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Session Start: Wed Jun 10 19:54:57 2009
Session Ident: #OFSS
03[19:54] * Now talking in #OFSS
03[19:54] * Topic is 'Live updates of the Orbiter Forum Space Station.'
03[19:54] * Set by TNeo on Wed Jun 10 19:13:12
[19:55] <Arrowstar> Hmm
[19:55] <Arrowstar> Well... what was your deployment at, altitude and ecc-wise?
[19:56] <Woo482> my altitude was around 250-300 KM and I'm not sure about the ecc
[19:57] <Arrowstar> Hmm. Well, I'm not sure what to tell you. The AP should work. Are you using a clean install of Orbiter 2006?
[19:57] <Arrowstar> (with the requiste addons, of course)
[19:58] <Woo482> nah I've never used a clean install the problem is with my flying
[19:58] <Arrowstar> Okay, well, practice makes perfect then, I guess :)
[19:59] <Woo482> I'm probably not going to post untill after orbit insertion
[19:59] <Woo482> so untill then hope I can get it up this time :)
[19:59] <Arrowstar> Good luck
03[20:06] * TNeo sets mode: +o Woo482
01[20:06] <Astrosamm> You should end up with 7km/s and an altitude of around 290km/s, the rest of it can be done with the tug.
[20:07] <@Woo482> ok
[20:07] <@TNeo> And altitude of 290km/s? XD
[20:07] <@TNeo> *an
[20:07] <@Woo482> wow that's a high altitude
01[20:08] <Astrosamm> Oops!
01[20:08] <Astrosamm> 290km
[20:08] <@Woo482> YES
[20:08] <Arrowstar> It worked? :P
[20:08] <@Woo482> Kind off
[20:08] <@Woo482> I'm at the correct vel
[20:09] <@Woo482> the launcher went in to a spin so I had to eject the payload earlyer than planned
[20:10] <@Woo482> Look's like a total fail
01[20:10] <Astrosamm> Well, as long as it does not come lower than 150km it still will be possible to boost it up in the next mission.
[20:10] <@Woo482> Really ?
[20:10] <@Woo482> Lucky me its 170Km
[20:11] <Arrowstar> Circular orbit?
[20:11] <@Woo482> yea
[20:11] <Arrowstar> Good enough! :P
[20:12] <@Woo482> only a few 100m between ApA nd PeA
[20:12] <@Woo482> I have 4% fuel left is there any thing I can do with that ?
[20:12] <Arrowstar> Astrosammy: Can I suggest that after every mission, when you put together the next scn, to time warp a month or two ahead, so the station feels the effect of various physical forces (atm drag, etc)?
01[20:12] <Astrosamm> Yes, I do that.
[20:13] <Arrowstar> Woo: Boost up the apogee a bit so it's easier to boost, I'd say
[20:13] <Arrowstar> *easier to boost later
[20:13] <@Woo482> ok I'll go try that
01[20:13] <Astrosamm> Woo: Yes, boost it a bit.
[20:13] <@Woo482> my ECC's too high :(
[20:13] <@Woo482> its 0.0000
[20:14] <TSPenguin> Can't be too high
[20:14] <TSPenguin> lol
[20:14] <@Woo482> do I burn at the ApA to boost orbit ? I've not done it for ages
01[20:15] <Astrosamm> Yes, ApA would propably be he best.
[20:15] <@Woo482> ok
[20:15] <@Woo482> 200KM ok ?
01[20:16] <Astrosamm> That's OK
[20:16] <@Woo482> ok only 100KM off the target :(
01[20:17] <Astrosamm> Don't worry, next flight will be a XR-5, that has enough fuel to get it to 300km.
[20:17] <@Woo482> ok and how meny crew flight's are we sending up ?
01[20:19] <Astrosamm> Mission 6 will be the first crew flight, I think that after that every 5th mission can be a crew launch.
[20:20] <@Woo482> ok
[20:21] <@Woo482> detach the tug ? or keep it for backup RCS
[20:21] <@TNeo> What is the core module?
[20:21] <@Woo482> Mir2
[20:21] <@TNeo> Keep the tug.
[20:22] <@Woo482> But I think it was edited to have RCS
01[20:22] <Astrosamm> Yes
[20:22] <@TNeo> Nope
[20:22] <@TNeo> Oh
[20:22] <@TNeo> It was?
[20:22] <@Woo482> wouldent you have to edit the .dll to do that ?
01[20:22] <Astrosamm> Just a little config file change.
[20:22] <@Woo482> oh ok I'll release the payload and get some pic's now
01[20:23] <Astrosamm> MaxAttitudeThrust = 1e3
01[20:23] <Astrosamm> MaxFuel = 1000
01[20:23] <Astrosamm> Isp = 2e3
01[20:23] <Astrosamm> Thats how I did it.
[20:23] <@TNeo> Okay
[20:23] <@Woo482> Fuel was empty
[20:23] <@TNeo> And you kept the DLL?
01[20:23] <Astrosamm> Yes, dll was kept.
[20:23] <@Woo482> what should I do ?
[20:23] <@Woo482> edit it in ?
01[20:23] <Astrosamm> Use scenario editor. I just forgot it.
