OHM Space Plane Eridanus 1.11

[OrbitHangar]

Author: famandy

“Eridanus” is a fictive manned and reusable spaceplane designed to perform various tasks in Low Earth Orbit: space station building, resupply, manteinance, crew turnaround, solo flights with scientific payloads, etc.
Eridanus can support a crew of seven for over one month

News in 1.11 version

-Docking port bug fixed. Crew creation problem solved. Other minor bugs fixed
-User can now store a secondary payload in the cargo bay
-FOI realtime mission ER-001 scenarios and payloads added

-Small cargo bay animation bug fixed

Required addons:

Vinka’s Multistage2
Vinka’s Spacecraft3 (with Orbiter 2006-P1 patch, included in the package).
Orbiter 2010-P1 requires the “stage.dll” patch (included in the package).
http://users.swing.be/vinka/
 
Quasar Super Heavy Launch Vehicle 2.0 or higher, by Orbiter Forum Italia.
http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=4840
 
Universal MMU 2.0 by dansteph.
http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=3890
 
ASVI base - Capo Passero 1.0 or higher, by Orbiter Forum Italia.
http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=5172

Installation

Simply unzip the content of the new add-on in your Orbiter directory

Eridanus video trailers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG7HARVJZ2M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDp3KuSUM4k&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKO4T9Sf_60&feature=related


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[Scruce]

Can't wait to try this, great addon!

 

[Interceptor]

Thanks,it feels like Xmas.

 

[Interceptor]

Hi Famandy,I found several bugs bug1. I included pic. Hud readout shows up on textures in the backseat area of eridanus.2.Can't use panel switch to close nose cone keep getting message from the master alarm,probe positive contact,or something like that.3.when you check the show grapple points box some of the arrows appear really big instead of small,other than that this addon really rocks. thanks again for all your teams hard work.:tiphat:

 

[fausto]

Bug 1: known.. probably will be fixed in next version
Bug 2: mmh, i thought i fixed it.. i check again
Bug 3: this is not a bug, it's a visual choiche..

Thanks, we take into account
Any other bugs?

 

[astrosammy]

Just getting ready for my first reentry. The problem is that I get a undervolt and temperature warning when I close the bay doors. Does it depend on altitude? Under 350 km it stopped.

In my opinion, the payload system is not that nice. Changing a file is not a problem, but there are better ways. What about a Velcro launcher? This way the payload could be defined in the scenario file, as Eridanus would be a own vessel from the beginning.
A view out of the aft window like Atlantis has would also be cool.

Everything else is perfect! :thumbup:

 

[fausto]

You can close your bay doors just when the perigee is under 100 km (reentry configuration).
Velcro is not in our plans.. the goal is to create a total indipendent vessel, with a dedicated DLL for the launcher.
The aft (do you mean back) windows can be visible. Just use CTRL-ARROWS in the virtual cockpit and you are able to move to all crew positions, including a back one on windows!

 

[K_Jameson]

What about a Velcro launcher? This way the payload could be defined in the scenario file, as Eridanus would be a own vessel from the beginning.

Instead of editing the the scenario file, you must edit the eridanus cfg file... for me, this makes no difference.
anyway... no Velcro. We stand on multistage for now, and then (i can't say exactly when) we move on a dll rocket...

 

[astrosammy]

Just use CTRL-ARROWS in the virtual cockpit and you are able to move to all crew positions, including a back one on windows!

Ah, just pressed the wrong keys, Beautiful!

So I just landed. It glides much better than the Space Shuttle. And the crossrange is HUGE! :speakcool:

 

[fausto]

..So I just landed. It glides much better than the Space Shuttle. And the crossrange is HUGE! :speakcool:

Thanks! This was exactly our goal: a lighter and more agile spaceplane!

 

[Interceptor]

Ok,gentleman in your Eridanus space plane promo2 vid at 0.43,what is that little area with the UmmU,and the computer keyboards on the wall?I didn't notice this in the Eridanus!Thanks

 

[diogom]

Ok,gentleman in your Eridanus space plane promo2 vid at 0.43,what is that little area with the UmmU,and the computer keyboards on the wall?I didn't notice this in the Eridanus!Thanks

The "little area with the Ummu" seems to be the Spacelab-like module, "Caravaggio" (?).

 

[Interceptor]

AH,Thank you Diogom.:tiphat:

 

[diogom]

I checked and its "Dante" BTW.

 

[Interceptor]

Yep, thats the one.Thanks again diogom.

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Ok guys, I am a little confused with the Eridanus payload.cfg.Do I leave it where it installs to the orbiter root,or do I need to move it after I change the config?Thanks

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Nevermind,figured it out.Thanks

 

[Cras]

So far this is a very nice addon. Very useful. Only have done a little with it so far, so a more in depth impression will come a bit later after I get a chance to do a full launch and landing with the vehicle.

BTW, has anyone tried Glideslope for re-entry? This was my primary means of getting the Shuttle Fleet back to Earth, and I find the automatic AoA holding and the turn dampening to be very very useful.

 

[Interceptor]

Hey,Fausto how do you birth a module back into Eridanus bay?

 

[fausto]

Hey,Fausto how do you birth a module back into Eridanus bay?

I don't understand, what do you mean? How to grapple an orbiting module and store it into the cargo bay, isn't it?

 

[astrosammy]

BTW, has anyone tried Glideslope for re-entry? This was my primary means of getting the Shuttle Fleet back to Earth, and I find the automatic AoA holding and the turn dampening to be very very useful.

Tried it and failed. The aerodynamics are just so different. Aerobrake can do the AOA holding, but not very good. I'll try to write some LUA script for that...

 

[fausto]

Tried it and failed. The aerodynamics are just so different. Aerobrake can do the AOA holding, but not very good. I'll try to write some LUA script for that...

There is a long replay in playbacks/Eridanus final pass (KSC) and it shows all reentry procedures!