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I'll chime in here too... The "improved mesh" project got caught up in my phase two, "improved dll" project. That's because changing the mesh forces me to recompile to make the animations work correctly. But, this should not take too long. Like Nick said, it'll be ready on a Tuesday. :cheers:

Nice pix, Siberian Tiger. The third picture from Feb 3 appears to show Korolev up on the wall of the assembly area. What is he saying?

You guys are killing me... :rofl: Is a 25-kg payload capability anything to be worried about? Say this was to be used as an ICBM, to hit a target thousands of miles away. Would its payload capacity be any higher for a non-orbital flight?

Wow, good question. There are numerous tutorials, guides, web sites and other helpful tools to get you started. And each is tailored to a different goal, be it mesh design, design of surface bases, spacecraft, coding, etc. etc. First, I'd start by playing with scenario files with the goal of...

Thanks for starting this thread, n72. I'm studying C++ right now mostly so I can make better add-ons for Orbiter. And I'll need all the help I can get. ;)

I couldn't resist... Seen the new Grumman Fire Scout UAV helicopter? Brilliant design for a naval helicopter (although the US Army likes it too). From one angle it looks like a submarine... ...while from another angle it resembles a SHARK...

So-so article about China's first space station, Tiangong-1. But worth a look for the (blurry, tv-capture) images of what it might look like: http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/chinas-tiangong-1-space-station-unveiled-for-tiny-taikonauts/

Yes Jupiter, That's a beautiful model of Salyut 6. Mine is nothing special...probably won't release it. I'm looking forward to seeing your Salyut 6 when it's ready! MT

Hail Probe!

Is this just a visual effect or is there also an atmosphere added?

Try this thread: http://orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?p=64041&highlight=aqim#post64041

Put your airfoil attack points downstream of your cg. Think of it as the tail feathers on a badminton birdie or an arrow. You can't get an arrow to fly backwards, can you? So set up your harfoil and varfoil attack values to be positive Z values, not zero or negative, if you want your rocket...

What thingamajig? Do tell! Hear him. Amazon wish lists have saved my bacon over and over again. And will continue to do so. :cheers:

37" 1080p Samsung HDTV. :speakcool: (OK, I had to purchase it for myself, so things will be tight financially for a while. Wifey allowed me to buy it. She'd had enough of my whining :lol: )

Hi all, This may be slightly off-topic, but not that far. Question: are any of you into resin modeling of rockets and/or spacecraft? I've done quite a few polystyrene models over the years, of all kinds (planes, ships, tanks). Built many dozens when I was a kid, pretty much stopped when I...

Ah, this one's terrible and I encounter it a lot. IIRC, it has to do with the fact that the time steps used in Multistage2's guidance are related to the video frame rate. (I've attempted to harness this awesome spinning to simulate an upper stage going out of control, for example, Soyuz 18...

Sure, why not? This is the thought process I'd use: As woo just said, it's possible to make your panels "follow" the sun such that the incoming rays are close to "normal." So first figure out how to do that, perhaps borrow someone's code. If the rays are normal (coming in completely...

Thanks eveningsky, I'll give it a whirl.

I've no idea about October Sky, and not going to hold my breath. Might as well work on any needed Soyuz add-ons now. Similarly, I also heard about an upcoming Salyut 6 from "No Matter" (of the Francophone community). But that one seems also be delayed. So I went ahead and developed a fairly...

Some great stuff in this thread, folks! Dr. Martin, Thanks for this great program and environment! Epsilon, Based on some of your earlier posts here, it seems to me you might be interested in reading about the Von Karman Line. (Paragraph 2 is particularly interesting, it seems to describe...