DeltaGliderIV User manual
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1. DeltaGliderlV User Manual http orbiter dansteph com Page 6 0 Check lists and check vessel state displa ae CHECK LIST DISPLAY Check list MENU 1 round cockpit startup 2 Docked cockpit startup 3 Ground Take off 4 Docking 5 Reentrw amp dearbiting 6 Undock che ch list round Retuelling o Docked Refuelling Sate mode f unload crew 10 F ower off cockpit 11 Emerngency power operation 12 Flight computer operation 13 F light computer keyboard key Before you go flying for the first time in the DeltaGliderlV READ THE CHECK LISTS They are CRUCIAL to successfully operating your craft The check lists are displayed in the CHECK LIST MFD You can view this MFD on the lower panel press CTRL DOWN ARROW to access it The left lt lt lt and right gt gt gt buttons on the MFD cycle through each check list sequentially You can scroll the currently displayed check list by using the up or down buttons on the left side of the MFD To see a list of all available check lists press the MNU button These check lists are taken from the check_list txt file located in the sound deltagliderlV directory in your Orbiter installation folder and can be edited as you desire 14Emergency Ejection HAIN FLIGHT COMPUTER Display Wenu ai Cabin lite Backup der B Check wessel state T Frog shortcut setting You can find a printer friendly version of those check list in the folder sound2. 12 0 Prelude Il An advanced base Prelude Il is an advanced base for Orbiter included in DeltaGliderlV package Prelude II bases include the following features Compatible UMmu DGIV crew can enter exit the base One base can contain up to 40 UMmu crew Animated solar panel that follow the sun Animated airlock Different skins included skin SDK available on site Animated pad lighting that change automatically when a ship is landed on pad Custom sounds ambiance feedback voice Flat or mountain pad so it can be positionned for example on Phobos or on flat ground User menu to manage airlock EVA crew members select skin select socle randomly renew crew members Etc A Prelude II base can be positionned using Orbiter Scenario Editor Select DGIVPreludell ship or you can select some DGIV scenarios that include it already The base main menu The mountain style pad on Phobos CREW EVA MANAGMENT DeltaGliderlV User Manual http orbiter dansteph com Page 23 13 0 Know buos limitation Crash to desktop If you experience Crash to desktop during EVA ingress or DeltaGliderlV destruction it is 99 99 probable that you have another addon MFD or module that has kept a handle on DGIV or Ummu after is deletion There is no workaround you can do for this delete object is a normal Orbiter procedure Keeping a handle is a bad programming practice as handle will point on nothing once an ob
3. control Atmo auto will switch automatically beetween RCS and flaperon control in regard of dynamic pressure You can switch also beetween linear and rotational RCS thruster numpad key work also or force control to elevons noseweel or off B Mini Hud This controls the mini Hud where various important information can be displayed This is the only display that shows your ship s actual weight which is very useful before landing or reentry max landing or reentry weight is 19 tonnes You can customize this display and display other data using the utility Sound DeltaGliderlV CustomHud exe C Computer backup display This is the computer backup display The main computer display and keyboard are on lower panel D Warning light These lights give you warnings and indications about faulty systems or critical conditions such as high G high temperature etc etc You can check if all the lights work with the little grey button before flight If a button is lit because you have a warning or a system failure you ll also have a text on the Zone E display E Messages display Gives you indications about all things that happen in the DGIV button presses autopilot messages system failures etc etc Critical messages are displayed in red If a warning is displayed you ll also hear a warning sound to stop this warning sound simply press on the grey red button F Remote countdown This is the backup for the remote thrust a
4. deltagliderlV check_list html The check state display Once a check list is completed and your vessel set for a stage you can ask the computer if the vessel is in the right configuration You can find this feature on the computer display choose option 6 in menu then select the stage you want The computer will tell you if something is missing or if the configuration is set correctly WAIN FLIGHT COMPUTER Check vessel state Display d Before take off check 2 Orbiting check 3 Before docking check 4 Before undocking check i Before reentry check Before landing check r Show damaged systems Computer tips The computer display is located on bottom panel CTL down arrow and you also have a backup display on the main panel You can access it s options either by clicking with mouse on the Computer keyboard on the bottom panel button DISP or by typing on your real keyboard by hitting the D key and then a number D as DISP then a number to choose in menu the option you want MHAIN FLIGHT COMPUTER Orbiting check result DeltaGliderlV User Manual http orbiter dansteph com Page 8 7 0 Panel The panel is in three parts you can switch between them with key CTL UP arrow or CTL DOWN arrow The panel was designed for a maximum resolution of 1280x1024 but if you run it in 1152x864 all instruments will still show At lower resolutions you
5. dglVMore If you have made a new scenarios skin or whatever for DeltaGliderlV you can upload it on my site using this link http orbiter dansteph com disp dglVUpload 16 0 Downloading or uploading more addons for DeltaGliderlV All third party addons for DGIV can be found in the More DGIV download section of my site use the top search banner to sort by addons type scenarios skins popularity etc etc or search for a specific addon http orbiter dansteph com disp dglVMore If you have made a new scenarios skin or whatewer for DeltaGliderlV See above you can upload it on my site using this link http orbiter dansteph com disp dglVUpload DeltaGliderlV User Manual http orbiter dansteph com Page 25 17 0 Thanks and legal stuff Thanks First thanks goes of course to Martin himself without him and his Orbiter creation none of this would have happened Second thanks to the whole community of Orbiter which is mainly composed of friendly and educated people Special thanks to Roger Frying Tiger Long who gave me the permission to use his DeltaGlider model that was four years ago there is not much original polygon in the model but the basic shape remain Special thanks to all beta testers SimonPro DocHoliday Artlav jgrillo2002 Julien Gat3rZ kipper Virgilio Di Francesco Abel Nafilyan Killingsnake zarb dusk Travis Reed Anthony aus_pilot Stephen dmc14 Quantum Burrito Meal Tachyon Last yoann dud
