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== In the hangar == | == In the hangar == | ||
=== Space Shuttle === | |||
The Shuttle development team is proud to announce that Milestone 5 of the Space Shuttle has arrived on the repository. Breaking new grounds in FG glass cockpits, we have the ability to drive as many as nine distinct Multifunction Display Units (MDUs) on the forward panel, each capable of showing a different part of the Shuttle's Guidance and Navigation or Systems Management avionics package.<p> | |||
Two keyboards are used to communicate with the flight computer, and many functions (payload bay door, automatic pointing and tracking in orbit, propellant dump, DAP configuration,...) can be called via the control software.<p> | |||
[[File:Shuttle cockpit panorama01.jpg|800px|Status of the Shuttle 3d cockpit in Jan 2016]]<p> | |||
For the night half of the orbit, the cockpit panels are backlit to allow reading the labels, and the rest of the surfaces are illuminated by the residual ambience.<p> | |||
[[File:Shuttle cockpit panorama02.jpg|800px|Status of the Shuttle 3d cockpit in Jan 2016]] | |||
With additional work going into Aurora Borealis rendering, there's now also something to see in space during the night! | |||
=== GTA V Airtug & Vapid Speedo === | === GTA V Airtug & Vapid Speedo === | ||
[[File:GTA V Vapid Speedo.png|thumb|GTA V Vapid Speedo]] | [[File:GTA V Vapid Speedo.png|thumb|GTA V Vapid Speedo]] | ||