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[bushpilot]

Just did a "short" hop from LAX to JFK. Mach3+ in FL700:mixedsmi:. It handles beautifully, approaching and landing was smooth as butter.

 

[bushpilot]

A couple of old Pan Am promos:

 

[3/7charlie]

I put the engine thrust up about 12000 lbs,nudged up the fuel flow scalar and temps.She'll get up to FL450000 flying a sanger or dynasoar skip-glide profile. Thank you ;Tim! The image of the ship from the film isa totemic one that still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. She is the TAV I've been wishing for!

 

[3/7charlie]

Thanks Tim!

 

[Paul K]

I'm more a vintage propellor type of flight simmer...but I've just GOT to have this one. Lovely work Tim; a science fiction 'fantasy' model that seriously needed doing. No doubt the repaints will follow thick and fast.

Oh and while I'm here, thanks for the Kingfisher. :ernae:

 

[Quixoticish]

Thanks Tim!

Charlie, out of curiosity is that modern landable version of Galactica available for download anywhere?

 

[Seaking055]

I'm seeing the same thing unfortunately. No gauges. At a quick glance it appears a lot of the gauges that the panel.cfg is calling aren't in the main \gauges\ directory but rather have been installed into the various aircrafts own panel directories instead.

You were correct Chris, checked out the default panel folders, dragged across to the main gauges folder like it said in his readme, just didn't quite get it at first. Now have all the gauges.

Still trying to get about 65K now, she just keeps climbing but losing speed even with AB on. She sure is a lot of fun to fly.

 

[warchild]

I like how it loaded on my default flight, LOL! Fantastic work Tim! :ernae:

:: That totally reminds me of my own airport here in bend.. I went there the other day and it was like cessna here, cessna there, a piper apache' and an ag plane, then in the middle of them all is this big gulfstream 5 looking about totally alone and out of place ::lol:;..
Great pic

 

[dhazelgrove]

I must confess that I've had to modify the panel a small bit.
I only have SP1 on this laptop, so I don't have the Acceleration F-18 for the HUD.
I've swapped that out and also replaced the GPS gauge with its glass screen equivalent.

I hope that's alright.

Dave

 

[3/7charlie]

Charlie, out of curiosity is that modern landable version of Galactica available for download anywhere?

Hey Chris;
The Galactica is by Bruce Fitzgerald, over at Flightsim.com, or simaviation. Hes got some very cool 'space junk'.
check out rag tag fleet, and Piglet's ACV 15,and his BSG 2pack.Its the best toaster you'll ever fly.
3/7charlie

 

[3/7charlie]

Screenies!

 

[Seaking055]

Ok silly question time.......how are you guys getting her into space please. I can just get to 60+K but then just don't have enough power or speed as it just keeps dropping.

Having a lot of fun with this one.

 

[3/7charlie]

wont upload try latter

 

[3/7charlie]

Yes it will.

 

[3/7charlie]

Thanks again Tim!

 

[crashaz]

Wow! Awesome! Can't wait to try this baby out. Mom's in the hospital so I will have to get some time later to try it. I just wanted to acknowledge all your work and thank you Tim.

 

[3/7charlie]

Ok silly question time.......how are you guys getting her into space please. I can just get to 60+K but then just don't have enough power or speed as it just keeps dropping.

Having a lot of fun with this one.

Hey Seaking!
This is the mod I cooked up in the config. file. But to get to altitude, I,ve been flying a sanger flight profile,
accelerating,climbing ballisticly, descending to build delta V, performing course changes while down at 150,000ft where you have some bite to maneouver,
and climbing ballisticly.
So, set fuel to unlimited. According to canon, its nuclear powered (direct/indirect cycle SCRAM? Gaseous tranfer fission Variable cycle? Thermofenortinized
elastopogoelectric?) so we are running engines with opperating cycles way outside of what the MSFS drivers allow.suffice to say, the A/B really dumps out the fuel now.
Normal T/O ,NO A/B.Gear up/ flaps up. keep airspeed under 500 kts untill you get her trimmed up into a +10 deg climb. A/B select. At 800 kts the elevons become
ineffective, so, like 'pard Chuck found out, controll pitch with trim. At 120,000-150,000ft, I'll levelout, make course changes, then accelerate and climb, use AOA
to maintain airspeed at 200-400 kts, and can reach 390,000+. Its twitchy, so a smooth hand on the stick, and carefull attitude controll before going ballistic, about
+10 deg , wings level, A/B out throttle to idle and air brakes for some stability. watch for the 'bump' when you get bite on the flying surfaces, things can get
a bit hairy then. It should be flown by autopilot, as the accountant gets all sweaty at the thought of pureed PAX, But The X-15, and a lot of Orbiter descents
have been flown down to the button by hand. With lots of silicon in the middle. So far, I've only died horribly once!