6. it with a text editor Set debug parameters to 1 to help you tune your new autopilot and launch it as usual le PROQ9O8SPECNN NN stand for the launch heading you want it depend of the Orbital inclinaison of the target orbit you want to reach For mir for example it would be 90 while for ISS it would be 42 The formula to calculate a launch heading is Launch Azimuth arcsin cos desired_orbital_inclination cos launch_ latitude To be more elegant you can calculate that with the DGIV inboard calculator see Calculating Launch Azimuth with DGIV calculator Cool things to try Launch an ascent autopilot with hover take off and fix a ground camera near the way it will pass F4 camera ground current looks like the millenium falcon taking off PRO200SPEC7 and PRO200SPEC8 Hover autopilot Hover autopilot is often underestimated but it s a very useful autopilot to make a controlled descent on a satelite or planet without an atmosphere Once you have full control of your descent rate it s a piece of cake to make a nice trajectory that ends exactly over the pad Control your speed with retro and control lateral trajectory with RCS in translation mode There are two modes Auto descent PRO200SPEC8 which automatically maintains a descent speed of 40 m s maximum and lands you smoothly Or the hover autopilot PRO200SPEC7 which maintains the vertical speed you specify See tutorial scenario for a complete walkthrough DeltaGl
7. system that allows you to fire thrusters with a delay very useful for preplanned burns Burn set up controls are on the lower panel but you have a backup start stop countdown button here also so you can start countdown while watching MFD or while you re outside G Trim display Trim is not used often but is very useful in atmospheric flight to set your ship s flight plane to neutral Setting of the trim tabs is done by the insert and delete keyboard keys DeltaGliderlV User Manual http orbiter dansteph com Page 10 The lower panel CHECK LIST DISPLAY FUEL amp ENGINE SYSTEM SYSTEM MESSAGE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM A Check list MFD Maybe the most important display the Check list MFD allows you to display all check lists to operate the DGIV B Load setting and config display The upper button allows you to load the setting fuel 02 consumption engine power etc Etc made with the external Dg4config exe program Settings are saved in the scenario so when you load a scenario the DGIV will not have loaded the last settings set in dg4config exe but those saved in scenario The bottom plate allows you to control which settings are in use for this DGIV Default settings for almost all scenarios included in package set a DGIV ready for earth amp moon operation 15 day reserve and enough fuel to reach the moon It s important before any longer trip to check this plate and set a reserve suitable
8. to launch southbound simply do 180 45 075 134 925 180 45 075 ENT on calculator IMPORTANT you cannot launch if the target INC is lower than your Latitude For MIR there is no solution as it s INC is at 26 96 lower than your latitude wich is 28 59 this is why we launch at 90 and align plane later TIPS You can find the launch azimuth formula and the DGIV calculator way of doing it in the check list MFD 12 flight computer operation Accurate calculation If you want to be precise you ll have to use the formula below Is it worth a 28 second burn Maybe There is some beauty in a precise trajectory but such complexity may be useless sometimes You decide The complete formula is as follows Rough Launch Azimuth arcsin cos desired_orbital_inclination cos launch_ latitude Real Launch Azimuth atan tan Rough Launch Azimuth SpeedOnEarth FinalOrbitVelocity cos Rough Launch Azimuth SpeedOnEarth FinalOrbitVelocity 407 9 can be found on Orbit MFD left parameter VEL 7699 0 Your target s speed target ISS see right VEL parameter Now calculate the Rough Launch Azimuth You must not have the result in Degree but in radian so do the following 28 591 COS M1 51 56 COS MR1 ENT SPEC ASIN M2 Spec will pass the calculator in Radian Rough Launch Azimuth 0 7867 Result stored in M2 Now type MR2 COS 7699 0 ENT M1 407 9 MR1 ENT M1 Result stored in M1 DeltaGliderlV User M
9. 1018 kmh Mach 0 9 m r Ba gera T cys Wats a ole How to avoid G forces in Orbiter Your trajectory is the main thing that can generate G forces specifically the most dangerous situations are reentry or aerobraking in an atmosphere If your re entry trajectory is at the wrong angle you may find G forces build to an unacceptable level for your passengers and crew Even if you re enter at the correct re entry angle you must also make sure that the vessel s pitch angle of attack stays within the correct range for a successful re entry For a correct re entry you should place your perigee so that it s just inside the high atmosphere The higher your speed the higher your perigee should be so that you have more time to bleed off speed in the high atmostphere When it s time to deorbit you have a very useful display in the flight computer to guide you in your descent Press D then 2 and the de orbit MFD display will show your predicted re entry angle range to ground and speed There is a tutorial in this doc that demonstrates a complete re entry from the ISS using the autopilot and the correct instruments Click here for the tutorial Impact with ground If the DeltaGliderlV hits the ground with a vertical impact speed of more than approximately 20 m s 72 km h the crew will die Even at lesser impact speeds the crew can lose consciousness so make sure to land as gently as possible DeltaGliderlV User Manual http o
