Recent content by francisdrake

🎶 Hello Darkness, my old friend ... 🎶 Made a set of 'naked' bases near the Lunar South pole, at the positions of the NASA Lunar Site Selection. Despite the sunlight grazing the mountain tops, it is pitch dark down there. PursuitMFD does not work well at high lattitudes.

I visited the South Pole and it is weirder than you think! 😦

The night screenshots are really remarkable! Downloading now. One small comment: I not looking North, maybe include a short hint on the viewing direction. This may improve the overall awareness, on what is shown. Like: "Cyprus, the Middle East and Nile delta, looking South"

The night lights looks absolutely amazing! I used to fast-forward when orbiting over Earths' dark side, but now looking forward to the new night-light textures!

Yes, please feel free to do so. Config files, meshes and textures are in the zip-file of the OrangeSLS. The code I attached below. It is pretty old, was updated to distinguish between an ICPS and a Centaur configuration. The data of the Centaur are those of the Centaur V, used in the...

This is a nice feature, though a bit hidden. First you make a copy of the "f9h_large_fairing.cfg" for your mission, here "f9h_large_fairing_SR.cfg" In this new cfg-file, you change the path to the fairing texture, like FairingTex = FalconHeavy/f9_fair_logo_large_SR.dds You can copy the...

New version 04 can be downloaded from the first post of this thread. What's new: Costum fairing for the FalconHeavy, with a mission logo (thx to Google Gemini :)). Changed the reactor activation key to [G] - Go active. The SpaceReactor has now external inspection lights, turn on with [M]...

Update 03 can be downloaded from the first post. The Ginny helicopter has been improved. It has now whirly blades and a drone-like XR-sound 🎶. Flight behavior needs still some improvement, but is sufficient for basic flying around. When landed the battery (=fuel gauge) is replenished...

That's much better! Thanks a lot! Will switch to a 'blurred prop disc' animation for the high speed rotation.

SpaceReactor stowed on a FaclonHeavy upper stage. Ginny helicopter with landing lights on, picking up some ground dust. Update 03 available as download in the first post of this thread. Some improvements on the Aeroshell mesh and aerodynamic handling. Tried to make the Ginny helicopter...

Small update to Version-01, download from the first post. Sugest to fully remove the previous version, before installing the new one. Or at least empty the Scenario/SpaceReactor folder. New config files Better fitting aerodynamics of the AeroShell. It sinks now faster through the atmosphere...

Left-hand side: The helicopter hanging under the aeroshell, ready to drop. After changing the cross-section and air resistance to more realistic values, avoiding re-contact after the drop becomes an issue. Right-hand side: Ginny flying over the half-burried chute of the aeroshell. Yes, the...

I guess the vessels are docked? When looking into docking port and fuel management, I would propose like this: You can get a dockhandle to the docked vessel with DOCKHANDLE VESSEL::GetDockHandle ( UINT n ) const; Returns a handle to a docking port. Then retrieve a handle to the docked...

SpaceReactor is a proposed interplanetary transport vehicle. It uses nuclear-electric propulsion, powered by a 20 kW(e) reactor at the front end of the boom. It carries an AeroShell lander, with an Ingenuity-class helicopter on board. Note: The launch and TMI scenarios require BrianJ’s...

Would you consider to make the transfer stage, together with the lander? I think they will dock in LEO, or so. It has a large sunshield at the back, to reduce propellant boil-off of both vehicles.