ACSoft
AMSO Founder
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Hello the.punk
Yes, all the different possible procedures for the LM landing are accurate. The programs which are used into AMSO are even based on the same algorithm's of the real LM computer program's. You can read more information's about that, into the document "Orbiter\doc\AMSO\Apollo Powered Descent Guidance.doc" written by LazyD, the author of these program's.
Please also read into the user manual, chapter "AUTOPILOT", the paragraph's decribing the program's P63, P64, P65, P66. So you will know how these landing program's are implemented into AMSO and figure out how to use them.
During P64 (approach phase), astronaut would have had the possibility to change the landing target. In AMSO, this is simulated with the arrow keys, when you can read "CHANGE TARGET" on the display. A small blinking graphic dot mark the actual landing target and you will see it immediately changing location, when you use the the arrow keys during this phase, while the LM immediately and continuously correct accordingly the flight trajectory. Try it. It is really interesting to see the LM reaction. Of course, in the reality, it would have been a bit more complicate to change the target than just to press arrow keys, but the principe would have been the same.
I used the conditional, because, to my knowledge, this possibility of modifying the target and let the LM to land automatically, was NEVER used in the reality. For all missions, they used the P66 (manual landing) program which is also simulated in AMSO, but much more difficult to achieve. Nevertheless, try also this method. It is really rewarding, the first time you will succeed in a perfect manual landing. User manual description of P66 tell you all what you need to know to do it.
Have fun !!!