10. 2 levels can vary as much as 300 2000 ppm Several studies have shown that CO2 does not seriously impact human health until levels reach approximately 15 000 ppm This level is more than 40 times greater than the normal concentration of atmospheric CO2 At extremely high levels i e 30 000 ppm these concentrations are usually never be reached in a standard home the symptoms can include nausea dizziness depression convulsions and vomiting At extremely high levels loss of consciousness may occur The seriousness of the symptoms is dependent on the concentration of carbon dioxide and the length of time the individual is exposed At CO2 concentrations of 100 000 ppm or more death is almost certain The moral of this story make sure the settings levels in your DG4 s cabin are safe DeltaGliderlV User Manual http orbiter dansteph com Page 17 10 0 Autopilots MAIN FLIGHT COMPUTER The onboard flight computer controls all autopilot functions including the stock functions like prograde retrograde killrot and so on but include also 8 custom DGIV autopilots like ascent auto reentry atmospheric flight hover etc etc If the flight computer is not operating for any reason you will not be able to run any autopilot functions Altitude hold 5 0 Km For stock autopilot functions you can press on your usual key to load and engage the autopilot You can also use a more complicated way using the autopilot s name in the fl
11. DGIV has on the Technical plate on the bottom panel It s a good idea to check this plate before any trip so you don t run out of O2 or fuel AD O4 ENG FUEL SETHING A O2 tank level A OF tank time remaining ma Tips O2 reserve is sufficient for 5 crew members A two week reserve would last 10 BO tank weeks with only one crew member You can check the actual consumption and reserve prediction using the crew display button RES Tips Using the cheat settings invulnerable crew or ship never burn is not a good idea First it defeats the main goal of DGIV which is to give you a vessel where you must take into account the life of your crew and second you may experience odd effects because the DGIV was not designed for cheating DeltaGliderlV User Manual http orbiter dansteph com Page 5 4 0 DGIV keyboard controls FLIGHT COMPUTER KEY CORRESPONDANCE i oe ees es ESC EJECT press three time pn a number A 1 4 l neh j j of ji le it horte uit SPEC CLT F Open Close Fuel dump E m E N i yckpit S n ae co Acc f 7 stadt ane STOP BALKSPALC P D eS ea OUTTE JR j Tedi i O i a PAOLU J D DISP example to load amp run a program type P1045 15 RETURNE l SPEEDE you can also click with the mouse on the panel s keyboard as Autopilot setting keys have a corresponding help text on the program display D1 display Altitude hold 5 0 Km H
12. DeltaGliderlV folder This program allows you also to configure engine power and effects settings DeltatlidenlY configuration by Daniel Polli aka DanSteph Vessel s setting Visual Smoke setting 02 amp N2 Resene ae ieee Main and Hover Ventile sigue effect with 5 men aboard change comsurmption Defaut Smoke Fuel and Engine 15 day l Default iss amp moor About Crew Skin and Payload Main engine type dry power DGI crew skins and payload are now Mark i 260 O00N W Allow docking refuel set directly in Orbiter using Orbiter s scenario editor Please click button 0 Crew and Pilot are invulnerable chicken mode below to learn how bo da it Ship never bum on reentry chicken mode Help about CREW SKINS AND PAYLOAD Disable ground camera effect head up down fin case of crash add 8 small debris normal config Click here to access my web site Click here to e mail me Reset to defaut Cancel and exit Daly documentation IMPORTANT Engine power O2 reserve and fuel reserve are saved and reloaded from each scenario When you load a scenario your DGIV will use the settings from that scenario and the settings made with the DG4config exe program will not be used To load your new configuration in the DGIV you must load the settings this is done using the load setting button on the DGIV s lower panel load DG4config exe setting button on lower panel BELEE You can check which settings your
13. OOLER to A and FAN to B will work DeltagliderlV life support schematic SWITCH RECYCLING A SYSTEM MOST REMOVER CO2 amp CONTAMINANT COOLER amp HEATER FILTER MOST REMOVER O02 amp CONT ARM NANT COOLER amp HEATER FILTER RECYCLING B SYSTEM DeltaGliderlV User Manual http orbiter dansteph com Page 16 One MFD to see everything you need AUTO MODE SETTING On the lower part the MFD are buttons that help you monitor and control crew health O2 consumption automatic system settings and more Click each button to see what information is displayed You can set the cabin temperature pressure and other parameters by clicking the SET button ony GEN TEMPERATURE CO level Pressure Temp halo ist Contaminant During critical phases of flight landing de orbiting take off stress on the crew can be high The chart below gives some idea of the percentage of O2 needed to maintain the health of the crew for given pressures the DG4 follows this chart exactly 103 1 15 96 2 14 e443 13 a2 12 Foe 11 be 10 61 9 4 55 0 8 44 1 i7 T Sea E k 41 6 6 34 4 3 Absalute Total Pressure kPa psi E EE 27 5 4 Minimum Tolerable 11 TTT 20 6 3 13 7 24 10 20 a 40 I 60 r al 90 100 Oxygen Pementage Note Extracted foam WASA4 5TD S000 Vol 1 Rew A Figure 2 1 3 1 Physiological Effects of Oxygen Concentrations CO2 Usually in a home the CO
14. Page 1 DeltaGliderlV User manual Daniel Polli 2003 2013 http orbiter dansteph com 1 0 Introduction 2 0 Technical data 3 0 Initial configuration 4 0 Keyboard controls 5 0 Loading passengers payload and changing DGIV skin 6 0 Check lists and check vessel state display 7 0 Panels 8 0 Crew Safety 9 0 Life support system 10 0 Autopilots 10 1 Presentation of custom autopilots 11 0 Calculating Launch Azimuth with DGIV calculator 12 0 Prelude Il An advanced base 13 0 Know bugs limitation 14 0 Frequently asked question Other bugs 15 0 Making addons payload scenarios or skins for DeltaGliderlV 16 0 Downloading or uploading more addons for DeltaGliderlV 17 0 Thanks and legal stuff 18 0 Contact amp About me DeltaGliderlV User Manual http orbiter dansteph com Page 2 1 0 Introduction Welcome to the DeltaGliderlV addon The DeltaGliderlV is one of the most advanced vessel addons existing in Orbiter It includes 70 animated parts 30 different meshes not including payloads and Mmu 24 textures not including extra skins advanced effects like turning wheels crash debris reentry heat shield and wing vapor an onboard computer 12 custom autopilots and 37000 lines of newly optimized C code All buttons and systems on the panel are fully functional Even with all the new features great care was taken so that the DGIV still runs at an average of 40 80fps on my old 1 7 Ghz P4 with a T14200 graphi
