SSU Launch Complex 39 development

I really hope you also have an idea how to get this detailed mesh into the simulation without killing performance during launch. ;)

This arm already has likely more polygons than some spacecraft.
 
I really hope you also have an idea how to get this detailed mesh into the simulation without killing performance during launch. ;)

This arm already has likely more polygons than some spacecraft.
Well, it's a far cry from the orbiter. The orbiter has 6 times the amount of triangles of what you see in the latest screenshots.
 
Well, it's a far cry from the orbiter. The orbiter has 6 times the amount of triangles of what you see in the latest screenshots.

I know, but since the orbiter is the main actor of our movie, I am sure, that kind of polycount is also well-spend there. I just want to avoid that we have such great launch complex meshes, but nobody uses them because only few computers can handle the launch visuals.
 
I have this idea for sometime now and I don't know if this has been discussed or not, but could the FSS and/or the RSS be done all in one mesh, and then at runtime groups would be hidden to choose the pad configuration (like we do with the OV tail)? Would it be too much of a mess in creating/editing the mesh? If it works, I think it would be much easier to have all the 32489856 configurations: "hide this, show that" as needed.
 
I have this idea for sometime now and I don't know if this has been discussed or not, but could the FSS and/or the RSS be done all in one mesh, and then at runtime groups would be hidden to choose the pad configuration (like we do with the OV tail)? Would it be too much of a mess in creating/editing the mesh? If it works, I think it would be much easier to have all the 32489856 configurations: "hide this, show that" as needed.
I think it could be done. The file size would be enormous but it can be done.
 
I think it could be done. The file size would be enormous but it can be done.
We would end up loading a bigger file than if we had separate meshes for each version, but then I'd say 90% of the FSS/RSS didn't change, so the increase wouldn't be that much, and we would save disk space by not having repeated structures.
Off the top of my head, the parts that would need to be hidden/shown would be:
>> GOX vent cap and piping (STS-1 vs STS-2)
>> RBUS porch
>> RBUS arm
>> OWP
>> crane
>> crane weight
>> lighting tower (top of crane vs top of FSS)
>> some parts added around the PCR
 
DaveS , How about New LC39 ?
I'm aiming for it to be part of the 5.0 release so it's a while off. I have also encountered some difficulties in finding images of the GH2 vent line skid that's on the 203' level of the Intertank Service Structure.
 
I'm aiming for it to be part of the 5.0 release so it's a while off. I have also encountered some difficulties in finding images of the GH2 vent line skid that's on the 203' level of the Intertank Service Structure.

Are you sure on EL 203?' The highest EL I can find for this Service Structure is EL 167 on the FSS.
 
Are you sure on EL 203?' The highest EL I can find for this Service Structure is EL 167 on the FSS.
Yes. It is 203. This is in reference to the FSS level designations.
 
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Yes. It is 203. This is in reference to the FSS level designations.

Is it part of the vent arm or part of the access arm? I can't find a part labeled skid there.
 
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Is it part of the vent arm or part of the access arm? I can't find a part labeled skid there.
The skid is to left in the schematic as it doesn't show the entire structure, only the last few feet of it. The aft flex hose connects to a hardline on the 203' level which runs the entire length of the Intertank Service Structure and then makes a 90° bend downwards along the height of the FSS then another 90° directly north and rounds the MLP atop the various facilities on the west side before once again making a 90° turn east along the North Bridge and finally 90° downwards at the LH2 Tower at the west corner of the MLP/Pad interface.
 
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Give me some minutes, still in the wrong network here and can't watch the images. Maybe I can find a useful picture by simply being less focused on the topic. You mean the hard line part of the GH2 vent, right?
 
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I also found these b&w photos. Based on my limited analysis so far, it seems it is simple wide U bypass on the main hardline:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hxk312tbk88l17o/LC39OTV_Reference_Guide_ET_vent.jpg?dl=0

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Give me some minutes, still in the wrong network here and can't watch the images. Maybe I can find a useful picture by simply being less focused on the topic. You mean the hard line part of the GH2 vent, right?
Yes. It should be near the stairs that goes between the 215' level and the 203' level.

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Meanwhile, I have been busy with the new Orbiter Access Arm (OAA) which now is very accurate (made based on drawings of the Saturn LUT CM Access Arm AKA Swing Arm#9 schematics) as well as adding the two A/C ducts that runs from the FSS to the White Room.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/i8a013ipgotenco/New_PadA_FSS_WIP23.jpg?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2byyeiab65p6kpo/New_PadA_FSS_WIP24.jpg?dl=0
 
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Latest OAA progress. Added the flanges as well as the termination for the upper A/C line and redid the bends around the center section of the OAA. Next steps include merging the various separate sections into two major parts, upper and lower A/C lines as well as tweaking the red flex hoses a bit.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3v1ha4ll3kx8vnv/New_PadA_FSS_WIP25.jpg?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/o4kbqjppmi0i6zk/New_PadA_FSS_WIP26.jpg?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/fs4gsrgo4fstpfm/New_PadA_FSS_WIP27.jpg?dl=0
 
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