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The final mission phases can directly be started using | The final mission phases can directly be started using '''--aircraft=SpaceShuttle-TAEM''' '''--aircraft=SpaceShuttle-approach''' on the command line. | ||
== What are we trying to do? == | == What are we trying to do? == | ||
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(written for the devel version of Oct. 2017) | (written for the devel version of Oct. 2017) | ||
{{Note| You can find in complement of this tutorial a more advanced Tutorial for TAEM once you feel more confident [ | {{Note| You can find in complement of this tutorial a more advanced Tutorial for TAEM once you feel more confident [[Flying_the_Shuttle_-_Entry_TAEM_and_Landing_Advanced|TAEM and Landing advanced]].}} | ||
{{Note|This tutorial is for an up to date version of the official [http://www.science-and-fiction.org/bookstore.html Flightgear Space Shuttle Flight Manual].}} | {{Note|This tutorial is for an up to date version of the official [http://www.science-and-fiction.org/bookstore.html Flightgear Space Shuttle Flight Manual].}} | ||
''In this tutorial, you'll learn to read the Shuttle avionics to fly from TAEM interface into the final approach on instruments only.'' | |||
* Start Flightgear with the commandline options | * Start Flightgear with the commandline options | ||
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<code>--aircraft=SpaceShuttle-TAEM --airport=KVBG </code> | <code>--aircraft=SpaceShuttle-TAEM --airport=KVBG </code> | ||
* You're about 60 miles away from Vandenberg AFB. We (intentionally) didn't specify winds, so you might be coming in from any direction - the point of TAEM guidance is that it leads you into the proper approach no matter how you come in. Well, first we need to tell the avionics we actually want to land at Vandenberg, so open | * You're about 60 miles away from Vandenberg AFB. We (intentionally) didn't specify winds, so you might be coming in from any direction - the point of TAEM guidance is that it leads you into the proper approach no matter how you come in. Well, first we need to tell the avionics we actually want to land at Vandenberg, so open '''Space Shuttle -> Entry Guidance''' and select Vandenberg AFB as the landing site. | ||
[[File:TAEM init.jpg|1000px]]<br /> | [[File:TAEM init.jpg|1000px]]<br /> | ||