15. al altitude depends on your engine and fuel setting but it may also depend of your framerate despite the fact that autopilots are insensible to framerate they can t work excatly the same when they can control the ship every 50 meters instead of every 500 meters wich is the case with a low framerate Autopilots were designed to work for a fully fuelled DGIV with MarkIV and normal fuel comsumption Apart Mark II and below the autopilot will still work but with some difference in the final altitude This is not too bad anyway DeltaGliderlV User Manual http orbiter dansteph com Page 24 asked question Other bugs The FAQ is on the dansteph com forum click here DGIV Frequently Asked questions Bugs The advantage of a forum over documentation is that can update this thread with new question or late bugs 15 0 Making addons payload scenarios or skins for DeltaGliderlV A lot of things can be customised and added for DGIV New DeltaGliderlV skin New payload skin you can simply make new skins for containers and thus add a new container type New payload active with a dll module or simply a mesh New Prelude II Skin New ascent autopilots New exciting adventure scenarios You can find skin SDK photoshop layered textures and help text to make payloads or other things in the More DGIV download section of my site use the top search banner to bring only the Utility and SDK section http orbiter dansteph com disp
16. anual http orbiter dansteph com Page 21 And continue MR2 TAN MR1 ENT SPEC ATAN Final Accurate Launch Azimuth 42 8491 So the complete DGIV calculator formula is as follow YourLat Actual latitude Desinc Wanted inclinaison FinalSpeed Target Orbital speed Actual Speed Actual speed due to planet rotation YourLat COS M1 Desinc COS MR1 ENT SPEC ASIN M2 MR2 COS FinalSpeed ENT M1 ActualSpeed MR1 ENT M1 MR2 TAN MR1 ENT SPEC ATAN If you want this formula instead of the rough one in the check list MFD simply edit the file sound DeltaGliderlV check_list txt find the place were is the old formula and replace by the above Take care that the horizontal place is very sparse as you ll need to cut the line several times Excercice Take the scenario Mission Fly me around the moon and try to reach Luna OB1 you ll have to apply such calculation try it by yourself with above formula without watching below 41 118 COS M1 91 48 COS MR1 ENT SPEC ASIN M2 MR2 COS 1480 ENT M1 3 49 MR1 ENT M1 MR2 TAN MR1 ENT SPEC ATAN Result 2 0997 So as 2 is not possible we ll simply do 360 equal to 0 minus 2 358 open map MFD wait that Luna OB1 s trajectory pass over you and launch PRO9O5SPEC358 Finally if you want to know more about this see the OrbiterWiki page http www orbiterwiki org wiki Launch_Azimuth DeltaGliderlV User Manual http orbiter dansteph com Page 22
17. c card The DeltaGliderlV despite its futuristic look and the fact that it contains technology that is impossible is also one of the most realistic ships in Orbiter in the sense that it puts the human in the center of the simulation You must now take care of your crew members and can no longer claim a successful flight with a reentry angle of 90 an ascent at 20G a landing at 20m s or such thing that exceeds usual limitations of the human body or hardware With great attention to detail the crew s individual reactions to G are very realistic where vector force and duration of G are all taken into account Heartbeat and O2 consumption increase under stressful conditions the calculator really works and can do complex calculations etc etc Dozens of small details like these are hidden behind the many buttons and systems available A real DeltagliderlV might not have a cargo bay it might require rocket launch assist to the moon or only be capable of short flights around the earth with unpowered reentry but that s not really the purpose of the DelaGliderlV addon It is meant at first to make you dream learn about space flight and explore Orbiter s solar system with an exceptional and fun ship If you prefer such realism you can always choose to fly using a very low power engine Mark with low O2 and fuel reserve My DeltaGlider series has existed for four years and each year it was improved and more things were added The total w
18. can even cause death similarly G forces that are sustained for short periods of time will not be as harmful relatively as the same forces sustained for longer periods of time How G effects cause damage in real life As blood drains into the lower parts of the body it leaves the brain without oxygen This can lead to G LOC G induced Loss Of Consiousness or even death if the brain is deprived of oxygen long enough Scientific tests have showed that people experience health effects from G forces differently Physical conditioning and age are factors that can help determine a person s ability to withstand G forces A person in good physical condition with sufficient training can sustain 3G 5G more than an untrained person In the DeltaGlider this disparity is simulated by the status and age of the crew as specified by you in the configuration screen For any given age the Pilot will be able to sustain about 3G more than the passengers in the DeltaGlider II because of his training In addition since very old or very young people have less ability to withstand the effects of G force stress the age you select for your pilot will determine his or her relative ability to resist G stress You can see below how the pilot and passengers react to G effects in the DeltaGlider IV all crew and passengers on the DG4 are wearing anti G suits to help manage G stress effects The data was collected from real life information however keep in min
19. d that these graphs represent averages In real life some people can experience G LOC at only 2G while others only succumb to G LOC at significantly higher G stresses than most normal people can withstand Impact of G forces on your crew oS yA 20 i 4 l G LOC for trained pilot with Anti G suit T Death for trained pilot with anti G suit Ma 15 S _ DEATH ZONE wy me a 10 Y T _ G LOC ZONE I Se 0 E 10 15 20 oo m N Time sec G LOC i a loss of consciousness due to high G sustained DeltaGliderlV User Manual http orbiter dansteph com CREW S G RESISTANCE i G LOC for unentrained crew with anti G i Death for unentrained crew with anti G As you sustain more and more Gs you will first see the passengers experience G LOC After this if nothing is done to reduce Gs will die you can monitor the health of the crew in the Life Support MFD section of the lower panel press the CRW button The pilot will experience G LOC shortly afterwards If the pilot you falls into G LOC all other sounds will cut out and you will hear a heartbeat sound If the loss of control option is enabled in the configuration the spacecraft will tumble out of control you won t be able to press most keys or click on panel buttons However you WILL still have control of the RCS so that you can correct your flight attitude to reduce the Gs think of it as if there were an automatic pilot that kicks i
