Orbiter 2010 Tutorial 3: FLY ME TO THE MOON (part 1/3)

[DavidWCourtney]

When you do those burns at the Ascending / Descending Node, you should really orient your vessel ahead of time so you can engage thrust as soon Align Plane MFD tells you to. You don't have to wait until it says "Engage Thrust Orbit-Normal (+)" to THEN orient your vessel. You always know ahead of time that you are coming up to the Descending Node. So as you approach the Descending Node, you should orient Orbit-Normal (+) in advance so that you can "hit the gas" as soon as it tells you to.

[michelbaluwe]

Thank you so much!

This helps allot!

Do you have a tutorial for docking to the ISS?

Because i fail time after time...

Greetings and thank you!

[0xgauss]

@michelbaluwe Thanks! I do, actually that's the "WHY HELLO THERE" series: /watch?v=KDOiepVzftM

[CubesForAKid]

0:48

The DG is not realistic. DGIV tries, but still.

[737Pilot122]

HAHAHAHA It told you to kill thrust like 2 sec in to the burn ROFL

[TheStaticshadow]

thank you so much!

[DurbanChillum]

erik9719 is spot on! you do make pretty awsome tutorials, and I personally would love to see the Apollo 11 stuff! If you could find the time to get around to doing some tutorials for those you would go from "Awsome" to "EPIC" :) Good job mate!!

[erik9719]

you make great tutorials

[0xgauss]

@erik9719 Thank you, still working on my Keplerian orbital mechanics explanation but what would you like to see?

[erik9719]

@0xgauss I've always wished that there was an STS 88 tutorial somewhere but I can't find anything. Can you consider making one?