like.

I'll IM you the scenario, be sure to take screenshots.

 

[diogom]

Thanks.

 

[Kyle]

Also Phantom when you read this be sure to fly you mission after diogom finishes his and posts the screenshots on here.

 

[PhantomCruiser]

:thumbup:

 

[Tex]

I'd like to give other members a chance to fly missions, but I am available almost anytime for space shuttle missions if needed.

 

[diogom]

What will be the next mission?

BTW, Happy New Year for everyone!

 

[Kyle]

I'd like to give other members a chance to fly missions, but I am available almost anytime for space shuttle missions if needed.

Good! Over half the missions involve the space shuttle! The next mission is Dragon 7.. first manned flight of the Dragon spacecraft with Expedition 1.

 

[diogom]

If you need a pilot, I'm available (for any mission).
Also, since you seem to be needing a new project patch, I could help with that too.

 

[Kyle]

Schedule for OFSS II.

(Note, these days could be subject to change)

Ariane 6 - Neesys. Dec. 30th, 2010. Kyle
STS-142 (Atlantis, PMA-01) Dec. 31st, 2010. Diogom
SpaceX Dragon 6. Dec. 31st, 2010. PhantomCruiser
SpaceX Dragon 7. Jan. 3rd, 2011.
STS-143 (Endeavour) Jan. 10th, 2011. Tex
SpaceX Dragon 8. Jan. 17th, 2011
STS-144 (Discovery) Jan. 25th, 2011. Kyle
SpaceX Dragon 9. Feb 1st, 2011.
STS-145 (Atlantis) Feb. 8th, 2011. Diogom
SpaceX Dragon 10. Feb 15th, 2011.
Ariane 6- Eranda. Feb 22nd, 2011.
STS-146 (Endeavour) March 2nd, 2011.
STS-147 (Discovery) March 10th, 2011.
SpaceX Dragon 11. March 19th, 2011.
PTV-1. April 1st, 2011.
SpaceX Dragon 12. April 8th, 2011.
PTV-2. April 16th, 2011.
STS-148 (Atlantis) April 22nd, 2011.
STS-149 (Discovery) April 28th, 2011.
STS-150 (Endeavour) May 3rd, 2011.
PTV-3. May 11th, 2011.
STS-151 (Discovery) May 18th, 2011.
SpaceX Dragon 13. May 23rd, 2011.
STS-152 (Atlantis) May 29th, 2011.
STS-153 (Discovery) June 4th, 2011.
STS-154 (Endeavour) June 10th, 2011.

Those are all the missions I have complete. I'm hoping that we'll get up to STS-175, PTV-9, Dragon 29 before 2011 ends. General gap between missions is 7-8 days.

OFSS II Crew assignment thread

 

[diogom]

Looks good to me. Do you know already what's gonna be the payload? (STS-145)

 

[Tex]

I renamed the mission schedule thread for you to include "crew assignment".

 

[Kyle]

Looks good to me. Do you know already what's gonna be the payload? (STS-145)

Yep! A large docking module for PTV missions.

 

[diogom]

Yep! A large docking module for PTV missions.

:thumbup:

 

[Nazban]

Sign me up for STS-154, ill be done with my exams and i (hopefully) will have enough time to learn how to fly the shuttle :thumbup:
and umm what is PTV??:huh:

 

[Kyle]

Gotcha! And PTV's a fictional manned/cargo spacecraft released by cizurator.

 

[Nazban]

alright:thumbup:
just one more thing, i recently only got th shuttle fleet 4.5 and when i go to launch it, it has like an autopilot, is it possible to disable it, or is there a scenario without it?
or can i just play tht scenario for my mission?

 

[Kyle]

To disable autopilot press B.

---------- Post added at 08:59 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:19 PM ----------

Also -- still need pilots! Thinking I should add a pilot/mission discussion thread.

 

[PhantomCruiser]

Just finished a preliminary run through of mission 4 (a simulation if you will). I noticed that when I separated the Dragon from the second stage, hit [F3] to select it, I couldn't select the Dragon I was flying, I could only select the Dragon currently docked to the Neesys module. The list did show two Dragon spacecraft, but the view would only center on the one, so... I edited the scenario to read...

DragonCRAGONC
STATUS Orbiting Earth
etc, etc...
END

This let me differentiate the two Dragons (docked and en-route).