[20:23] <@Woo482> k
[20:24] <@Woo482> ok seporation
[20:25] <Arrowstar> Woot :D
[20:25] <Arrowstar> Nice work
[20:26] <@Woo482> only problem is all my flight pic's are from the fail launch's are they still ok ?
01[20:26] <Astrosamm> Yes, they are still OK
[20:26] <@Woo482> ok good
[20:27] <@Woo482> can I use the RMS to take some pic's ?
[20:27] <@TNeo> RMS?
[20:27] <@TNeo> You launched it with an RMS?
01[20:27] <Astrosamm> Yes, you can use it. RMS was stowed inside.
[20:27] <@TNeo> Yes
[20:27] <@TNeo> Nice
[20:27] <@TNeo> Use the RMS to take pics.
[20:30] <Arrowstar> Astrosammy: Do you want us to create O-F picture albums, or just email you screenies? Or can the group have its own album(s)?
01[20:32] <Astrosamm> It can't have own albums, but images can be added to the group. So the best would be to upload it to a O-F album and send me the links.
[20:33] <@Woo482> I have a small problem
[20:34] <@Woo482> the Tug is in the same orbit as the station and could collide with the station what should I do ?
[20:35] <Arrowstar> I think Astrosammy will delete it...?
[20:35] <@Woo482> I'm trying to be realistic here !!
[20:35] <@TNeo> Deorbit the tug
[20:35] <Arrowstar> lol. Lin RCS will be fine I suppose. You said you had no fuel?
[20:35] <@TNeo> Use Aerobrake MFD, try to deorbit it into the pacific away from landmasses/islands
[20:38] <@Woo482> lol I only have 1 percent fuel left
[20:38] <@Woo482> the core's got 96
01[20:40] <Astrosamm> Do a retrograde burn with the tug, that should be enough to keep it away from the station.
[20:40] <@TNeo> Deorbit it!
[20:40] <Arrowstar> Heh. "Be Kind: deorbit your trash." :P
[20:41] <@TNeo> Yep. XD
01[20:41] <Astrosamm> I don't think that it's possible to deorbit it with 1% of fuel.
[20:41] <@Woo482> Yea it is :)
[20:41] <@Woo482> I've just done it
01[20:41] <Astrosamm> Great!
[20:41] <@TNeo> Meh
[20:41] <@Woo482> and it landed in water
[20:41] <@Woo482> so no people killed by flying tug's !!!
[20:41] <Arrowstar> Screenies? :D
[20:41] <@TNeo> Lower the perigee
[20:41] <@TNeo> XD
[20:41] <@Woo482> it's in the water so I can't lower it any more :)
[20:42] <@TNeo> Even if it doesn't deorbit immediatly, it would soon from drag in the upper atmosphere
[20:42] <@Woo482> hey it auto deleted when it hit the water !
[20:42] <@TNeo> Yeah
[20:42] <@TNeo> Cool. :D
[20:43] <@Woo482> how do you want me to send the .scn file to you ?
01[20:44] <Astrosamm> Just post the content of the scn file here: [URL]http://orbiter-forum.com/group.php?do=discuss&group=&discussionid=37[/URL]
[20:44] <Arrowstar> I believe you post the contents...
[20:44] <Arrowstar> I'd recommend adding code or quote tags around the scn file text, so we can read it easier.
[20:45] <@Woo482> ok it's there
[20:45] <@Woo482> so will we all be doing 1 flight each or are you randomly picking who fly's what ?
01[20:46] <Astrosamm> One flight each, but I use a random number generator to pick the pilot.
[20:48] <@Woo482> ok so we only fly 1 flight for the entire thing ? like no chance of us flying a crew or supply flight up ?
01[20:50] <Astrosamm> I first want to get all pilots flying, but after you'll have the chance.
[20:50] <@Woo482> ok
[20:50] <@Woo482> you might have to remove the vistaboost at the end of the .scn file
03[20:51] * TNeo sets mode: +o Astrosamm
02[20:51] * Arrowstar ([EMAIL="[email protected]"][email protected][/EMAIL]) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer)
03[20:51] * TSPenguin was kicked by TNeo (No penguins. >_>)
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06[20:51] * @Astrosamm slaps TNeo around a bit with a large trout
01[20:52] <@Astrosamm> xD
03[20:54] * Arrowstar ([EMAIL="[email protected]"][email protected][/EMAIL]) has joined #OFSS
[20:55] <Arrowstar> So... screenshots? :)
[20:56] <@Woo482> I haz loads :)
[20:56] <@Woo482> have*
[20:56] <@Woo482> I'll get them up later
[20:57] <Arrowstar> Out of curiosity, what are we hauling up the HL-20s on? I don't suppose they'd fit on the Mission 2 Vanguard?
[20:58] <@TNeo> HL-20s?
[20:58] <Arrowstar> Rescue craft, apparently.
[20:58] <Arrowstar> It's on the construction screenshots.
01[21:00] <@Astrosamm> Yes, Rescue crafts. They both fit into the Vanguard.
[21:01] <Arrowstar> Hmm. They're on OH?
[21:01] <Arrowstar> I'm just wondering if we couldn't use Universal Cargo Dock and sling them on the wing or something :P
[21:09] <@Woo482> so is there any thing else I need to do for that flight ?
01[21:10] <@Astrosamm> No
[21:10] <@Woo482> ok