20. eading 330 Speed 250 mis example of help key text on autopilot display in gray DeltaGliderlV User Manual http orbiter dansteph com Page 6 passengers payload and changing DGIV skin You can use the scenario editor of Orbiter to load passengers a payload or to change the skin of your DGIV and those settings will be saved in your scenario Press F4 select custom select Scenario editor then click edit with a DGIV selected and then choose DGIV Passengers center DGIV payload center or DGIV repaint center Press F4 click custom and select scenario editor Custom Functions KIEA Select DGIV click edit and select repaint passengers Scenario Editor or payload h eee Dal Repaint center DG Payload center DGV Passengers center Create delete and configure spacecraft g Done Example changing payload or DGIV skin Scenario Editor Scenario Editor DelaGlidely Payload center DeltaGliderl Repaint center P Select Payload you want to load and click load button Load selected payload into DGI Message T DGIY payloads found Pavload preview image Select skin 2 rrr E NOTE Skin i appled immediately when selected in the drop box above and will be saved in scenario Important if you don t have the scenario editor in custom you must activate its module in Orbiter launchpad go to modules tab select SAA and click activate selected
21. eck list each time you want to use one By default the shortcut are as follow numbers are top keyboard number not numpad ALT 1 PRO400SPEC01 Taxiing hold speed maintain a speed of 10 m s ALT 2 PRO400SPEC18 Aproach hold speed maintain a speed of 180 m s ALT 3 PRO400SPEC25 Flight hold speed maintain a speed of 250 m s ALT 4 PROS3SOOSPECO Docking auto Automatically dock your DGIV ALT 5 PRO110SPECO Atmospheric flight autopilot heading altitude amp speed ALT 6 PRO903SPEC40 Earth ascent to low orbit normal take off use 904 if you want hover take off ALT 7 PR105SPEC40 Automatic reentry AN FLIGH COMPUTER You can view or change those default shortcut key and program up to nine shortcuts using the Programs shortcut setting on flight computer Type D7 or click on DISP and 7 Changes made will be immediately applied for all DGIVs in Orbiter and will be kept until you change them 1 View prewious shortcut Z View next shortcut 3 Edit this shortcut DeltaGliderlV User Manual http orbiter dansteph com Page 18 Stock Orbiter autopilots functions available The following autopilot functions are available via the flight computer you can still use the orbiter stock key as numpad 5 for killrot for example PRO200SPECO0 Killrot PRO200SPEC1 Prograde PRO200SPEC2 Retrograde PRO200SPEC3 Normal PRO200SPEC4 Antinormal PRO200SPEC5 Horizon level PRO200SPEC6 Holdalt C
22. ging the AOA and bank during reentry so you do not burn up You can change AOA and bank see DISP 1 D1 display when autopilot is running for help about which key to use PRO105SPEC40 Automatic reentry autopilot Useful for reentry on earth and can teach you also how to do a burn proof reentry This autopilot will take care to reenter you so you do not burn in atmosphere It is not meant to land you were you want it will just manage your AOA so you do not burn It is your responsability to have a correct orbit before reentry and to perform the brake burn at the right time to land where you want see tutorial scenario This autopilot will manage AOA to keep a correct vertical speed to maintain temperature within acceptable range You can only change bank see DISP 1 D1 display when autopilot is running for help about which keys to use This autopilot will disengage himself once reentry completed at about 2500 km h 700 m s TIPS reentry autopilot work also somewhat on Mars not tested on other planets DeltaGliderlV User Manual http orbiter dansteph com Page 19 PRO110SPECO Atmospheric autopilot Useful for cruise take off taxiing return to base end of reentry stage It will hold altitude speed and heading and can work up to 25km high on Earth This works also on Mars but you must maintain at least 800 m s at low altitude and even more at higher altitude Can be engaged in flight or on ground in this latter ca
23. ible for his passengers and machine Read Simflight review gt gt gt http www FsPassengers com aa Pc Cd rom The addas j Mt enh eww yu SPassengers cary Pasrengers SREGROOFE react fo A Manage one or mors rte a Fer airerart with Songer ane carpe m Detehed Ae For your ighi bey sai m lntaia Birari Hear ight repari capllot sad craw a Might maps ee wie fePartengers TOF FsPassengers 2004 salt r add on for Mior 2004 Flight Simota DeltaGliderlV User Manual http orbiter dansteph com
24. iderlV User Manual http orbiter dansteph com Page 20 11 0 Calculating Launch Azimuth with DGIV calculator The formula to calculate a launch heading is Launch Azimuth arcsin cos desired_orbital_inclination cos launch_ latitude To be more elegant you can calculate that with the DGIV inboard calculator Example Take the scenario Earth Landed KCS departure ISS Open the Orbit MFD set ISS as target SET Projection to EQU click on FRM button and notice the target INC value 51 56 Now open the surface MFD and note your latitude 28 591 N Open the calculator with D8 key go on bottom panel and click with mouse on the following button 28 591 COS M1 now you have the cos of latitude stored in memory 1 51 56 COS MR1 ENT ASIN you made cos of inclinaison and divided this result by memory 1 then asin Result 45 075 Engage PRO903SPEC45 or PRO904SPEC45 to launch with this heading Wait Usually ascent for ISS is 42 so why is there such a difference Because the real calculation is a bit more complicated you have to take in account hte earth s rotation final orbital speed etc etc This said if you launch with such heading you ll be off by only 3 Relative Inc a 28 second align plane burn So even slightly off this calculation can be useful for you in many situations It s very more satisfying to calculate that yourself than simply blindly read what others tell you to do If you want
