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Hello, Working through the Apollo 2 scenario. I'm 5+46 into the flight, after SPS-1. I was looking ahead on the MFD Checklist to find where I'm supposed to launch Spider, and I see that the checklist expects me to be conducting the rendezvous at 22:25. But looking at the RTCC Inputs guidance...

Hello, I thought I'd give the Apollo 2 mission a try, and I hit a glitch right away. Immediately after liftoff the LES fires and the CM separates from the launch vehicle. I experimented a bit. Obviously turning the EDS switch off avoids the abort. More specifically if I leave the EDS in Auto...

Yes, I made sure to grab the D3D9 client for Beta version. Everything else seems to be working normally, the DG Glider, NASSP, etc. Only the XR-2 seems to be affected. And once I take off and raise the gear the symbol is gone, so it's not that big a deal. I'd just like to understand what's going...

Hello, Finally replaced the old computer I had been using, and I'm slowly re-installing all the Orbiter downloads I used to have. One issue I'm having is with the XR-2 when using Orbiter Beta. Initially when opening a scenario on the runway the XR-2 was tilted about 30 degrees. I saw a fix for...

OK, I tried switching to the Orbiter-NG version, downloaded the D3D9 client, and in this configuration I get the ecliptic and celestial grids, along with the constellation lines. Additionally, using the built-in graphics engine I was getting hundreds of tiny black triangles all over the earth's...

Hello, Just finished installing Orbiter 2016 onto a new computer. Everything seems to be up and running, but I was unable to get Orbiter Sound 5.0 to work. The download and installation seemed to go OK, Orbiter Sound showed up in the Modules section (I checked the box), and the configuration...

Hello, I just finished installing Orbiter 2016 onto a new computer. Everything seems to be up and running fine, except that when I select Planetarium mode (F9), I am unable to get the ecliptic or celestial grids to display. I have both selected on the dialog, but I'm not seeing anything. I also...

No I haven't. I'll check them out.

Hello. I'd like some information about any Orbiter 2016 add-on's for the STS. For a few years I've been enjoying the (Incredible!) NASSP Apollo simulation. But I've reached a point where I'm repeating the Apollo missions, and though I haven't mastered Apollo I thought I'd take a break and try...

FWIW I skipped over the check and pressed on with the rest of the reentry and didn't see any problem with the CM RCS.

Hello, I'm getting ready for re-entry on Apollo 11. I'm following the PAMFD Checklist steps to check the CM RCS, and when I'm checking the ring 2 thrusters I seem to get a stuck thruster. Could someone take a look at this save, and tell me what I've configured incorrectly? Thanks

No, I didn't install any updates. My laptop seems to create some issues now and then, for instance at some point during my last simulation (Apollo 13) Orbiter started crashing if I tried to open a saved scenario without first completely exiting and restarting Orbiter. And again here with...

Fresh launch. I went back to a save at 121+58 to follow along a little more closely. I'm on the bottom of SUR-48 waiting for the CSM SV uplink. The PAMFD checklist is following the actual SUR checklist at this point. But after the AGS UPDATE on the top of SUR-49, the PAMFD checklist for some...

Good Morning, Running through the Apollo 11 PAMFD LM Surface Checklist to get ready for liftoff, and following along with the actual Surface checklist. Somehow at about 123:10 the PAMFD checklist kicks me into running a P52, pretty sure we want P57 here (SUR-55)? Did I mash a wrong button...

Thanks for the .scn. But I tried uplinking the corrected RLS just before starting P63 (per rcflyinghokie's suggestion) and that worked great, at pitchover I was looking right at West crater.

Hello, The Apollo 11 Surface Checklist (and PAMFD Checklist) refer to the YO YO, but reading through the Lunar Surface Journal I don't see any mention of it except for a editor's comment at 111:22:34, "Later crews will wear a device called the yo-yo...". I'm just curious if the 11 crew...

Hello, I'm running the Apollo 11 flight again. I downloaded ggalfi's landing site textures hoping to see West crater etc, but the simulation is putting me down well short of the area incorporating his textures. I'm guessing this was the originally planned landing site? I know that Eagle ended up...

Hey, I'm in the water! Splashdown Update worked like a charm, I was able to get the entry PAD and the REFSMMAT, the P52 opt 1 alignment went well, and the rest of the re-entry went ok, no major issues. I'll probably take it back to just prior to SM SEP, and try to run through it all without...

Before the SM SEP I was able to go through the MCC-7 calculation and then generate an Entry PAD. After the separation, I'm unable to. I've spent three mornings playing with this and can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. I've tried doing it in both the CM and LM. In both cases the simulation...

OK making progress. As discussed I've powered Main B. SM SEP is completed, continuing through the power up. Issues that have cropped up along the way: . As mentioned earlier, during the CM RCS preheat I need the FLT BUS powered to see anything on the P101 test meter. . I needed Direct RCS to...