Recent content by HazMatt

Delta Glider Checklist Print out this checklist and use it as you would in a real aircraft. For the Orbiter 2010 default Delta Glider.   Your choice of paper sizes: 8.5" x 11" or A4 size. Print out the appropriate size and fold each page on the line. Staple the pages together to form a...

Thanks, that frame is made from plastic PVC pipe, and lumber from a home improvement store. It is the DIY Roll-Away Flight Simulator: http://www.rogerdodger.net/diyflightsims/e420_roll-away.html Full disclosure: that's my website, and I sell stuff. I've been very careful to never spam this...

The arrow pointing towards your screen is literally forward, as if your desk was a vehicle. But you can assign that button to be up. You have your choice depending on how you want it.

DIY Keyboard Modification v2.0: Orbiter 2010 This is an easy modification to a standard USB keyboard and keypad. It labels and relocates the commands in Orbiter 2010 in an organized way. For example the throttle buttons are grouped together as are the autopilot buttons and the view buttons...

I agree. I'm going to speculate about Kerbal Space Program because I've only watched YouTube videos about it, I haven't actually played it, but I believe KSP has the ability to gain and hold a kid's attention much better than Oribiter. I think KSP has great potential for teaching physics and...

They loved it the flight simulator, especially compared to the other activity that was happening at the time. While two kids took their turn at the simulator, the other kids were doing a different, less stellar, activity. With each pair of kids, we had one working as the pilot, and the other as...

The day camp was open to 7 to 12 years old. I think the girl was the oldest, she was 11 or 12.

We brought our mobile DIY Space Sim to a summer day camp for kids. We coached them through a variety of tasks, including: * Maneuvering with the RCS * A launch from the Moon's surface and into orbit * Circularizing an orbit * Definitions: apoapsis, periapsis, prograde, retrograde, translation...

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