25. ight computer eg PRO202SPECO for the killrot function See the list below for details on all the functions available through the programmed flight computer IMPORTANT you can find a list of all autopilots available in the Check list MED on the lower panel see Flight computer operation check list This is very useful if you do not want to fly with the documentation next to you Operating the autopilot You must first LOAD the autopilot then EXECUTE it To do so you can either click on the flight computer s keyboard with your mouse or type on your real keyboard for a full list of commands via your real keyboard see the keyboard command chart For example typing on your real keyboard P104S40E will load and execute the re entry autopilot P903S42E will load and execute the ascent autopilot with a launch heading of 42 degrees If you use the panel s keyboard you must click PRO 110 SPEC 0 then click ENT to load it and EXE to execute the loaded program in this example atmospheric flight You can also either simply stop the autopilot and keep it loaded with button STOP space on keyboard or stop it and unload the program with button CLR C on keyboard Programable autopilots shortcut key You can also load and execute all autopilots including DGIV custom autopilots by programmable shortcut key as ALT 1 for example Very useful if you do not want to remember all autopilots or check the ch
26. ject deleted The only solution is to ask the other addon s author to not keep Objects s handle but instead object s name get the handle by name each timestep and always check returned handle before using them Take care the culprit may be an addon in a scenario but also a plugin module or a MFD Some other addons may use tricks that are very dangerous such as spawning more than 60 docking ports or having mesh model with more than 100 000 polygons Such bad practice may lead in some case to CTD also This said the DeltaGliderlV is very stable on a fresh installation of Orbiter 2006 P1 and works nicelly with most other addons Note In some rare case where one addon makes DGIV CTD it seem that moving all prelude DGIV and Ummu vessel on top of scenario before other addons may cure the problem Sun image disappears during reentry or high G turn Sun image disappears when the heat shield or wings vapor effect are running this is a know bug with one Orbiter function Martin is aware of that and will correct it for next Orbiter version Once the effect stops the image of the sun reapears Anyway the sun image is rarely in field so this may not be too bad If you can t sustain this limitation simply disable both effects using dg4config exe Wheels or UMmu sunk a bit in Prelude II station or are over ground As Phobos ground is not flat and the station very large had to use a trick to not see half a DGIV sunk into ground so the station s grou
27. ll need to scroll left or right with arrow keys to see all the instruments Most buttons or instruments are self explanatory so we ll describe here only the special or important ones The upper panel FATE Mf A Power managment The little blue arrows show dependencies between systems The Right button powers each DGIV system the computer button powers the computer and autopilots you can set this button off on to reboot the computer You can set the radio button off if you don t want to hear Orbiter sound radio ATC The power for all systems come from GEN1 and GEN2 which are powered by APU The APU can be started if there is power on the start bus the start bus is powered either by EPU on ground or when docked BATT which is charged during flight by GEN1 or Emergency power On the ground if you select EPRU BOTH and the EPU button is off you can set the GEN and APU button to OFF and all power will come from EPU External Power Unit Emergency power is a fuel cell that can power the DGIV in case of APU failure Push this button and set the selector to Emergency power In this case you must reduce the power comsumption so the fuel cell lasts longer You can display the time remaining with D4 display on computer and the actual comsuption with the most right blue display A red light on a button means there was a power fault You just need to push it twice to reset and engage the system again To power On or Off the DGIV simply foll
28. n if the pilot experiences G LOC The crew will recover from G LOC after a bit of time with reduced Gs The amount of delay until full recovery is achieved depends on the severity of the G force they sustained and the time they sustained it The recovery delay can be as long as a minute The CRW display before and after Jenkins recovery Name Jenkins Row Mame Jenkins Roy Age 44 Func passenger Age 244 Func passenger Heart 85 bm Heat 716m Bom 28 bm Incansclent Bem 246m If no action is taken under high G conditions and the pilot dies you will completely lose control of the vessel unless you specified otherwise in the initial configuration DeltaGliderlV User Manual http orbiter dansteph com Page 14 Display G Force in DGIV G Force is displayed in the reentry display D3 on computer display The GVert represents vertical vector from head to feet and GTot the total of G force which is the sum of all vectors including vertical vector GVert is more important because such G cause the worse effect on your crew also negative GVert force have even more effects as in reality MaxG show the maximum G you experienced during your whole flight Right reentry display show situation on Ground Gvert and GTot are equal to 1 0G same vector below the display when climbing at 65 Gvert is 0 41G and GTot 1 08G more than 1 0G due to engine acceleration Miach 0 0 Maza 1 0
29. nd is a bit lower than the zero At some place you ll see ships a bit over ground while on some others you ll see a small part of wheeel sinking into ground No shadows on Prelude Il base pad Prelude Il is a vessel and can t receive a shadow The big advantage of having a vessel is that you can spawn them everywhere with the scenario editor and don t need to edit the base configuration of Orbiter with a base that would exist in all scenarios Second advantage is that in contrary of base the textures are filtered and look way better Third avantage is that you can have a DLL and so an active base Fourth avantage as ships are not exactly over ground see above the shadow would look a bit off The drawback is that you don t have shadow on pad One possible workaround would be to remove the pad from Prelude II base s menu allow that and declare the pad s mesh as a base using usual Orbiter config file You ll just need to place the Prelude II vessel exactly over this pad and you would have both advantages a vessel and shadow on ground with textures not filtered one can t have everything Note planned this workaround for Symphony IV the big brother project of Prelude II that wasn t released due to time but didn t test it on Prelude I The meshes of pad are located in Meshes DGIVPreludell PreludellPad msh or Meshes DGIVPreludell PreludellPadMountain msh Ascent autopilot doesn t put me at the exact altitude Autopilot fin
