Spike Spiegel
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I've finally managed to make a successful re-entry and glide-only (!) landing with both the DeltaGlider IV and the XR2. Blew up the XR2 on the first attempt, then dumped a bunch of fuel before the second attempt and controlled the AOA a bit better.
In both cases I was very close to the runway at KSC once I decelerated, so both landings involved a rather dramatic dive, but I didn't break anything. It's very satisfying sticking the landing without resorting to using the main engines.
I'm also posting this to give a shout out to the people who made my little adventure possible:
Jarmo Nikkanen and Gregorio Piccoli, whose BaseSync and AeroBrake MFDs enabled me to accurately visualize the re-entry trajectory. Good tools make for good pilots.
All the folks involved in creating Launch MFD; I don't think I've ever flown such an efficient manual ascent with the DGIV. I still need to work on the XR2 ascent.
Oceanic, for his DGIV re-entry video. I don't think I'd have known what to do otherwise.
The creators of the DGIV (DanSteph) and the XR2 (Doug Beachy, Steve Tyler) for some very fun ships.
And of course, the one and only Martin Schweiger for creating this great virtual world for all of us to play in.
Now.... Practice makes perfect!
In both cases I was very close to the runway at KSC once I decelerated, so both landings involved a rather dramatic dive, but I didn't break anything. It's very satisfying sticking the landing without resorting to using the main engines.
I'm also posting this to give a shout out to the people who made my little adventure possible:
Jarmo Nikkanen and Gregorio Piccoli, whose BaseSync and AeroBrake MFDs enabled me to accurately visualize the re-entry trajectory. Good tools make for good pilots.
All the folks involved in creating Launch MFD; I don't think I've ever flown such an efficient manual ascent with the DGIV. I still need to work on the XR2 ascent.
Oceanic, for his DGIV re-entry video. I don't think I'd have known what to do otherwise.
The creators of the DGIV (DanSteph) and the XR2 (Doug Beachy, Steve Tyler) for some very fun ships.
And of course, the one and only Martin Schweiger for creating this great virtual world for all of us to play in.
Now.... Practice makes perfect!