Shuttle for approach and landing practice

[Air1 136]

Just a question.

 

What is the best shuttle/orbiter to use for the most realistic approach and landing practice at Kennedy space center.

 

Steve

[g_precentralis 191]

Space shuttle mission simulator 2007.

[Air1 136]

 

 

Space shuttle mission simulator 2007.

 

Will that work in FSX?

[g_precentralis 191]

No, that's stand alone sim. Simulates most significant missions (first flight, hubble repairs, construction of ISS) from launch to landing. Graphic is dated, but who cares.

 

This landing is not good, but you can make correct approach with a little bit of practice.

[normpearii 2]

After a quick google search, I believe that is a standalone game.


Edit: Was beaten to it  :lol:

[Overload 91]

F -SIM Space shuttle is quite a nice app for Android or Apple devices - I've got it on my Android phone and tablet - nice graphics...

Eugene

[sauviat 137]

JELAIR-Rockwell_International_Orbiter_Enterprise-(v2008-05-19)

 

Avsim: jelair-fsx-rockwell_international_orbiter_enterprise-v2008-05-20

 

Read the documents, I find the add-on interesting!

 

Sauviat

[Christopher Low 5,332]

SSMS2 would be even better, but the developer has seemingly vanished from this side of the galactic disk, and will probably never return.

[AirborneZed 168]

SSMS2 would be even better, but the developer has seemingly vanished from this side of the galactic disk, and will probably never return.

They're still developing it, Chris. I check their forum from time to time as well as their twitter.

[g_precentralis 191]

They're still developing it, Chris. I check their forum from time to time as well as their twitter.

Yes, it will be released together with level-d 757.  :rolleyes:

[Christopher Low 5,332]

 

They're still developing it, Chris. I check their forum from time to time as well as their twitter.

 

I am a member of that forum (my username is Mogget), and they haven't given us a single update in the past two years.

[Cras 6]

Use Space Shuttle Fleet for Orbiter.  It is available on Simviation.com    It handles very much like it should during the re-entry and the approach.   And yes, the Shuttle does drop very fast, it is not an easy thing to glide down dead stick to a safe landing.

 

As for SSMS 2007...  not very realistic in terms of handling.    Still a very fun sim, dont get me wrong.  For anyone interested in learning what it took to fly the Shuttle, it is well worth it, but if you are looking for the most realistic flight dynamics, Orbiter is your best bet by far.    And SSM 2....yeah don't hold your breath on that, if it is still going to happen, it isn't going to be happening any time soon.   Christ is right, they have left us in the dark for a long long time and the few people of authority who were there were clearly not invovled in the development process and were doing psuedo-updates at best and ended up just raging on us saying he was not going to bother with us anymore so...yeah.

[g_precentralis 191]

Orbiter is more like a generic sim, and while space shuttle mode exists,it's not too good in terms of system modeling and procedures.

[Air1 136]

F -SIM Space shuttle is quite a nice app for Android or Apple devices - I've got it on my Android phone and tablet - nice graphics...

Eugene

 have it on my ipad mini and it is very challenging and a lot of fun, many different approaches offered and all kinds of weather. yes it is also available for android tablets now. Not as easy as you would think, fly's like a brick!

 

Steve

[Christopher Low 5,332]

For the record, Space Shuttle Mission Simulator 2 (the successor to SSM2007 from Exciting Simulations) is now being actively developed again. I am really looking forward to this one, particularly the significantly improved Earth graphics.