30. nvolved to bring you this free add on would be grateful if you ddidn t steal its resources do not ask money but respect my work please At very last give credits were it s due DeltaGliderlV User Manual http orbiter dansteph com Page 26 18 0 Contact amp About me my e mail Daniel dansteph com my site http orbiter dansteph com About me My real name is Daniel Polli aka DanSteph in the Orbiter community I m Swiss and was born in 1965 at Geneva in Switzerland and live presentely in France near Geneva I m married to Christine who gave me two beautiful children Julien 1999 and Laureline 2001 the two best gifts of my life As nobody can live from fresh air or program for free for months without income have now my own company where I m the only employee and have done one addon shareware for Flight simulator 2004 FsPassengers which has had an excellent review and is now popular in the flight simulator world Being independant is not an easy task with incredible income If you love flight simulator and like my work don t forget to check also my shareware FsPassengers Free demo Avsim have never encountered any software for MSFS that has given me such an overall sense of what it s like to fly as a profession Read AvSim review gt gt gt SimFlight FsPassengers brings something new to our Flight Simulator It s like an amazing realism for any pilot that wishes to feel like a captain respons
31. ork time on it now reaches one year Of course it would have been impossible to make without all the fantastic people that supported my work or helped in various degrees thank them first and foremost This addon was made with passion for passionate people hope you ll enjoy my work Daniel Polli aka DanSteph Vulbens France December 2013 If knowledge can create problems it is not through ignorance that we can solve them Isaac Asimov 1920 1992 RIP DeltaGliderlV User Manual http orbiter dansteph com Page 3 2 0 DGIV Technical data Total Length Total height Wingspan Wing area Weight empty Max take off weight Max landing weight Max Crew Max Payload Take off speed Landing speed Engine Power 2a feck R Ba m Pota aN Bales 17 90m 4 72m with gear 17 85m 113 49 m2 12 052 tonnes 27 tonnes Earth MKIV engine 19 tonnes Earth 5 4 passengers 1 pilot 3 5 tonne 180 m s Earth at 22 tonnes 175 m s Earth at 19 tonnes MKI 50KN MKII 200KN MKIV 260KN MKV 320KN DeltaGliderlV User Manual 17 85m _ _ _ _ _ _ _ http orbiter dansteph com Page 4 3 0 Initial configuration The DGIV can be configured for short or very long trips using different O2 and fuel settings This is done with the DG4config exe program If you have deleted the desktop shortcut you can find this program in your Orbiter Sound
32. ou can also use your real keyboard to input commands The main computer maintains your autopilot and can display a lot of information like damage vessel state hull temperature G speed etc etc Notice that the calculator is fully functional F Antenna control AE35 grin Antenna is mainly useful to detect objects bearing azimuth and distance if you don t want to cheat with Orbiter F9 key G UMmu turbopack and Cargo bay This controls turbopack and cargo doors and release grapple of payload or turbopack If you want to grapple a turbopack or a cargo simply place it near the door and click on grapple button On the ground the DGIV s cargo bay must be over a payload and turbopack and must be just below the corresponding door for grapple to work TIPS you can load a cargo using the Orbiter scenario editor DeltaGliderlV User Manual http orbiter dansteph com Page 12 8 0 Crew safet In the DeltagliderlV you must take care of crew aboard excess G lack of O2 reserve or incorrect setting of cabin s atmosphere can kill your crew as can a bad re entry into the atmosphere or a ground impact Excessive G The effect of too many G s on the body in real life mainly depends on three parameters 1 G vector negative G positive G 2 G force 3 G duration The DeltaGliderlV models all three parameters They are accurately modeled to represent real effects from G forces High G forces will damage your crew s health and
33. ow the check list that is on the lower panel RADIO TIPS The Radio power button forces OrbiterSound to play ATC even if you disabled ATC option in SoundConfig exe Simply turn radio power OFF if you don t want ATC anymore B Airlocks gear nosecone and dock Here you can find the airlock and outer door buttons You also have the gear command and hydraulic power Note that hydraulic power must be ON to operate the Gear this is a safety if the button is off you can t accidentally lower the gear You can also find the undock button it will light green if you are docked C Strobe and seat belt control crew wear spacesuits Here you can find the Strobe button and Seat belt button which is very important when off the crew will wear normal clothing you can t eject from ship When On they wear spacesuits and can eject and your crew can live for a period if there are critical conditions in the cabin 0 pressure low or high temperature This button must remain On during any dangerous phase of your flight or when eject is suitable eg It s a bad idea to eject on Mars because the chute will not slow you down enough Bell button is just there to wake up your crew DeltaGliderlV User Manual http orbiter dansteph com Page 9 The midle panel MAIN ENGINE GIMBAL eo YAN u r PITCH a a a p 72 i H MODE COMP MODE ulun fuul SEL MNU A Ship control This button is very important it allows you to set ship s
