Discussion Buran anniversary.

[Yuri_Gagarin]

HAppy bday buran. Ah the energia memories. Thanks buran. You will not be forgotten. R.I.P :rofl::facepalm::tiphat::tiphat::hello::lol::thumbup::rofl:

 

[IronRain]

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q7ZVXOU3kM"]Urbex | Abandoned Soviet Space Shuttles (Buran) in Baikonur - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Phil Smith]

Hey'all!

happy birthday to this wonderful machine!:thumbup:

Some shop drawings from I've found on the web:

Fuselage Frame #7:
https://app.box.com/s/5bein2umpni6dxfirv5emi9rqtuv5p3d

Fuselage Frame #24:
https://app.box.com/s/vgt7q8r93ga73dcsjk7ietiix7zuhuza

Wing rib #3:
https://app.box.com/s/jauicuu5mtp35wu1k1qnux2hginapk2e

Cheers!

 

[barrygolden]

A sad end to a great program. Would have like to see them fly

 

[4throck]

It did fly automated... That's no small achievement, a reusable, automated space-plane.
The Shuttle couldn't do that... and that's no easy task.

 

[GLS]

It did fly automated... That's no small achievement, a reusable, automated space-plane.
The Shuttle couldn't do that... and that's no easy task.

Actually (theoretically) it could, they just chose not to do wire somethings to the GPCs, thus humans are (ermm, were...) needed. Perhaps it was a similar situation to this:
:rofl:

 

[Urwumpe]

Maybe it was also related to the fact, that the ground segment of the MLS was never really fully operational, and NASA only operated a reduced subset of the navigation system as MSBLS for the final approach, which meant a small gap for all pre-GPS shuttles in precision guidance between MSBLS and TACAN.

The Russians instead build the necessary navigation beacons for allowing automatic landing, maybe they also had an easier task there because their military navigation was already using a lot of ground stations for navigation.

 

[4throck]

It's a matter of design I think.
Because Mercury, Apollo, Gemini and Orion are fully automated... so the US knows how to do it

 

[MaxBuzz]

complex site manipulation Buran.ru lead me to the 3d model 500,000 polygons is quite reasonable for an orbiter

 

[Urwumpe]

Well, 500,000 is a but much for many computers and you might be able to optimize things a lot for real-time rendering vs raytracing. For example, you can create a much simplified model of the "zeroth stage" with textures and a slightly simplified model for boosters and core stage, since both are not the main actors in the show. The orbiter needs the full attention.

 

[DaveS]

I've actually been working on-and-off on a Buran orbiter mesh for a while now using photos and renders available on buran.ru. So far I've only completed the payload bay and forward fuselage. If there's enough interest, I could probably have a complete and ready for initial alpha testing in 1-2 weeks.

 

[DaveS]

I've actually been working on-and-off on a Buran orbiter mesh for a while now using photos and renders available on buran.ru. So far I've only completed the payload bay and forward fuselage. If there's enough interest, I could probably have a complete and ready for initial alpha testing in 1-2 weeks.

Well, here's a current state screenshot posted just to gauge the interest in a possible Buran add-on. This is very early work, the mesh work itself is a good week or so out. I'm going to need help with creating the textures as well as getting a proper module going for it.

 

[Urwumpe]

Well, here's a current state screenshot posted just to gauge the interest in a possible Buran add-on. This is very early work, the mesh work itself is a good week or so out. I'm going to need help with creating the textures as well as getting a proper module going for it.

Are you also planning to do a VC there?

 

[DaveS]

Are you also planning to do a VC there?

Maybe, I don't know how useful it would be since there's very little available on just how the consoles would be configured. The only photos I've seen of the flight deck is that of BTS-002, their Approach and Landing test vehicle. Nothing on the flight deck of the actual OKs.

 

[MaxBuzz]

interior

 

[4throck]

Great stuff!

The orbital version cockpit has this layout (I guess that's the TV camera mounted on the left pilot's "seat"):


And here's here aerotester:


The aerotester has the Jet engine dials added to the top center.
But the rest of the panel seems to be the same.


For Orbiter, I did a very basic Orbital version VC:

Buran cockpit - Orbit Hangar Mods

The OK-Gli deserves it's own addon, as it was jet powered. It could take off and land on it's own
I also did a VC for it, complete with working gauges (using LUA):

Buran OK-GLI cockpit gauges - Orbit Hangar Mods

Hope it helps!