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  1. Phil Smith

    Question ORB:Connect with Arduino

    Hey guys, Finally have started to play with software side of things of my Simpit and to learn more about programming and networking. My question is how to make Arduino receive/send commands from/to Orbiter via Orb:Connect plugin? My connection is as follows: PC with Orbiter -> ethernet switch...
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    Hardware Image disappears from monitors but backlight is still on

    Hi guys, Last week I've started getting very annoying PC behaviour - when you load the GPU even slightly (watching youtube videos, opening new windows, working in CAD programs, etc.) an image just disappears from monitors, but back light is still on. The PC itself freezes almost instantly...
  3. Phil Smith

    Question External HUD via Ethernet, possible?

    Hey guys, As I've been building my simpit and I'm wondering whether extracting HUD data and sending it over a local Network possible or not? The main thing is ability using raspberry pi + LCD as an external HUD There was an old topic dated back to 2012, showing it is possible to draw a HUD in...
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    Advanced Question A question regarding IMFD GUI.

    Hey guys, Some of you might know I’ve been building the simpit for a while. I would like to incorporate IMFD as a default flight computer but have a question regarding its GUI. In my design I need to shuffle MFD’s buttons around to accommodate hardware buttons arrangement (see Fig. 03)...
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    G-Seat with Orbiter

    Hey guys, Just curious, is it possible to make a g-seat working with Orbiter? Have some ambitious ideas using that one in my sim pit (which is still being build btw, very slooowly though, updates to follow): https://bergisons.simpit.info/motion-integrated-g-seat Theoretically all accelerations...
  6. Phil Smith

    The Universal Flight Simulator

    Hey guys! As mentioned in another topic I've decided to start new one related to my sim-pit build. Little introduction. The Universal Flight Simulator will consist of several logical modules: 1) 2x 15" Primary MFDs; 2) 1x 10" AUX MFD (Vehicle monitoring); 3) Atmospheric side stick for...
  7. Phil Smith

    Software Emulating Thrustmaster Cougar MFD Panels

    Hey guys! I'm in the process of making custom MFD panels using two 15" IBM 6636-AB2 monitors with Raspberry Pi and 18x18 / 24x18 mm momentary push buttons for controlling (2 screens, with 2 2MFD each). For displaying MFD itself I use "VNCMFD" module...
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    Help me please to identify a video

    Hey guys! Just surfing the net I've found this short clip: https://app.box.com/s/1o4uxjr4bb2rejiuf5b8lv11dqrq604x Please help me identify the movie / music video where it was cut from! That afro is outrageous! Bigger than Undercover brother had! LOL Cheers!
  9. Phil Smith

    Help me please to identify this french song

    Hey guys!:hello: I and my wife heard one french song on the TV performed by great Charles Aznavour and she liked it very much. Unfortunately, the channel gave the song a wrong title - "Emmenez-Moi", cause we found this one and it obviously doesn't match at all, both musically and rhythmically...
  10. Phil Smith

    Need some help - coordinate systems

    Hey guys, I'm in the process of writing a trajectory simulation software (on c++, using Runge-Kutta RK4 method) and now it's time to go beyond "Launch site coordinate system".. I spent a few days figuring out converting them to Geocentric coordinates, but maybe there are some good books on this...
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    Request Any 6-degrees Attitude Indicator MFD?

    Hey guys! :tiphat: I wonder if is there any Attitude Indicator (old school version, like Apollo or Gemini had) or something like a Kerbal space program's NavBall? It would be great to have such MFD (special in some SimPit) like this: As far as I know, guys from NASSP mega-addon could do...
  12. Phil Smith

    Solving system of motion equations. Need help

    Hey guys! I try to figure out how to make ballistic calculations for a real launch vehicle (a good ol' backyard rocketry project with dreams of put 15 kilos in LEO :lol: ). I've integrated basic equations of motion (just in 3 degree of freedom system for now) and have a problems to solve that...
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    Question Modelling my launch vehicle in Orbiter

    Hi everybody! So I got an idea of building the amateur launch vehicle and I wanna modelling this one in Orbiter to prove my hand calculations (I guess Orbiter is pretty good in that). But I cant do it myself. So can anybody help me? It's pretty simple - two stages and a little tiny sattelate (M...
  14. Phil Smith

    RIP JOHN LORD..

    Today I was shocked by one terrible news. THE GREAT John Lord is dead today in age of 71.. Jon Lord - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia He was one of those musicians who inspired me play music. On of the most key charismatic person of Deep Purple. I can't believe. He's gone. So, what can I say...
  15. Phil Smith

    Calculation of Tubular-wall thrust chamber

    When I've been started to design thrust chamber one question appeared. As you know tubular wall has different cross-sections along the chamber length. So how I can calculate tube dims at any section of chamber? In the beginning we have some parameters: number of tubes - 166; outside tube...
  16. Phil Smith

    Building tube guitar amplifier

    So my second huge hobby along with the rocketry and space is music, guitar. So I play it long time and always search for "the best" sound. And one day I decided to build guitar power amp myself. after half-year work I've finished it and it works. Perfectly. Now I've been building my second amp...
  17. Phil Smith

    Launch vehicle calculations

    So long time ago I found myself in rocketry and now I think about Launch vehicle project for little satellite (about 2-10 lbs). Just in theory for a while. And I've read a lot of books and projects descriptions and didn't figured out one question: how i can find required propellant masses at...
  18. Phil Smith

    St Peterburg's museum of Space flights.

    Last February I and my wife was in St. Petegburg, Russia. and i couldn't just skip this so special place such as museum of rocket propulsion!:lol: So Ive made some photos of rocket engines, wanna share with you guys and i hope you like it:thumbup: PS - ENJOY :D
  19. Phil Smith

    Home cockpit for Orbiter

    O-F Staff note: thread moved to simpit forum. ------------------- Hi!:tiphat: So I got an idea. I'm very impressed by Boeing 737 cockpit for flight simulators: http://www.jetmax.ca/ and immediately imaged same thing for orbiter, for DG IV or other spacecraft. for beginning we can make cockpit...
  20. Phil Smith

    Question Modelling the rocket

    hey guys. i've got the model of rocket with textures in 3d max so i wanna to put it into ORBITER. i'm rookie in that game modelling but i got big experience in 3d addons for another games (ex. for GTA) this is one-staged rocket with payload at the top. the stage has one single-chamber engine...
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