I won't redistribute the meshes, I'll just list the required add ons in the readme. For the Apollo launch scenarios, AMSO will be required for the launch tower. I might also try to include the landing sites from AMSO in the scenarios that simulate landing missions.
NASSP 6.4.3 will be required for the Saturn rocket models. Skylab1973 v2.1 and Skylab B pack will also be required for those launch scenarios that I've created.
Kev Shanow's 1B Milkstand for NASSP 6.4.2 will be required for Saturn IB launches from LC-39. This should be installed before you install Skylab B pack because in that pack there's a fix for an error in that original Milkstand add on.
And, of course, Multistage2015 will be required.
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Funny about the AMSO meshes, I did actually try to use them.
I call it, the flying garbage dump.
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I've perfected the Saturn V first stage pitch program. The Saturn V first stage followed a dummy launch profile, similar to the original guidance files for Multistage2 add ons. Starting at 13 seconds GET, the Saturn V rolled to the proper heading and pitched over at a set rate until it was at a certain flight angle just before staging. After the tower was jettisoned, the smart auto pilot would take over and steer the rocket towards the proper orbit. That is simulated here.
I've simulated the ullage motors on the Saturn V interstage ring and the S-IVB on both the Saturn V and the Saturn IB. The NASSP 6 Saturn V interstage ring has eight ullage motors on it. Only Apollo 4 and Apollo 6 had all eight ullage motors on the interstage ring. The number of motors was reduced to four for Apollo 8 and eliminated entirely starting with Apollo 15, that is simulated here (the interstage ring mesh will be the same in all the Saturn V scenarios but only the correct number of motors will fire).
Starting with Apollo 9, the F-1 engines were uprated from 1.5 million lbf each to 1.522 million lbf each. The S-IC burn time was also increased from about 2 minutes and 30 seconds to about 2 minutes and 40 seconds, this is simulated here.
Starting with Apollo 10, the center engine of the S-II was shut down at 7 minutes and 40 seconds GET. This, I believe, was in an attempt to fix an issue that plagued the S-II throughout its entire career, POGO oscillations. When the tanks in the S-II would reach a certain level, the vibrations of the engines would cause the stage to resonate and POGO would occur. The center engine shutting down early was (as I understand it) to cut down these vibrations and hopefully keep the S-II structure from resonating. The POGO issue would rear its ugly head again on Apollo 13, causing the center engine to oscillate so badly that it gulped a big bubble of gas and forced the IU to shut it down 2 minutes early. This will be simulated.
Next on my to-do list:
Mach effects
LOX venting effects
Historically accurate Saturn IB first stage guidance profile.
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Also, each launch will have its own countdown audio.