Project Soyuz TMA development

[Thorton]

For my ISS project i've decided to make new Soyuz TMA spacecraft

New Soyuz will include following features:
- completely new visual model
- controlled & ballistic reentry implementation
- impulse RCS system
- sun tracking mode
- power system implementation
- realistic detach sequence before reentry
- realistic parachute stage

First screenshots:

 

[Urwumpe]

Will it have a VC? (And will it have UMMU?)

 

[Thorton]

There will be VC but not in first version. My goal for first release is create TMA better that existing.

 

[Urwumpe]

Well, that will not be too hard. We have many TMA add-ons, but not all do the TMA good in all aspects. Your add-on already looks far better than most from the visual side, so I can promise you a good start.

Can you make the rendezvous radar antenna animated? For example the spiral seek pattern during acquisition?

 

[Thorton]

Kurs 2AO-VKA antenna is animated already.

 

[simonpro]

Whatever happened to that October Sky addon project? Did it ever get released?

 

[Oceanic]

looks fantastic, can't wait for it.

 

[MJR]

Whatever happened to that October Sky addon project? Did it ever get released?

Good question. I have been wondering that for months ever since I heard about it.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Really nice work!:speakcool:

Well done!!!

 

[isda]

marvelous job

 

[Thorton]

My progress so far:

Soyuz reentry module before and after reentry

 

[garyw]

Lovely stuff. Looking forward to this one!

 

[jgrillo2002]

Question. does this have UMMU support. if so we can use the ISS UMMU to transport people

 

[Thorton]

No. I make TMA as addition to my ISS addon and my ISS doesnt have UMMU support because of some UMMU EVA limitations. So TMA doesnt have UMMU support too.

 

[SPQR]

Your screenshots look really amazing :speakcool:

Will you give your dll a different name in order to prevent addon conflicts or will you give tour TMA the same name as CVEL's, thus becoming an improved "default TMA" ?

 

[Thorton]

This TMA doesnt affect to any other addons.

 

[Graham2001]

Good question. I have been wondering that for months ever since I heard about it.

Not sure, last entry on the blog of one of the developers was April 1, 2008 and it gives no indication of why the project was halted.

 

[kklim]

Not sure, last entry on the blog of one of the developers was April 1, 2008 and it gives no indication of why the project was halted.

I remember that they once said that it will come out on Tuesday...:lol: lol

 

[isda]

Question... is this tma be able to launch atop Mustard's soyuz series from B_LC1_pad5 ? or it has its own launcher and launch base

 

[Thorton]

At this time its completely incompatible with Mustard's Soyuz launcher, because this launcher is inaccurate and unrealistic.
I will use modified Soyuz launcher from Project R-7.