[flight_tuning]
cruise_lift_scalar =1.00000
parasite_drag_scalar =1.00000
induced_drag_scalar =1.00000
elevator_effectiveness =1.00000
aileron_effectiveness =1.00000
rudder_effectiveness =1.00000
pitch_stability =1.95000
roll_stability =1.00000
yaw_stability =1.00000
elevator_trim_effectiveness =1.00000
aileron_trim_effectiveness =1.00000
rudder_trim_effectiveness =1.00000
hi_alpha_on_roll=1.00000
hi_alpha_on_yaw=1.00000
p_factor_on_yaw=0.00000
torque_on_roll=0.00000
gyro_precession_on_roll=0.00000
gyro_precession_on_yaw=0.00000
[GeneralEngineData]
engine_type =1
Engine.0 =-31.430, -2.000, 0.000
Engine.1 =-31.430, 2.000, 0.000
fuel_flow_scalar =0.90000
min_throttle_limit =-0.45000
max_contrail_temperature = -30 //Temperature (deg C) below which contrails may appear
[TurbineEngineData]
fuel_flow_gain =0.00200
inlet_area =8.38090
rated_N2_rpm =29920.00000
static_thrust =68761.70000
afterburner_available =1
reverser_available =1
ThrustSpecificFuelConsumption =0.60000
AfterBurnThrustSpecificFuelConsumption =1.00000
afterburner_throttle_threshold=0.80000
[jet_engine]
thrust_scalar =1.00000
Hope you dont mind me monkeying under the hood, Tim!
3/7charlie

 

[Seaking055]

Phew......ok Charlie, quite a lot of info there but I'm game. I'll make the mods and get cracking.

Many thanks for the help

 

[3/7charlie]

Dead easy Seaking. back up the config. file, open the one you want to modify, copy and paste the sections right off the post.It has made a big performance boost on my laptop. I dont know how it runs on the desktop yet. The flight profile is really critical here.I should fly a few test cards tonight and make some carefull observations. The piloting methods were worked out by Eugene Sanger back in '39-'44 for an intercontenental sub-orbital bomber project called Silbervogel, and refined through the '50's and '60's for a number of programs like NAA's X-20 DYNASOAR (DYNAmic SOARing) and the soviet era MiG SPIRAL combat spaceplanes.Lots of material on google, and all kinds of research papers on line. google 'Transitioning from Air to Space' a NASA summary of X-15 lessons.good reading. I'd wanted to fly a spaceplane since I saw 2001 in '68?69?

 

[3/7charlie]

Some notes on sub-orbital flight.
I wrote up and flew a test card for a one bounce sub-orbital from malta to interlaken.


Well, here's the flight profile from piglet carrier malta to piglet carrier interlaken.
100% fuel, 6000 lbs payload. Normal take off, climbout and come to heading 336, A/B select in at 20000ft, 60 deg climb 800kts, push over at 111000 ft,108 kts. adjust heading, adjust
attitude to 20-25 deg pos pitch as A/C accelerates through 280 kts. climb peak altitude 411,349 ft. air speed quits indicating at 370,000 or so. use gps ground speed, if your curious.
At 411'000 ft,over rome, pitch 10 deg down. A/B select out,throttle at flight idle. NOTE. pitch is controlled with trim, and the A/C is mushy and twitchy, so pole her about like a gentleman.
I use return of airspeed as indication as enough air to fly in.At 211,000ft/276 kts IAS level flight, throttle up, select A/B, 20-25 deg pos climb. This is the only skip needed to reach Interlaken.
Im sure it could be done as a ballistic profile,As I have had her up to 711,000ft and back, but I was looking at climb/speed performance, and I like the practice. 352.704 ft/129 kts in the climb.422.219ft peak altitude
with descent starting overthe italian alps, At 200,000 ft, A/B deselect, throttle at idle,air brake out,272 kts, start gentle S turns to unload altitude and manage airspeed down to 148,000ft/249 kts, then
execute normal descent and landing aboard interlaken ACV. fuel remaining at shutdown-19%. Flight time 1 hour 20 minutes, with flight planning and other ditherering.
If any one trys out the mods and flight profile, let me know ifit works for you.
3/7charlie