This unique expansion for
Flight Simulator X takes
Flight Simulation into orbit.
Now, armchair pilots can
swap their headsets for
space suits and bring the
Shuttle back from space to a
safe landfall at Kennedy
Space Centre.
The development team at
Captain Sim has harnessed
the skills of a
Shuttle-trained Cosmonaut to
develop a flight sim first.
All six Shuttle orbiters are
faithfully modelled and the
systems and avionics are
re-created to an extremely
high level of detail. It's
out of this world!
Highly detailed exterior
models are available in the following six
variations:
- OV-101
Enterprise
- OV-102
Columbia (lost during STS-107)
- OV-099
Challenger (lost during STS-51-L)
- OV-103
Discovery
- OV-104
Atlantis
- OV-105
Endeavour
Feature Summary
- High
resolution Commander view 2D Panel
- HUD
-
Exterior model animation control panel
-
Simicons panel
- Radio
panel
- GPS
panels
- 33
custom model animations
- Highly
detailed 3D virtual cockpit (VC)
depiction of the flight deck with aft
crew station, mid deck with airlock and
payload bay
- 238
custom 3D animations in the VC
- 3D
flight instruments
- VC High
resolution textures
- Systems
programming
-
Exclusive effects
-
Realistic flight model
-
Pre-saved flights
- Voice
package
- Add-on
scenery
Animations
- Payload
Bay Doors (2)
- SRMS
(Shuttle Remote Manipulator System)
- Drag
Chute
-
Radiators (2)
- Side
Hatch
- Air
Probes (2)
- Antenna
- Vent
Doors (8)
- Elevons
(4)
- Rudder
- Speed
Brake (2)
- Body
Flap
- Landing
Gears (extension/retraction, wheel
rotation, shocks animation etc) (3)
- Landing
Gear Doors (4)
Highly detailed 3D virtual
cockpit
- Flight
deck with aft crew station
- Mid
deck with airlock
- Payload
bay
Custom 3D animations in the VC
Flight deck
- ADI (3)
-
Altitude/vertical velocity indicator (2)
- Alpha/mach
indicator (2)
-
Accelerometer
- Surface
position indicator
- Control
stick (2)
- Pedals
(4)
- Pedals
adjustment crank (2) left and right
-
Speedbrake control lever (2)
-
Switches, buttons, knobs, selectors
(213)
Middle deck
- MD side
hatch
- Airlock
hatch (2)
Payload bay
- Antenna
payload bay door (2)
High
resolution 2Dpanels
- High
resolution Commander view 2D Panel
- HUD
-
Exterior Model Animation Control Panel
-
Simicons Panel
- Radio
panel
- GPS
panels
- Systems
Programming
Pre-saved flights
Three flights are included in Space Shuttle
- Entry
starts at Entry Interface Point (altitude
400,000 feet, M=26)
- TAEM
starts at TAEM Interface Point (altitude
82,000 feet, M=2.6)
-
Approach starts at A/L Interface Point (altitude
15,000 feet, 380KIAS)
Voice package
Space Shuttle includes a voice package (19
cues).
The voice
package is based on actual crew and Mission
Control Centre communications. It works in
real time according to current flight
situation.
Radio landing aids
Space Shuttle includes the radio aids that
provide original Space Shuttle -19°/-17°
steep OGS glide slope and shallow glide
slope for runway 15 and 33 at the NASA
Shuttle Landing Facility (X68) in Florida.
System Requirements
-
Flight Simulator X
-
2.5GHz+
-
1Gb RAM
-
128Mb+ 3D graphics card
-
Windows XP
-
1Gb hard disk space
-
DVD-ROM drive
Flight
Simulator 2004
There is
also a bonus version included for FS2004.
Due to limitations in FS2004 this is a much
simplified version and features:
- 99,000
ft altitude limit
- No
Entry phase flight
- TAEM
flight start at lower altitude on HAC
- Entry
plasma trail and Orbiter body heat
effects not included
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