Shuttle-PB Mk2
| Shuttle-PB Mk2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| [[Image:|290px]] | ||
| Shuttle-PB Mk2 over spaceport | ||
| Description | ||
| Role | light transport/emergency deorbit | |
| Full name | Shuttle-PB Mk2 | |
| Crew | 1 | |
| Passengers | - | |
| First flight | date unknown | |
| Entered service | date unknown | |
| Manufacturer | unknown | |
| Dimensions | ||
| Length | 7 m | |
| Height | 3.6 m | |
| Width | 4.2 m | |
| Masses | ||
| Empty | 5000 kg | |
| Fuel | 500 kg | |
| RCS fuel | - kg | |
| Max. take-off | 5500 kg | |
| Inertia PMI | (15.5,22.1,7.7) m2 | |
| Powerplant | ||
| Main | 1 x 70 kN | |
| @ Isp of | 400 kN·s/kg | |
| Retro | 1 x 30 kN | |
| @ Isp of | 400 kN·s/kg | |
| Hover | 2 x 28 kN | |
| @ Isp of | 400 kN·s/kg | |
| Performance | ||
| Max. delta-v | - m/s | |
| Max. accel | - m/s2 | |
| Docking ports | ||
| First | On the upper side | |
| Shuttle-PB Mk2 | ||
| [[Image:|290px]] | ||
| Shuttle-PB Mk2 over spaceport | ||
Shuttle-PB Mk2 (PTV-2) is a futuristic, agile single-seater featured in Orbiter space flight simulator (a closed source, freeware simulator by Martin Schweiger). It is a succesfull attempt by Daniel "McBrain" Kahlhöfer to create an improved version of the standard-issue Shuttle-PB for the Orbiter space flight simulator (a closed source, freeware simulator by Martin Schweiger) and is available as a stand-alone Orbiter (sim) add-on.
Similarily to its original, thanks to the technologies beyond the reach of the modern aerospace industry the Shuttle's propolusion system has a very low fuel consumption (or high specific impulse, if you like) that allows it to reach LEO or low Mars orbit.
The Shuttle was designed primarily for low gravity/low atmoshperic density environments. Although aerodynamically-shaped it generates little lift during the atmospheric flight so its handling qualities are more similar to those of Shuttle-A rather than Delta-glider. However it is spacecraft of choice for those novice Orbiteers on their first jaunts from Martian bases.
Shuttle-PB Mk2 is distributed as a stand-alone Orbiter (sim) add-on that is available at Orbiter (sim) repositories.
Features and capablities
Shuttle-PB Mk2 is not capable of horizontal take-off and landing. Aerodynamic control surfaces are not supported in the latest version.
The exact nature of the propolusion system used by the Shuttle remains a mystery. What can be implied from the very high specific impulse is that this technology is well beyond state-of-the art for the beginning of 21st century, somewhere in the MPD – VASMIR range (compare Table ).
Attitude control is performed via the RCS.
Latest release
The current version (as of early 2005) features:
- overall design and textures by Daniel "McBrain" Kahlhöfer
- configuration and animation by Daniel "McBrain" Kahlhöfer
This add-on uses Spacecraft.dll module by "Vinka". Shuttle-PB Mk2 is distributed as a stand-alone Orbiter (sim) add-on that is available at Orbiter (sim) repositories.
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 | |
Categories: Orbiter (sim) spacecraft