[simpits-tech] space shuttle sim

[snar5 at mags.net]

Wasn't sure if people saw this one 

http://pages.us.edu/mission/

pretty cool stuff




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> Argh, Toby.  Have you ever tried flying Precision
> Approach?  That's an excellent shuttle simulator, and
> given the automation and outstanding HUD presentation, I'm
> left with the feeling that the shuttle "Ain't No Big
> Thang."  Dramatic as hell, expensive, heavy, etc., but
> once you've flown 10 - 20 approaches, it get's pretty
> easy.  Just like landing any other engineless aircraft,
> which, I'm here to tell ya from experience, is a real
> hoot.
> 
> Now, Spaceship One??  That itty bitty thingie's gotta be
> as squirrely as they come.  You may not know this, but
> Burt Rutan's idea of a wind tunnel is a pickup truck with
> a mount for the test item.  A real wildcat, that one.
> 
> Steve W.
> 
> ..If you something real that
> > performs like TB1 2 and 3, but want it to be a bit
> > less challenging than the Shuttle, how about Scaled
> > Composites SpaceShipOne?
> 
> > Toby Seaman
> > https://www.turbotas.co.uk/
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