Orbiter 2010 - Learn With Me #2 (Part 4) - Coasting to Saturn / Midcourse Correction

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Published on October 13, 2012 7:46:46 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYI4bTwlxII

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In this video, I have already completed the Ejection burn for going to Saturn. Now I just need to warp time ahead until I get far enough along in the journey to complete a Midcourse Correction.

Playlist: Playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPu_SHPaJzs6btFofXYSS_Hh73RIJzcAG

Unfortunately I overwrote the Quicksave that would have gone along with this part of the video, so I don't have a scenario to provide. If you followed along with the last part, you can just continue along with me from there. I will have another scenario to go along with the next part though.

A noteworthy point I took away from this part of the journey:

1. TransX seems to have more reliable targeting when you perform your Ejection burn from a relatively high orbit. I'm guessing this has to due with the math model stuff. Normally, when you do your Ejection burn from low orbit, you'll have quite a bit of inaccuracy as you pull out of the gravity well of the body. But when you perform the Ejection burn from high orbit, it seems as though you have much less "drift" within TransX as you pull away from the body.

After recording this series of videos, I started a thread on Orbiter-Forum to find out how I could add a landing pad on Phobos. You can see that thread here:

http://orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?t=29129

After a bit of discussion, "dgatsoulis" created an amazing base which has 3 landing pads and a loading area on top of an elevated platform. The landing pads make it quite a bit easier to find your target and land on Phobos because you can use the VOR/VTOL MFD. And the elevated platform makes landings look a lot nicer because you don't have half of your vessel disappearing into the mesh.

It's a great add-on. If you plan to visit Phobos, I highly recommend checking it out:
http://orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=5867



Add-on MFD's that I tend to use the most:

AeroBrakeMFD: http://orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=2139
BaseSyncMFD: http://koti.mbnet.fi/jarmonik/Orbiter.html (scroll to the bottom of the page)
Burn Time Calculator: http://orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=4530
Launch MFD: http://orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=2802
Glideslope MFD: http://orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=2763

Other Add-on MFD's that I don't use often, but I like them for their specific purpose:

Attitude MFD: http://orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=3165
Interplanetary MFD 5.5: http://koti.mbnet.fi/jarmonik/Orbiter.html
Rendezvous MFD: http://orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=1199
LunarTransferMFD: http://koti.mbnet.fi/jarmonik/Orbiter.html

Note, the version of TransX that comes bundled with Orbiter 2010 has a known bug that causes it to draw the graphics improperly. You can read about the problem here:

http://www.orbiter-forum.com/project.php?issueid=564

To work around this bug, I am using TransX 3.13.1.2, which I downloaded from here:

http://orbiter.quorg.org/releases

Orbiter is a free space simulator by Martin Schweiger. Visit the main Orbiter website here:

http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk

Download Orbiter here:

http://orbitersimulator.com/orbiter-2010-downloads/

XR2 Ravenstar by Doug Beachy

http://www.alteaaerospace.com

Be sure to visit the Orbiter online community:

http://www.Orbiter-Forum.com

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