Also, the crewed Dragon will dock to the end opposite the PMA?

 

[Kyle]

Just finished a preliminary run through of mission 4 (a simulation if you will). I noticed that when I separated the Dragon from the second stage, hit [F3] to select it, I couldn't select the Dragon I was flying, I could only select the Dragon currently docked to the Neesys module. The list did show two Dragon spacecraft, but the view would only center on the one, so... I edited the scenario to read...

DragonCRAGONC
STATUS Orbiting Earth
etc, etc...
END

This let me differentiate the two Dragons (docked and en-route).

Also, the crewed Dragon will dock to the end opposite the PMA?

Thanks for the catch! I've only been re-flying my STS missions (far more complicated) and I have a few bugs with the Dragon missions. Here's an updated scenario for your benefit. I also fixed the location of the PMA (forward port), and Dragon 7 must dock with with Neesys's Zenith facing CBM.

BEGIN_DESC
Contains the latest simulation state.
END_DESC

BEGIN_ENVIRONMENT
  System Sol
  Date MJD 56444.8206264237
END_ENVIRONMENT

BEGIN_FOCUS
  Ship Falcon 9
END_FOCUS

BEGIN_CAMERA
  TARGET Falcon 9
  MODE Extern
  POS 5.18 -158.21 31.53
  TRACKMODE GlobalFrame
  FOV 40.00
END_CAMERA

BEGIN_HUD
  TYPE Surface
END_HUD

BEGIN_MFD Left
  TYPE Map
  REF Earth
  POS 0.00 0.00
END_MFD

BEGIN_MFD Right
  TYPE Orbit
  PROJ Ship
  FRAME Ecliptic
  REF Earth
END_MFD

BEGIN_SHIPS
Neesys:Neesys
  STATUS Orbiting Earth
  RPOS 3512327.40 -5851.84 6014854.61
  RVEL -5476.376 -4125.734 3195.963
  AROT 117.45 -40.69 0.69
  VROT 0.01 0.01 0.09
  AFCMODE 7
  DOCKINFO 0:0,Dragon 1:0,pma1
  NAVFREQ 0 0
  XPDR 40
END
pma1:Well-pma
  STATUS Orbiting Earth
  RPOS 3512321.14 -5858.46 6014857.67
  RVEL -5476.376 -4125.734 3195.963
  AROT 117.45 -40.69 0.69
  VROT 0.01 0.01 0.09
  AFCMODE 7
  DOCKINFO 0:1,Neesys
  NAVFREQ 0 0
END
DragonC:DRAGONC
  STATUS Orbiting Earth
  RPOS 3512334.52 -5844.50 6014850.78
  RVEL -5476.376 -4125.734 3195.963
  AROT -62.55 40.69 179.31
  VROT -0.01 0.01 -0.09
  RCSMODE 2
  AFCMODE 7
  PRPLEVEL 0:0.980822
  DOCKINFO 0:0,Neesys
  NAVFREQ 0 0
  FSTATE 1
  SPANELS 1
  SPCTRL 1 0.0022
  ANTH 0
END
Falcon 9:F9_M
  STATUS Landed Earth
  POS -80.5771995 28.5619578
  HEADING 90.00
  AFCMODE 7
  PRPLEVEL 0:1.000000
  NAVFREQ 0 0
  FSTATE 1
  FAIRING 1
  COVERS 1
  AUTOP 0
  PAYLOAD 1
  TIME 99.500752
  PRG 0.000000
  APG 0.000000
  LHEAD -1.000000
  PLTYPE 1
END
LC 40:LC
  STATUS Landed Earth
  POS -80.5771995 28.5619578
  HEADING 133.48
  AFCMODE 7
  PRPLEVEL 0:0.999951
  NAVFREQ 0 0
  HLDR 1 0.0000
  FRM 1 0.0000
  RLS 1 0.0000
END
END_SHIPS

BEGIN_ExtMFD
END

 

[Carmen A]

I'll sign up to fly one of the STS missions once I got some orbital flight time. This is good motivation to get orbital mechanics 101 right

PS: As part of the "OFSS II addon compliance package" - multistage2.dll is required as well.

Was investigating a strange crash with my addons.

Suggest adding the : base package (multistage2 + spacecraft2) 050721 for Orbiter build 050216

into the requirements list, as new users like myself may have difficulty troubleshooting.