Re: [Flightgear-devel] Vostok-1

2011-04-25 Thread Jon S. Berndt
-devel] Vostok-1 Hi Curt, As far as I know, some of the early rocket models either had secondary attitude thrusters or deflector plates placed inside the main rocket exhaust. Modern types (i.e. anything from the 1950s onward) have used gimbaling main engines. If you watch prelaunch space

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Vostok-1

2011-04-18 Thread AJ MacLeod
On Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:39:52 +0200 Torsten Dreyer wrote: 156MB!? Isn't that a bit - huge? Maybe... but it looks like a fantastic model. If only I had the time to actually work out how to fly it :-) Really impressive work though. --

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Vostok-1

2011-04-18 Thread Jon S. Berndt
AM To: FlightGear developers discussions Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] Vostok-1 On Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:39:52 +0200 Torsten Dreyer wrote: 156MB!? Isn't that a bit - huge? Maybe... but it looks like a fantastic model. If only I had the time to actually work out how to fly

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Vostok-1

2011-04-18 Thread Gene Buckle
On Mon, 18 Apr 2011, AJ MacLeod wrote: On Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:39:52 +0200 Torsten Dreyer wrote: 156MB!? Isn't that a bit - huge? Maybe... but it looks like a fantastic model. If only I had the time to actually work out how to fly it :-) Really impressive work though. Fly it? I thought

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Vostok-1

2011-04-18 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 06:31:09 -0700 (PDT), Gene wrote in message alpine.lfd.2.00.1104180630330.13...@grumble.deltasoft.com: On Mon, 18 Apr 2011, AJ MacLeod wrote: On Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:39:52 +0200 Torsten Dreyer wrote: 156MB!? Isn't that a bit - huge? Maybe... but it looks like a

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Vostok-1

2011-04-18 Thread Curtis Olson
I've never looked into it, but I've always wondered how (or how much) control they have over those giant rockets. I know the space shuttle flies a very precise profile and rolls over at a particular point, so they must have some good control. But I have never thought about how that control is

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Vostok-1

2011-04-18 Thread Durk Talsma
Hi Curt, As far as I know, some of the early rocket models either had secondary attitude thrusters or deflector plates placed inside the main rocket exhaust. Modern types (i.e. anything from the 1950s onward) have used gimbaling main engines. If you watch prelaunch space shuttle footage, you

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Vostok-1

2011-04-17 Thread Gene Buckle
On Sun, 17 Apr 2011, Torsten Dreyer wrote: Merge commit 'refs/merge-requests/84' of git://gitorious.org/fg/fgdata into integration commit 4a25745ea96dac35a1069a2f85f0b6e72e38ed14 Author: Victor Slavutinsky Date: Wed Apr 13 16:19:53 2011 +0400 1) Initial adding of Vostok-1 spacecraft

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Vostok-1

2011-04-17 Thread Vivian Meazza
Gene couldn't resist -Original Message- From: Buckle [mailto:ge...@deltasoft.com] Sent: 17 April 2011 16:19 To: FlightGear developers discussions Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] Vostok-1 On Sun, 17 Apr 2011, Torsten Dreyer wrote: Merge commit 'refs/merge-requests/84' of git

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Vostok-1

2011-04-17 Thread Jon S. Berndt
I thought I was going to post the first rocket but it looks like you beat me to it! :-) Cool! Jon Sent from my Samsung Captivate(tm) on ATT -- Benefiting from Server Virtualization: Beyond Initial Workload

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Vostok-1

2011-04-17 Thread Jon S. Berndt
What perfect timing for this model too, given the recent 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first human spaceflight. Jon Sent from my Samsung Captivate(tm) on ATT -- Benefiting from Server Virtualization: Beyond Initial

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Vostok-1

2011-04-17 Thread Vivian Meazza
Jon wrote: -Original Message- From: S. Berndt [mailto:jonsber...@comcast.net] Sent: 17 April 2011 18:10 To: FlightGear developers discussions Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] Vostok-1 What perfect timing for this model too, given the recent 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Vostok-1

2011-04-17 Thread Vivian Meazza
Jon wrote: -Original Message- From: S. Berndt [mailto:jonsber...@comcast.net] Sent: 17 April 2011 18:10 To: FlightGear developers discussions Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] Vostok-1 What perfect timing for this model too, given the recent 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Vostok-1

2011-04-17 Thread Gene Buckle
On Sun, 17 Apr 2011, Vivian Meazza wrote: Gene couldn't resist -Original Message- From: Buckle [mailto:ge...@deltasoft.com] Sent: 17 April 2011 16:19 To: FlightGear developers discussions Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] Vostok-1 On Sun, 17 Apr 2011, Torsten Dreyer wrote: Merge

[Flightgear-devel] Vostok-1

2011-04-16 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Merge commit 'refs/merge-requests/84' of git://gitorious.org/fg/fgdata into integration commit 4a25745ea96dac35a1069a2f85f0b6e72e38ed14 Author: Victor Slavutinsky Date: Wed Apr 13 16:19:53 2011 +0400 1) Initial adding of Vostok-1 spacecraft and carrier. $ du -hs Vostok-1/ 156M

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Vostok-1

2011-04-16 Thread Victhor
But it's totally worth it (even with no sounds) Merge commit 'refs/merge-requests/84' of git://gitorious.org/fg/fgdata into integration commit 4a25745ea96dac35a1069a2f85f0b6e72e38ed14 Author: Victor Slavutinsky Date: Wed Apr 13 16:19:53 2011 +0400 1) Initial adding of