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I use the Thrustmaster T-Flight Hotas X Flight Stick. It's a good joystick in my opinion and I can recommend it. I got mine from Amazon for only $33.95, but the price has gone up to about $48. I tried the very expensive Saitek X52 Pro, but I absolutely hated it so I returned it. Shifty mentioned...

I was looking over the recent posts and didn't see anyone else mention this. The Facebook page for "The Universe" is showing a screenshot of Titan taken from Orbiter.

AF CTRL enables air surface control. (Elevator, rudder, ailerons). That permits you to steer the vessel through the atmosphere. Even though the atmosphere at 70-80km is extremely thin, there is still enough of an atmosphere for you to work with since you're traveling at such high velocity...

I've been working on a video series that is along the same lines as what you're talking about. Standard Orbiter, no add-on vessels or "third-party" MFD's. The videos range from not very good, to possibly acceptable. (I think this one is more along the lines of not very good.) Having said that...

Maybe it will look like this:

So close to coming in under 20 minutes. Wheel stop was just 4 seconds more than AgentGonzo's time. (Referring to his original speed run where he used the main engine for braking.) Wheel stop at 20:02, MECO at 12019 m/s. I'd really like to get my time under 20 minutes, so I may try this a few...

Lesson learned on this flight. Make sure "Disable Vertical Sync" is not checked. Such a great flight... ruined by not having any brakes at the end. Wheel stop would have been well under 20 minutes if I had brakes.

I had another go at this last night. For now, I'm sticking with the "original" classic. (MECO around 11.5k-12k and using main engines for braking. As opposed to the faster method dgatsoulis is using.) My first attempt went really well. I was making good time (as you can see in the screenshot...

108 degrees is a bit better.

What kind of file is it? It says .zip, but 7-zip doesn't recognize it as a valid archive.

I was just shopping around online for a USB numeric keypad so I could have a small device that would give me an extra set of keys for Orbiter. (So I can map the commonly used ALT and CTRL key combos to one key stroke.) So it sounds like this is what I'll need to make that work.

I'm still working to improve my "score", but I'll put this flight on here as a minor improvement over the one that is currently listed. (That was my January, 2013 flight. Speed Run #4.) I've attached the playback for the flight I'm submitting for my new score. Note that if you use any time...

I'll be happy if I can match your 19:58 time. I'm getting close. Today I had best run to date, but still did not get wheel stop until 20:39. (Just slightly faster than my 20:53 run in January.)

I haven't been able to raise the gear in the playback from any of the 3 views. Adding the entry to the .atc sounds like a good plan though. I'll check into that. --EDIT-- Yep - that works. Thanks Tommy. Orbiter recorded the GEAR UP event after all ... but apparently there's some condition...

Note also that you should be at least 10-20 meters off the ground before you raise the landing gear. The playback recorder won't record raising the landing gear if you press the button too soon. I learned this over a year ago, and discovered it again within the last hour while recording a...

Did that include the use of an extra fuel module in the payload area?

So glad to have this. I had been duck taping an XR2 on top of a Falcon Heavy up to this point. :) This is much nicer.

I have a question, but it very well may be a dumb one. If so, I apologize in advance. With the D3D9Client, would it be possible to view the external camera on a second monitor? So on my main monitor I have the flight deck view with the MFD's, and on the second monitor I have the view as if I...

Awesome. Really looking forward to the HCLV Sidemount for the XR2.