Newbie finally Docked!

[trancepilot]

:thumbup: Hello all .... Been playing Orbiter for about 5 ish yrs since I first came across it.. have to admit I always had trouble understanding how it all worked. But last night I gave it another try and I finally had my "moment of Clarity" and I finally understood all phases of the flight.. and to top things off, I finally docked for the first time to the ISS! lol I was like a kid at Christmas.. To celebrate, I threw on 2010 on the big 55" screen and cranked it up!! Had a blast.. Looking forward to many more flights and addons..

 

[dbeachy1]

Congrats! And to Orbiter-Forum!

 

[Zachstar]

Nice!

There was a great tutorial posted a bit back on how to find the correct time to launch with an autopilot to an object in LEO

http://orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?t=27675

For future reference.

 

[Ripley]

Well done!
Isn't it satisfying?

 

[4throck]

I'm not a great pilot, so I understand the feeling of joy on the first successful docking.
For me, it was a direct ascent with Gemini to MOL
I'd recommend you try Apollo to Skylab and 2001 spaceplane to Spacestation V. Docking with a spinning station sure is fun!

 

[Izack]

Congratulations!

 

[Rtyh-12]

Congrats, keep it up! And don't forget to tell us how things go!

 

[trancepilot]

Yes it was Ripley, especially after 5 yrs.. lol
Zachstar, I will check out that tutorial to see if it can work for me..
And 4throck, I am looking forward to giving that Spacestation V dock a shot.. Its going to be fun... and to everyone else, thanks.. should be able to post some more ( in-between burns..lol)

 

[Screamer7]

Congratulations!!
Orbiter have steep learning curve.

 

[Pipcard]

Congratulations on your first docking! This is a major milestone in your Orbiter experience.

 

[paddy2]

Only done it so far with auto pilots but it still felt good. Enjoy friend, Enjoy

 

[Pipcard]

Only done it so far with auto pilots but it still felt good. Enjoy friend, Enjoy

The first time I docked, I used Universal Autopilots.

 

[trancepilot]

thanks all.. I tried it again tonight and it went much more smoothly almost without effort. Being a real life pilot, I told myself that I would not use auto pilot. Takes away from the 'hands on ' feel to it...

 

[SHADO]

Well done. :thumbup:

learning curve is so steep i keep sliding off. :n00b::rofl: