DGIII alpha release available part 2 (closed)

[DanSteph]

just added smoke "fuel jettison" when you use RCS or main fuel tank dump.



I plan later to add a "max landing weight" limitation so Landing with full weight will reduce the
tolerance of the landing vertical speed.
Landing with extreme care will still do the job but even a litle rougness can broke your vessel
at max weight. So you'll better empty a bit the fuel before landing.  


Anyway for the next version you'll have the "fuel jettison" smoke already....

(next version planed 040126_rev1 in a couple of hours)

Done already:

Canopy status (open/closed) now saved in scenario

Corrected bug with O2 going to zero at 100 meter high
on earth when canopy open.

Autocontrol mode (elevon/rcs) now switch based on dynamic pressure, mean that if your speed
going to low on earth it will switch back to RCS control. Also at take-off on earth it will switch from
RCS to surface control at 110 m/s  (rotate speed 150/160)
This ensure an automatic switching to witchever is the more efficient at the curent time.

Bug resolved : applying brake worked even when gear collapsed.

Bug resolved : gear out/in worked when landed.

Undocking with airlock open damage the nosecone door.

Docking with nosecone closed or not fully opened damage it.

Various bug cleared and some tweaking


Dan

[DanSteph]

Dan wrote
I plan later to add a "max landing weight" limitation so Landing with full weight will reduce
the
tolerance of the landing vertical speed.
Landing with extreme care will still do the job but even a litle rougness can broke your vessel
at max weight. So you'll better empty a bit the fuel before landing.

Never mind the Later

Just added this feature also... now if you land at full weight (23ton)
your landing gear will collapse at a vertical speed less than -1.77 m/s

The "max landing weight" is 19 ton at this weight you have the "normal"
vertical speed limit of -8m/s... This mean you must dump about 50% of your fuel
before landing if you have full tank.

040126_rev1 still planned in some hours I have still two or three things to add.

Dan

[Dave]

Too much snow there, Dan?  I don't want to hear it...we've got about two feet added to the foot
or so that's already been on the ground...temps today: -32C, wind chill -41C.  I think it's warmer
on MARS than here!!!

Dave

p.s. I totally agree with you regarding the re-entry modeling being off on the stock DG.  Modify
away--we all completely trust your abilities in this regard!

[jgrillo2002]

DanSteph Said

Jgrillo

Strange ?  no one reported any font screewing it's a simple
windows MFC application and so there is no special font code... do
you have an picture of your desk with the passenger name problem ?
(sent it by mail if you can't host a picture)

Heres what the problem looks like

[Dave]

Hmmmm...that looks like a problem on your machine, jgrillo, rather than a bug in the code.

psssst, Dan..."line," not "ligne" if you don't tell, I won't.

Dave

[DanSteph]

SNOWY Dave wrote:
psssst, Dan..."line," not "ligne"  if you don't tell, I won't.

Well, I'll note that
You missed Passengers or it's me ?

You wont believe what 5 cm of snow can do to us...
I think it's the first time we got snow this years (I mean that stay
more than 20 minute on ground)

airprot closed , one hour to make 6 km this morning...
There is always one guy to think that 5cm need to drive at 5mph.
Anyways the temp are now back in a fair +1°c and it's raining ... again

Dan
"we need more CO2 so I can soon put palm tree in my garden"

PS: Jgrillo I'll have a look at my code.

[DanSteph]

thread 2 closed too much post see the third one

Dan