34. rbiter dansteph com Page 15 9 0 Life support system In the DeltagliderlV crew breathe O2 and exhale CO2 back into the cabin The missing O2 is replaced from the O2 tanks and the CO2 is eliminated by the CO2 remover Total consumption of O2 and the amount of CO2 expelled is based on number of crew aboard and their heart rates The N2 tanks replace air lost when you operate the airlock and repressurize the cabin when you set a higher pressure They are much smaller than the O2 tanks You must manage all these systems to keep your crew healthy The best way to do so is to follow the check lists carefully You re not obligated to make all the pressure and O2 level changes required in each check list but they may add to the realism notice since apollo1 accident cabin O2 is not anymore set to 100 Two systems for safety You have two O2 tanks and two N2 tanks A and B as well as two recycling system A and B However note that the A and B switches are unrelated in other words the recycle button A doesn t command tank A They are separate systems CABIN AIR RECYCLING Usually both recycling AB and tank AB should all be ON when you re in a Critical flight phase like landing or take off for safety reasons When both A and B tanks are ON the O2 or N2 needed is taken from the A tank until it is empty at which point it will switch to B You can also mix the A and B recycling circuits For example setting MOIST to A CO2 to B C
35. rea Hubleman Delta Glider3 lover streb2001 Joe_ BAR MattNW La brique volante R ni Runibl Bang Larsen scinrd Felix Christopher Stephen Kampas Pierre A big thanks to the most active testers who helped or supported me during the months of work Matt sunshine135 Dimock willy88 Quick_Nick Voyager Pagir Brian n122vu Crane Kyle G2g591 Elbert JoshB Picto And also a big thanks to people who helped to correct or translate the documentation Matt sunshine135 Dimock SimonPro Pierre translated all the doc in french alone Reekchaa kipper Special thanks to my familly the best things that ever happened in my life my wonderful wife Christine who has supported me for years and my wonderful kids Laureline and Julien Copyright amp License The DeltaGliderlV add on is freeware so it s strictly forbiden to make any money with it You are NOT free to redistribute this archive without my permission you may simply provide it via a link to my page so that users who download it will always be downloading the most recent version not a direct link to the file please that would be unpolite All material done by me is copyrighted by me this include 98 of DeltaGliderlV files textures dll meshes copyrights for other materials in this distribution such as the Deltaglider s model still remain with their authors It s forbiden to re use any resource in your addon without my permission Thousands of hours were i
36. se it will take off automatically You can change heading speed or altitude to hold see DISP 1 D1 display when autopilot is running for a help about which keys to use PRO90 SPECNN Ascent autopilot Ascent autopilots can take off automatically either with conventional take off aircraft style either by hover take off and will put you in Orbit with an ECC of 0 0000 the final altitude depends on your weight engine and fuel setting They are designed to work best with default Mark IV engine and default fuel setting Simply engage them on ground and watch your vessel taking off the autopilot even raise gear if you forget them Ascent autopilots list all autopilots raise gear automatically at 15 meter PRO903 Conventional take off from earth PRO904 Hover take off from Earth PRO905 Hover take off from Moon PRO906 Hover take off from Mars Important during ascent autopilot you can force heading by 10 with numpad key 4 and 6 This is to help you fine tune the final Inclination But as INC builds slowly during ascent you may simply destroy the final INC if you try to correct it too early So use this late in ascent watch the Align plane MFD to help you Rinc and Rate parameters The heading correction is displayed in D1 program and D3 reentry display The scripts of ascent program are in Sound DeltaGliderlV Prog directory you can edit existing or add more simply copy one and rename it for example PRO908SPEC txt and edit
37. to your trip duration using dg4config exe and then load those setting in your DGIV C Life support crew and EVA managment This panel is explained more in details further in this documentation Notice the MFD that displays all cabin settings reserve settings and crew data aboard Notice also the new Windows ray filter button that really changes the opacity of the windows D Engine and fuel panel Here are all the engine and fuel controls on the top you have input valves to refuel the DGIV see check list The engine valves must be open otherwise thrusters cannot operate You can transfer fuel from one tank to another You can engage turbo pump post combustion that gives you more power either by pressing BackSpace or clicking on turbo pump button To engage turbo you must already have engine set to 100 In the middle you can find the remote thrust that allow you to delay planed burn A backup start stop button is on the middle panel so you can start a countdown while watching MFD Retro and hover thrusters are protected by doors so that they do not burn during reentry You can force those DeltaGliderlV User Manual http orbiter dansteph com Page 11 doors to open or close safety during reentry but it is best to leave them on Auto they will open automatically when a thrust is requested either by your commands or by autopilot command E Main computer This is the main computer and keyboard The keyboard works but y
38. ustom DGIV autopilot functions available The following autopilot functions are also available via the flight computer PRO104SPEC40 PRO105SPEC40 PRO110SPECO PRO200SPEC7 PRO200SPEC8 PRO300SPECO PRO400SPECnn PRO500SPECO PRO903SPECnn PRO904SPECnn PRO905SPECnn PRO906SPECnn Manual rentry Hold attitude with selected AOA Auto reentry keep a low temperature reentry profile Atmospheric flight usefull for cruise flight maintain heading altitude and speed Manual Hover Auto Hover Docking Auto dock you to any ship with a docking port Hold speed nn stand for a number usefull for aproach taxiing and cruise flight Null relative speed in regard of a close object in space only Ascent autopilot were nn is a number automatic launch from earth into low orbit Earth ascent autopilot with automatic hover take off Moon ascent autopilot with automatic hover take off Mars ascent autopilot with automatic hover take off 10 1 Presentation of DGIV custom autopilots IMPORTANT The best way to learn autopilots is to launch the tutorial scenarios See scenarios in DeltaGliderlV Tutorial Learn DGIV Whats cool howewer we ll present some of them that have particularity below PRO104SPECNN Manual reentry autopilot Usefull for reentry on planets with atmosphere NN stand for the AOA you want to hold usually 40 at start of reentry This is a keep attitude autopilot you are in charge of mana
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