Matrix Aran
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I'm not sure if this is a known issue, but I've managed to reproduce this on both the XR2 and XR5 on a clean install. It first cropped up while I was talking with a friend and half fooling around with an XR5 on the runway while I tried to not really listen to him. The steps to reproduce it are rather simple.
Load up any earth based scenario, I've tried one at wide awake, but the ready for takeoff to ISS will also easily do it.
Open hover doors
Apply full hover thrust, full main engines.
Accelerate down the runway, wait for the rotate callout and pull up as you would on a normal takeoff.
Cut off the main engine throttle so as not to snap the landing gear or hover doors. You should be 1000 or so feet of the ground by now and in stable enough flight for the next thirty seconds or so.
Switch on the decent hold autopilot with the default settings.
While still active switch the hover autopilot to auto-land. You will now be somewhere in lost in space, definitely not in any orbit though.
This bug can only be reproduced on earth, and I suspect only occurs in a situation where there's insufficient hover thrust for the planet the craft is currently on or above.
Load up any earth based scenario, I've tried one at wide awake, but the ready for takeoff to ISS will also easily do it.
Open hover doors
Apply full hover thrust, full main engines.
Accelerate down the runway, wait for the rotate callout and pull up as you would on a normal takeoff.
Cut off the main engine throttle so as not to snap the landing gear or hover doors. You should be 1000 or so feet of the ground by now and in stable enough flight for the next thirty seconds or so.
Switch on the decent hold autopilot with the default settings.
While still active switch the hover autopilot to auto-land. You will now be somewhere in lost in space, definitely not in any orbit though.
This bug can only be reproduced on earth, and I suspect only occurs in a situation where there's insufficient hover thrust for the planet the craft is currently on or above.