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→The Orbital Maneuvering System engines
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Once in orbit, in FG throttle control is transferred to both OMS engines. They can be throttled from zero to 100% of nominal thrust and are automatically vectored by the flight controls through the CoG of the orbiter. The real shuttle has a DAP for thrust vectoring of the OMS engines as well as the option of using a single engine with partial thrust vectoring, neither option is currently modeled. | Once in orbit, in FG throttle control is transferred to both OMS engines. They can be throttled from zero to 100% of nominal thrust and are automatically vectored by the flight controls through the CoG of the orbiter. The real shuttle has a DAP for thrust vectoring of the OMS engines as well as the option of using a single engine with partial thrust vectoring, neither option is currently modeled. | ||
[[File:Shuttle orbit04.jpg|600px| OMS burn for orbital insertion]] | |||
=== The Reaction Control System === | === The Reaction Control System === | ||