OHM Velcro Drop tanks for the XR2 RavenStar (Fixed)

[OrbitHangar]

Author: frost

3x 500 Gallon & 2x 1,000 Gallon fuel tanks for the XR2 to ascend above 20 km and accelerate to at least Mach 3 for scram engine cruise up to mach 20. Then back over to the main liquid fueled rocket engines for orbit. These Fuel tanks are part of Sputnik's Velcro Rockets v1.11 A Config override of the XR2 is included for a more realistic flight experience. So be sure to set AF control to pitch for takeoff. And yes the scram fuel tanks are Payload only.

However if you want to use the same fuel type for all engines: rstarkov's Refuel MFD is really nice for cross feeding. But it crashes the simulator when the drop tanks auto delete after being jettisoned as they register as internal tanks. Simply activate that MFD after they jettison to avoid the crash.

Another option would be to feed some of the fuel from the drop tanks into the scram engines, but in the real world; they would melt off of the orbiter and explode!

To drop the tanks manually: Set focus (F3) to any tank you want to jettison and press J. Or you can preset them in the scenario file to jettison automatically; either on MECO or when empty.
JETT_ON_MECO 1
JETT_ON_EMPTY 1
The setting in this scenario is to jettison on MECO so mind your throttle below 20 km at under mach 3

Fixes:
Scenario file replaced with the correct one
Config file updated to allow normal refueling
Main fuel payload replaced with 2nd scram payload
External tank feeds rebalanced for even flow rates




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[romanasul]

Excellent, i've been looking for something that makes the XR series more realistic.

 

[Pipcard]

Excellent, i've been looking for something that makes the XR series more realistic.

You can try [ame="http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=4219"]this[/ame].

 

[Ripley]

Everybody knows, or has heard of Altea Aerospace of course, but those links in the OH add-on (dougsorbiterpage.com) are quite old and not-working!

 

[Lisias]

I'm getting a problem while starting this Scenario.

In 9 of each 10 times, the gears collapse in the very instance I unpause the simulation. My guessing is the extra weight due the fuel tanks - but such thing wold be had detect by the author.

Anyone else had experienced this?

 

[Frost]

I'm getting a problem while starting this Scenario.

In 9 of each 10 times, the gears collapse in the very instance I unpause the simulation. My guessing is the extra weight due the fuel tanks - but such thing wold be had detect by the author.

Anyone else had experienced this?

Must be another mod more sensitive to stress on the gears.

---------- Post added at 08:24 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:14 AM ----------

Everybody knows, or has heard of Altea Aerospace of course, but those links in the OH add-on (http://www.dougsorbiterpage.com/index.html) are quite old and not-working!

Thanks for the heads up Ripley. The link now goes to the Altea download page.

---------- Post added at 08:39 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:24 AM ----------

You can try this.

Or you could launch it from the NASA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft