Shuttle-A2
Shuttle-A2 (a.k.a Shuttle-A Mk2 ) was a succesfull attempt by Alexander "Mindblast" Blass and Jógvan "C3PO" Trondesen to create an improved version of the standard-issue Shuttle-A for the Orbiter space flight simulator. The source of the project in version 1.0 was published.
The Shuttle was designed primarily for low gravity/low atmoshperic density environments. Lacking good aerodynamic qualities it is demanding for the novice Orbiteer who would probably prefer a Delta-glider on their first flight.
Features and Capabilities
| Shuttle-A | ||
|---|---|---|
| Description | ||
| Role | Cargo vessel | |
| Crew | 1 or 2 | |
| First Flight | date unknown | |
| Entered Service | date unknown | |
| Manufacturer | unknown | |
| Dimensions | ||
| Length | 35.00 m | |
| Width | 15.40 m | |
| Height | 6.98 m | |
| Weights | ||
| Empty | 9,600 kg | |
| Fuel load | 3,200 kg | (internal tank) |
| 12,800 kg | (external tank) | |
| RCS fuel load | 700 kg | |
| Take off-mass | 24,000 kg | |
| Propolusion | ||
| Main engines | 2 x 193.52 kN | |
| Auxiliary engines | 2 x 60 kN | |
| Hover engines | 3 x 135.45 kN | |
| @ Isp of | 30,000 m/s | |
| Performance | ||
| Max delta-v | 26,800 m/s | |
| Max accel | 18 m/s^2 | (main axis) |
| Max accel | 18 m/s^2 | (up axis) |
| Max accel | 18 m/s^2 | (combination) |
| RCS | ||
| translation | 6 x 2500N | (x,y,z axis) |
| pitch | 75 kNm | |
| bank | 30kNm | |
| yaw | 75 kNm | |
| @ Isp of | 30,000 m/s | |
| Other | ||
| Inertia ( PMI) | 15.5 / 22.1 / 7.7 m2 | |
| Docking ports | ||
| First | regular docking collar | front |
Shuttle-A2 is not capable of horizontal take-off and landing.
The Shuttle-A2 has been a major improvement over the standard-issue Shuttle-A. Version 1.0 featured:
- improved visuals:
- new particle effects for engines,
- navigation-, beacon- and strobelights
- systems and panels:
- completely reworked fuel management (including display) supporting crossfeeding, refueling from docking port and fuelhatch (when on landed) as well as oveboard fuel venting
- hull temperature during atmospheric flight
- overspeed display for measuring structural stress during atomspheric flight
- improved fuel management panel with valves to click
- functional radar display
- physics:
- 3-stage damage model when overspeed is exceeded or groundcrash is detected
- configurability:
- configurable cargo slots
- configurable payload masses for cargo containers (new scenario file parameter)
- configurable meshnames with support for different skins in one scenario
- new parameter for sound registration
See also
| Orbiter Series | |
|---|---|
| Spacecraft |
Delta-glider (also II and III) - Dragonfly - Shuttle-PB (also Mk2 and Mk3) - Shuttle-A (also A2) - Space Shuttle Atlantis - Hubble Space Telescope - Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) |
| Stations |
Space Station Mir - International Space Station - Lunar Wheel station |
| Bases |
Olympus Spaceport - Brighton Beach Lunar Spaceport - Habana Spaceport - Kennedy Space Center (KSC) |
| MFDs | |
External links
- Mindblasts Orbiter Page – home of the current version of Shuttle-A2
Categories: Orbiter (sim) spacecraft