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Offline Matthew.P

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13 November 2005, 00:29:06
Hi,
    When I tried the energy project from orbithanger I liked it and really liked the DGIII support. when I used time
acceleration to launch at daylight I noticed that by the time I got into space my DGIII burnt up. It didn't do this at
night. does anyone have any ideas? Thanks!:)


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Offline freespace2dotcom

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Reply #1 - 13 November 2005, 03:33:59
Now if I remember anything at all, it's that in time acceleration, orbiter calculates orbital perameters at a smaller
resolution in order to speed things up.

The lesser accuracy of time acceleration leads to crafts' "jumping" from one position to another in the now loosly
calculated orbit with the severity depending on how much acceleration used.

The DG3 interprets these "jumps" as sudden really fast movements, which in a friction environment, tends to burn
things up. don't know anything about the energy project, though, so maybe someone else can help as well. just for
now though don't use time accel and see if that solves the problem.

You really shouldn't use time accel for launches anyway. real orbinauts only use it only for speeding up long inter-
stellar body jumps where they don't have 5 days (to the moon) to 6 months (for mars) just sitting on their computer doing nothing. ;)

Oh, and I guess the occasional orbital "sit tight" manuever, when you're simply waiting for your orbit to align with
your needed spaceport without using fuel. :)

(hey, I actually posted help for something orbiter related.. it's been what, 10 months? :badsmile: )



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Offline Matthew.P

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Reply #2 - 13 November 2005, 03:51:05
Thanks! so if I want to launch during the day I will just edit the MJD in the .SCN file. I can't believe it's so simple! ;)


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Reply #3 - 13 November 2005, 12:52:05
Yep, it's that simple. Time compression is best used on long flights, inbetween maneuvers (IMFD and Transx will tell you when
those burn times are). Mind you, there is something to be said for running a complete mission in realtime, with beautiful
music in the background.

Of course it's easier to do if you have a home network and one machine dedicated to Orbiter ...


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Reply #4 - 13 November 2005, 17:51:58
I really only used time acceleration to change the time of day, I did the mission in real time. Thanks again for helping
me!:)


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