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So I'm back (at least temporarily) after a long hiatus. Looks like times have been good in my absence. Orbiter 2010 is awesome.:tiphat: I've been playing with Lua a bit, because I want to experiment with writing autopilots, but I don't want to deal with c++. Unfortunately I've been having...

I was under the impression that the big idea behind OGLA was writing a free (as in speech) graphics module for Orbiter. If I'm right about that, it would seem logical that I'd be able to find the source code somewhere, but sadly, I can't. Also, assuming OGLA is free software, what sort of...

When you start a scenario, does Orbiter use the method outlined at the end of the manual, or something even more sophisticated (the take-THAT-Kepler method, for example)? And during the simulation, are the positions of the planets and such calculated in the same way as the vessels (i.e...

For aircraft like the F-22 or the B-2, when they want to be stealthy, they obviously can't talk on the radio, with an omnidirectional antenna that is, because they'll be detected from their radio transmission. However, could they (or do they already) use things like masers or strongly...

I have a rather basic question. It's not exactly math or physics, but I wasn't sure where else to put it, so here goes: With smaller vehicles, like the Apollo and Soyuz capsules, it's easy to see how astronauts get in: they open the hatch, get in, move a few feet to their seats, and sit down...

A few weeks ago, I taught a 3 hour class about partially about spaceflight in general, and partially about Orbiter, at a weekend thing called Splash. I'm just wondering If I got anyone interested enough to join the forum. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, or you attended but wish to...

Hi, I recently got a new computer, and orbiter works fine, mostly. However, whenever I load the XR2, all the places on the body where a custom skin should go are black, and on the XR5, they are white. I've had the XR5 working before on other computers, so I know this is an issue with the...

I recently got a new computer and installed Fedora 9 as the sole operating system on it. It does everything I want, except for running Orbiter. So I installed VMware Workstation on it and Windows XP inside of that, and then Orbiter. Everything renders fine except for the cloud layer, which is...

I was walking at about 2:45 am (give or take, local time) in Cambridge, MA, and I happened to see something streak across the sky. It glowed white, and left a bright orange trail, and broke up into at least 3 pieces before going dark. Is more likely to have been a reentering satellite, or a...

This question crossed my mind recently: how does the F-35 balance while hovering? The only way I can think of for something to balance with no forward velocity is to vary the downward thrust in various places around it's center of gravity. Helicopters do this by changing the angle of attack of...

Hi, I just discovered version 1.0 of Orulex, and it would be really cool if world_studio.exe worked correctly. Unfortunately, it doesn't. Here are the three (possibly related) problems I'm having: 1. The Map is just white, but it does have the crosses for the sun, the camera, and most of the...

Does anybody here know anything more than Wikipedia about utilizing the Interplanetary Transportation Network to get anywhere with very low energy expenditure? It sounds cool, but I don't know were to begin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interplanetary_Transport_Network

Is there a way to use TransX to navigate to a vessel, such as the ISS, or a satellite in GEO, rather than a planet/moon? If not, who should I beg if I want this feature in the next version?

I was wondering if anybody else has made any addons for personal use only, and if so, what they are. I've made a base with a 5 kilometer long runway, a paralell taxiway, 5 landing pads, a VAB, an Energia launchpad, a model of my house (the measurements and location are taken from Google Earth...

I've been thinking about making some addons, but the main two things preventing me from doing so have been my dual lack of 3D modeling skills, and time. I think I've come up with a solution to the first problem though: Alibre Designer. It's a remarkably easy (and free) CAD program. However, I...