Who flies Orbiter in real time?

[GodAtum]

Who else uses orbiter in real time? I just completed a trip to Mars in real time, without time warp. I am thinking about getting a dedicated hosted server so i can fly for years on end without having any downtime.

 

[Dantassii]

Who else uses orbiter in real time? I just completed a trip to Mars in real time, without time warp. I am thinking about getting a dedicated hosted server so i can fly for years on end without having any downtime.

I don't fly orbiter in real time, but I do blog my orbiter flights in real time.

Dantassii
HUMONGOUS IMS shipbuilder

 

[Kyle]

You flew to Mars in *real* time? That's incredible patience! I can't even fly a 15 minute sub-orbital flight without smashing the timewarp key!

 

[meson800]

Who else uses orbiter in real time? I just completed a trip to Mars in real time, without time warp. I am thinking about getting a dedicated hosted server so i can fly for years on end without having any downtime.

I would eventually like to. If I set up my simpit permanently, I might :yes:

You flew to Mars in *real* time? That's incredible patience! I can't even fly a 15 minute sub-orbital flight without smashing the timewarp key!

It's even worse for me. Showing Orbiter to other people, I've realized how bad I've gotten.

Generally, I'll set up a maneuver, and time warp to T-15 before the burn... Orbital rendezvous becomes compressed to a matter of minutes :lol:

 

[Messierhunter]

I did a mars trip in an XR-2 in real time once, though it was really more like stepwise real time. I would time accelerate once a week, week by week, so that I didn't have to keep orbiter open all the time.

 

[dgatsoulis]

Not my cup of tea, I am more interested in trajectory planning and mission setup. Once I've got a good plan, I rarely fly it. (I've flown so many, that I know how to do that part).

In some of the best Orbiter sessions I've had, I never left the ground.

I am thinking about getting a dedicated hosted server so i can fly for years on end without having any downtime.

I did a mars trip in an XR-2 in real time once, though it was really more like stepwise real time. I would time accelerate once a week, week by week, so that I didn't have to keep orbiter open all the time.

For those interested in real time missions, we have [ame="http://orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=4331"]Real Time Update[/ame] by escapetomsfate. No need for a server or leaving your PC on for months.

 

[TMac3000]

See The Iron Hill Project Thread

 

[indy91]

See The Iron Hill Project Thread

Yeah, that was a lot of fun. See my album of the Chronus 8 mission I did in real time.

Other than that, I'm currently flying the Apollo 7 and Apollo 8 missions with NASSP and my crappy netbook can't handle time acceleration beyond 10x with Virtual AGC. So I flew most of Apollo 7 like that, about 1-2 hours every day.

Apollo 8 is different, I enjoy every hour at the moon. I do some landmark tracking, I follow the flight plan and maneuver around. And recreating the Earthrise pictures was also a great experience. So, in this case I don't even want to use time acceleration.

 

[Fabri91]

One of the things I'd like to do when I have enough free time would be a roundtrip to the moon and back, with an XR-2 from my local airport to Brighton.

 

[Urwumpe]

I would rather like to conduct a short Shuttle mission in real time... possibly with re-enacting some of the IVA experiments on Earth then (For example: STS-30, with four days).

 

[indy91]

I would rather like to conduct a short Shuttle mission in real time... possibly with re-enacting some of the IVA experiments on Earth then (For example: STS-30, with four days).

Why not try the Shuttle Design Reference Mission 3B? That's just ascent, rendezvous, retrieving an evil Soviet satellite and Deorbit all in one orbit. :lol:

 

[Zach121k]

I LOVE doing things in real time... I just wish more mods were updated for newer versions and such.

 

[Urwumpe]

Why not try the Shuttle Design Reference Mission 3B? That's just ascent, rendezvous, retrieving an evil Soviet satellite and Deorbit all in one orbit. :lol:

Thats what I can do between lunch and dinner. :lol:

 

[Anroalh12]

A travel to Neptune would be very interesting in real time��

 

[TMac3000]

A travel to Neptune would be very interesting in real time��

Yes...you would get a lifetime achievement award. That is, if Martin is still alive to give it to you when you get there

 

[Anroalh12]

Yes...you would get a lifetime achievement award. That is, if Martin is still alive to give it to you when you get there

:rofl:

 

[Artlav]

I flew to the Moon in real time once, on a Firefly.

Seriously, i tried to back when NASSP was active and there was work on VAGC - it needed 10x at most to run, i think.
So, i let it run, intending to at least get there in real time.
The next day i woke up to a BSOD, and that was the end of it.

I also had Spaceway running on my PDA/pocket notebook for a month or so, with an autonomous probe going between planets in real time, but that is an entirely different story.

 

[vinny5000]

Hi, guys!

I never use time acceleration. I only use real time!

Cheers,
Vincent

 

[Anroalh12]

Hi, guys!

I never use time acceleration. I only use real time!

Cheers,
Vincent

Are you kidding me?

 

[TMac3000]

But talking serious--a Jupiter mission in real time would be neat. But unless you are using a continuous-thrust trajectory with a VASIMR or NERVA or something, anything beyond Jupiter isn't worth it.