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!
Panels include hi-res 2D, virtual cockpit, Commander view 2D panel, HUD, exterior model animation control panel, simicons panel, radio panel and GPS panels
Software features a video ‘launch’ to start the program and set the scene for the journey back to terra firma.
Amazing animations include payload bay doors, SRMS (Shuttle Remote Manipulator System), drag chute, radiators and landing gear.
Includes a voice package with 19 cues based on actual crew and Mission Control communications. This operates in real time according to current flight situation.
The package 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.
Manual features a custom tutorial prepared by Just Flight to guide virtual astronauts back to Earth.
Bonus version with limited features for Flight Simulator 2004 is included in the package.
Please note: No launch, ascent or orbital phases/systems are simulated. Designed for FSX, Space Shuttle can be flown in FS2004 with certain limitations as detailed in the more information section for this add-on.
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.
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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