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Part 4: Read Between The Lines

Posted 04-17-2013 at 03:03 AM by MaverickSawyer
Updated 04-17-2013 at 03:54 PM by MaverickSawyer

Beneath The Wing, Part 4: Read Between The Lines

Looking around the ramp at an airport, the first thing that sticks out is all the hustle and bustle of operations. However, if you look closely, you can see that certain paint lines can impact how aircraft, crews, and support equipment are moved around.

In the picture below, I have shown the four most common color patterns that I interacted with:
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There and Back Again: An Orbinauts first flight beyond Earth Orbit

Posted 04-15-2013 at 01:45 AM by BruceJohnJennerLawso
Updated 04-15-2013 at 01:53 AM by BruceJohnJennerLawso

Hello out there,

Been thinking about trying out this new "blog" thingy, and I figured that someone might find the story of my first two flights rather interesting. So gather round for a tale of stupidity, luck, and a very memorable flight.

So anyways, to the best of my recollection, I discovered Orbiter in about February-March 2012. I found the link to this amazing program while fuming over my inability to get the ancient Microsoft Space Simulator running...
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Playing with simple autopilots

Posted 04-10-2013 at 07:19 PM by george7378

Hi everyone!

I've been trying to improve my 3D Moon landing sim over the past few weeks and one thing I wanted to try and get right was autopilots. Nothing fancy - just simple AP functions like Killrot, Horizon level and Attitude hold - things which are useful while you're doing a manual descent to the Moon. The first AP I tried to create was the simplest - Killrot. Here was my initial thought:

- When the user activates Killrot, measure the lander's angular velocity...
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flying over to dads' erm.. house?

Posted 04-09-2013 at 11:41 AM by Moach

he lives on a boat!
currently off the coast of Turks 'n Caicos Islands - where i shall join the fun later today!

i've never been aboard thus far... my sister did thrice already, so on i went for my turn at what's promptly become my family's most popular vacation spot

right now i'm stationed at the KMIA airport hotel (which has a pretty awesome breakfast) waiting out the mother of all layovers - from touchdown yesterday 6pm to wheels up today at 12:55...
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Beneath the Wings Focus: CRJ 200

Posted 04-08-2013 at 12:52 AM by MaverickSawyer
Updated 04-08-2013 at 09:01 PM by MaverickSawyer

Beneath The Wing, Aircraft Focus #1: CRJ-200

Manufactured by: Bombardier.
Seating: 50+4 crew.
Powerplant: 2 8,729 lbf (38.83 kN) CF34-3B1 turbofans.
Production status: ended
No. Produced: 1021

Overview

The CRJ-200 was an update to the previously existing CRJ-100, and provided an increase in takeoff weight and range. The design originated from the Canadair CL601 Challenger corporate aircraft, and therefor has many similarities....
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