FlightGear Newsletter April 2011: Difference between revisions

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*[[JSBSim]] centrifugal force addition made the whole flight available.
*[[JSBSim]] centrifugal force addition made the whole flight available.
*JSBSim property driven point masses, tanks and engines, and aerodynamic coefficients implementation allow stages changing. Each single stage of the flight has an independent mass scheme, propulsion system, and aerodynamics reactions, so simulation is more or less realistic.
*JSBSim property driven point masses, tanks and engines, and aerodynamic coefficients implementation allow stages changing. Each single stage of the flight has an independent mass scheme, propulsion system, and aerodynamics reactions, so simulation is more or less realistic.
*Datcom+ with "little wing" approach resolves carrier and spacecraft aerodynamics accurately enough to make flights on real fuel and oxidizer capacities with real g forces, orbit and deorbit paths.  
*DATCOM+ free version with "little wing" approach resolves carrier and spacecraft aerodynamics accurately enough to make flights on real fuel and oxidizer capacities with real g forces, orbit and deorbit paths.  
*[[FlightGear Newsletter April 2011#Atmospheric scattering shader|Zan's shader]] makes the earth look pretty enough from high altitudes.
*[[FlightGear Newsletter April 2011#Atmospheric scattering shader|Zan's shader]] makes the earth look pretty enough from high altitudes.
*FG improvement shifted practical flight ceiling from 80 to 160 kilometers.
*FG improvement shifted practical flight ceiling from 80 to 160 kilometers.
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