· Your spacecraft will start to roll. You can check the speed (in meters/second) on the
AIRSPD indicator of the Surface MFD, or on the HUD (head-up display) – the value in the
green box at the top right of the screen.
· When the airspeed reaches 100 m/s, pull back on the joystick to rotate, or press and hold
Numpad.
· Once clear of the runway, pressto raise the landing gear.
When the atmosphere is too thin to produce enough lift for a runway takeoff (for example
when taking off from the Moon) or when no runway is available, you can use the glider’s
hover engines to lift off:
· Move the Hover slider on the instrument panel up by clicking and dragging with the
mouse. Alternatively, press theNumpad key until hover engines are fully engaged.
· Your glider should now lift off vertically. Once clear of the ground, engage main engines.
Note that a fully loaded and tanked glider may be too heavy to lift off vertically from Earth
when the “realistic” flight model is used.
· As you gain airspeed, you can gradually reduce hover thrust.
Atmospheric flight:
In the lower atmosphere, the glider behaves very much like an aircraft. Try the joystick controls
for pitch, roll and yaw to get a feeling for handling at different altitudes. Without a joystick,
you can use the numerical keypad (/Numpad for pitch, /Numpad for roll, and
/Numpad for yaw). The glider has powerful rocket engines, but their performance depends
on atmospheric pressure (at very low altitudes, it will not even go supersonic).
This is a good time to try different camera modes. Open the Camera dialog ( ), and
check the effect of different track modes and field of view (FOV) settings.
Landing:
· Go around and approach runway 33 of the SLF from the south. Line up with the runway.
Your HSI instrument helps to maintain the correct approach path and slope. One of its
two displays should already be tuned to the runway ILS system. The HSI contains a
course pointer, deviation and glideslope indicator. It works like a standard aircraft instrument,
so you may already be familiar with its use. If not, check section 13.4 for details.
· As you approach the runway, you will see PAPI and VASI landing aids in front of and beside
the runway (see section 16.6). The PAPI is of limited use here, because it is adjusted
for the Space Shuttle’s steep descent slope of 20°.
· Throttle back and engage airbrakes ( ) to reduce speed. Lower the landing gear
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