space shuttle

SPACE SHUTTLE 

For over a quarter of a century the Space Shuttle has been a highly successful and cost effective way of launching satellites, carrying out experiments and building the International Space Station. Now the team at Captain Sim has harnessed the skills of a Shuttle-trained Cosmonaut to develop a flight sim first.

For FSX

Take up the challenge in Flight Simulator X and bring the Shuttle back from the edge of space to a safe landing at the Kennedy Space centre. 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!

Space Shuttle features highly detailed visual models, effects and some of major systems that are normally in use during the following Space Shuttle Orbiter descent phases:

•Entry through the atmosphere

•Terminal Area Energy Management (TAEM)

•Approach, Landing and Rollout

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

1. Entry starts at Entry Interface Point (altitude 400,000 feet, M=26)

2. TAEM starts at TAEM Interface Point (altitude 82,000 feet, M=2.6)

3. Approach starts at A/L Interface Point (altitude 15,000 feet, 380KEAS)

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 (Acceleration/SP2 compatible)

2.5GHz+

1Gb RAM

128Mb+ 3D graphics card

Windows XP

1Gb hard disk space

DVD-ROM drive

RRP £19.99

Our Price

£15.99