OFSS Project Discussions

[PhantomCruiser]

I had the same problem. I cheated and edited the scenario by hand. I'm at work now so I can't look to be sure, but I think you need to add this...
ATTACHED 2:0,p3p4
to the P5 section. It's in the manual...

 

[Hmuda]

Thanks, found it, I'm on it.

---------- Post added at 02:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:45 PM ----------

Mission finished, SCN posted. Took the liberty and deployed the panels and engaged sun-tracking.

The station is comming along nicely, but it's getting too much of a resource hog for my computer, so this was my last mission. Thanks for the opportunity. Can't wait to see it finished.

 

[Adelanthal]

RMS reach issues

Okay, I may be just being dense, but I can't get the RMS-1 to reach into the XR-5 bay to remove the PV array components from the parked position. Moving from the parked position just moves the base THROUGH the attached module, not along it. Am I just doing something wrong? If not, what's the general consensus for unloading parts right now? Hovering the XR-5 nearby to pluck the parts from the bay and then docking? Ejecting the parts towards the station and grabbing them as they fly by? EVAing an MMU and hand-flying the part to the RMS? This last is rather rough on the poor EVA astronaut as those parts are HEAVY. It's just a bit ... odd for me at this point.

 

[PhantomCruiser]

I went EVA to attach the P5, wrestled into position and mated it to P3P4.
Faced at the thought of my poor astronaut doing all that again, I ejected the P6 from the payload bay, then caught it with the RMS.
I ran the mission a second time, this time I'd installed another RMS in the cargo bay of the XR-5 (I called it "Waldo"). Then I used Waldo to "hand" the modules over to the station RMS. I only used an EVA spotter to supervise.
For an added challange, try using an EVA astronaut and the internal view from the recreation module only (no hitting [F1] and spinning around to get a good view). It took me about 6 orbits, and it never failed... As soon as I got close to where I needed to be, the station would be crossing the terminator into night.

 

[Hmuda]

I ejected the modules at the lowest speeds, right after I positioned the RMS. With those kinds of speeds, it was easy to grab the slowly drifting components.

 

[Adelanthal]

Okay, I feel better now; I spent literally an entire orbit wrestling P6 into position; gonna refly the mission and try something else...

 

[Woo482]

I've uploaded the next mission to Orbit-Hangar so n122vu can practice the flight and so I can fix any problems that are found. you can download it from the normal place, [ame="http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=4469"]here[/ame]

---------- Post added 02-15-10 at 01:33 PM ---------- Previous post was 02-14-10 at 11:11 PM ----------

update:
Unfortunately n122vu is unable to fly, so we'll need to find another pilot and possibly delay the mission by a day or so, If you want to fly and haven't flown in a while please say so

 

[Revolpathon]

shame that the space shuttle is beyond my skills, but i'm sure there are others around who can fly it.

 

[Zatnikitelman]

Since it looks like you're down a pilot, I can fly this one. Shuttle and I get along ok. The best day for me to do it is on Thursday as that's my earlier day off from college.

 

[Woo482]

Ok then :thumbup: I dont see any problems with you flying it since no one else has offered.

 

[PhantomCruiser]

Very nice mission, and tricky work with both manipulator arms. I used Shuttle's arm to hand-off to the stations arm. I almost "virtually" ripped off the antenna from the ESAStar, had to stop, move the URMS, then retract the antenna before proceeding.
These missions are lots of fun, and what I enjoy the most is figuring out how to get part "X", from position "A", to position "B" without cheating too much (not cheating at all is awesome).
I suppose that's just a very minute (minute=small, not minute=60 seconds) glimpse at the stress that the real mission planners go through. And why it take thousands of man hours to train for the real deal.

 

[Adelanthal]

Okay, I'm sure that I'm the bane of the virtual post-flight service technicians. The shuttle lands on the proper runway, but at 290 mph and 2.5 m/s vertical speed... The gear survives, but it's ... less than pleasant for everyone involved... Really gotta work on those final approaches, especially since I'm WELL off-plane rolling into short final.

 

[PhantomCruiser]

Oh no dude, I've heard much worse. One of the guys has a new island made from crashed spacecraft near Wideawake. It's all good...
My first time trying to bring the shuttle back had me recovering in a whole different hemisphere from where I was aiming.
It wasn't a water landing, but a very smooth touchdown in Nowheresville, Africa. :lol:

 

[radekpl]

What about to deliver one or two stations arms in special mission 30a or in next mission? This station arm is in pack we have installed (Pack Nebulus by Mustard)

Because now is immpossible to reach all destination. Specially mission 29 was completed only by astronauts.
And for me mission 30 was cheating (Shuttle Arm throught module and rotation 180° automatically during docking), but I will try it once more by steps as PhantomCruiser described.

 

[Woo482]

I'll try and get another arm up soon, just not sure what mission I should send it up on

 

[PhantomCruiser]

Hmm, would moving the existing arm to the truss ass'y help? I think it would have the reach to get nearly everywhere. At worst, you'd still need to hand over a module from the shuttle up to the stations arm. But that's not difficult in the least bit.

Any mission where the shuttle has to take the RMS (on it's port side) and hand something over the right (starboard) side has been challanging and fun to figure out.

Perhaps we could use Buran? Didn't it have two arms?

 

[radekpl]

Bug?

Another question pilots,
Did you have same problem in mission 29 and 30 like me?
Wrong Platform moving?

 

[PhantomCruiser]

That happened to me also. We have an acronym for that here at work STAR. "S--t, that aint right". It you press the [P], that will "park" the platform and the blue and red button will be grey'd out. You'll still have a range of motion, but the base won't slide up and down.

 

[Woo482]

I didn't notice that, it'll be fixed in the next mission pack

 

[Adelanthal]

Yeah, that magic base through the module thing has been bugging me since it was moved to the new location; I've just been treating it as a fixed arm.