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    Flight Question Manual Launch of the Shuttle in Orbiter 2016

    Greetings, Does anyone know if there is there a tutorial or some kind of tips & tricks outline available for "manually" launching the shuttle in Orbiter 2016? I found the "autopilot" MFD for launching to a specific orbit (and that works), but the goal is to successfully launch it without using...
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    Is there a tutorial or some kind of tips & tricks outline available for manually launching the...

    Is there a tutorial or some kind of tips & tricks outline available for manually launching the shuttle in Orbiter 2016? I found the "autopilot" MFD for launching to a specific orbit, but the goal is to successfully launch it without using the autopilot MFD.
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    General Question Timer (Sim) Question

    Aw geez, I didn't even notice that the MJD display was a timer. Thank you for pointing it out to me. I don't think it is quite what I am looking for, but I'll consult the documentation and play around with it a bit. What is the unit of time that MJD uses? I don't think it is a second. In...
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    General Question Timer (Sim) Question

    I’m using Order 2006 and flying the shuttle Atlantis. In the upper right corner of the screen, it says “Sim” and there is a timer. When restarting a saved simulation, I noticed that the timer has been reset to zero. Is there a way to restart a saved simulation with the timer starting at the...
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    OrbitMFD Modifying Default MFD Settings

    Apologies for my delay exercising some poor forum etiquette. I asked a question and got some replies, but never expressed any gratitude. I do appreciate the answers and advice that was shared. I also appreciate the interest of everyone who looked at my post. Thank you to all. Beck
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    OrbitMFD Modifying Default MFD Settings

    OK, it looks like a few people have seen my post, but no one has replied yet. Which to me means that one of two things are happening. First, I may not have clearly stated my request or, second, that no one has any suggestions. So I'm following up. If my request is confusing, please let me...
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    OrbitMFD Modifying Default MFD Settings

    I am looking for some help resetting the default value of an MFD and I didn’t see anything the manual. Specifically, I am using Orbiter 2006, flying the Shuttle Atlantis and I would like to change the default setting of the Orbit MFD to change the power up value of the Frame of Reference (Shift...
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    Quindar Tone (Outro - 2475 Hz) 2017-03-30

    Quindar Tones are those “beeps” that were used by NASA during the Apollo missions to aid in communication between spacecraft and Earth.  These files (there are two of them “Intro” and “Outro”) were created based on the technical information (frequency & duration) from Wikipedia...
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    Quindar Tone (Intro - 2525 Hz) 2017-03-30

    Quindar Tones are those “beeps” that were used by NASA during the Apollo missions to aid in communication between spacecraft and Earth.  These files (there are two of them “Intro” and “Outro”) were created based on the technical information (frequency & duration) from Wikipedia...
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    Greetings from Western Wisconsin

    Greetings from Western Wisconsin! I found Orbiter about a year ago and I am interested in using Orbiter in an educational setting. I feel that the variety of add-ons and the ability to define the parameters of a mission would lend themselves to doing exactly that. Up to this point, I have...
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