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2020 LTS Keflavik news post draft (view source)
Revision as of 15:12, 7 November 2020
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A quick glance on how it can look with a "simple" shortcut in one of the AC buses. It triggers quite some alarms and messed up a bit everything. Better have a good knowledge of what everyhing mean for a good troubleshooting | A quick glance on how it can look with a "simple" shortcut in one of the AC buses. It triggers quite some alarms and messed up a bit everything. Better have a good knowledge of what everyhing mean for a good troubleshooting | ||
[ | [http://wiki.flightgear.org/File:Elec_shortcut_fault_message_v_2.0.jpg Electric short circuit fault messages ] | ||
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*Interior visual improvements for Glass Cockpit displays (Font / fidelity with the real thing) | *Interior visual improvements for Glass Cockpit displays (Font / fidelity with the real thing) | ||
Most of the work is | Most of the work is summed up here: [https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=87&t=37429 Space Shuttle-Display adjustments (PFD,HUD,MEDS,DPS...)]. | ||
Already a lot of those are available on the Space Shuttle dev Branch. | Already a lot of those changes are available on the Space Shuttle dev Branch. | ||
The main thing here is to iron the visible part of the iceberg by fine tunning the display realism | The main thing here is to iron the visible part of the iceberg by fine tunning the display realism visually wise. As with the other parts of the Shuttle dev, it is based on real documentations (mainly the [https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/pdf/359895main_DPS_G_K_7.pdf Data Processing System Dictionnary]). | ||
By the end of the year, a new layer of immersion should be available with the completion of that interior display rework. | By the end of the year, a new layer of immersion should be available with the completion of that interior display rework. | ||
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[[http://wiki.flightgear.org/File:On_Orbit_DPS_overhaul.jpg On Orbit Cockpit View]] | [[http://wiki.flightgear.org/File:On_Orbit_DPS_overhaul.jpg On Orbit Cockpit View]] | ||
Some Shuttle screenshots gallery to finish the update. | |||
STS 1 on the pad, waiting fot the D day | |||
[[http://wiki.flightgear.org/File:STS_1_on_the_pad.jpg Sts 1 on the pad]] | |||
Almost at the end of the first two minutes, the Solid Rocket Boosters ( SRB's) separation is closed. | |||
[http://File:Night_Launch_sunset_Cap_Canaveral.jpg Night Launch over Florida] | |||
A bit of rest for the crew, after a nominal Orbit Insertion | |||
[http://wiki.flightgear.org/images/b/b4/Shuttle_Interior_Night_on_orbit.jpg Shuttle Interior Night Rest] | |||
Back on Earth into a Stormy Weather... | |||
[http://wiki.flightgear.org/File:Stormy_TAEM_Aurora_by_night.jpg TAEM TSRA] | |||
...or with a golden sun | |||
[http://wiki.flightgear.org/File:TAEM_Angel_Sun_White_Sands.jpg White Sands TAEM Sun Halo] | |||
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