Delta-glider Operations Manual

Copyright (c) 2005-2006 Martin Schweiger Or!iter ho"e# or!it$"edphys$ucl$ac$u%&or!it$ht"l or www$or!itersi"$co" 01 ugust 2006

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Contents
1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 2 2 COCKPIT CAMERA MODE ............................................................................................. 2 2$1 )nstru"ent panels $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 2 2$2 *irtual coc%pit $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ + ! # & ( CONTRO" AND IN TRUMENT .................................................................................... # KE$%OARD CONTRO" .................................................................................................. # CONTRO" DIA"O' ........................................................................................................... & TEC)NICA" PECI*ICATION ........................................................................................ &

Delta-glider Operations Manual (c) 2005-2006 Martin Schweiger

Introdu+tion

0he Delta-glider (D') is the ideal ship /or the no.ice pilot to get space!orne$ )ts /uturistic design concept1 high thrust and e2tre"ely low /uel consu"ption "a%e it easy to achie.e or!it1 and it can e.en !e used /or interplanetary tra.el$ 0he winged design pro.ides aircra/t-li%e handling in the lower at"osphere1 while the .ertically "ounted ho.er-thrusters allow .ertical ta%eo//s and landings independent o/ at"ospheric conditions and runways$ 0wo .ersions are a.aila!le# 0he standard D' is e3uipped with "ain1 retro and ho.er engines$ 0he scra"4et .ersion (D'-S) has in addition two air!reathing scra"4et engines /itted1 which can !e used /or supersonic at"ospheric /light$ 0he scra"4ets ha.e an operational airspeed range o/ Mach +-5$ 0he glider co"es with operating landing gear1 nose cone doc%ing port1 airloc% door1 deploya!le radiator and ani"ated aerodyna"ic control sur/aces$ )t now supports particle e2haust e//ects$

Co+,pit

+a-era

-odes

part /ro" the generic 6glass coc%pit7 ca"era "ode which supports a head-up display (89D)1 up to two "ulti-/unctional displays (M,D) and so"e o/ the "ost essential control and display co"ponents1 the D' also supports a set o/ 2-D instru"ent panels1 and a .irtual +-D coc%pit (*C)1 all o/ which can !e operated with the "ouse$ :ou can switch !etween the di//erent coc%pit "odes !y pressing $

2.1

Instru-ent panels
and

0he glider supports three 2-D instru"ent panels which can !e selected with $

le/t&right scra"4et te"perature# di//usor1 co"!ustion1 e2haust ;osecone&airloc% operation le/t M,D 89D "ode selector "ain throttle1 gi"!al control ho.er throttle1 !alance control scra" throttle1 gi"!al control "ain engine status scra" engine status arti/icial hori<on slope&range indicator O indicator slip indicator right M,D ,&-CS selectors na."odes pitch tri" control "ain&-CS /uel status scra" /uel status 0or3ue angular acceleration&angular .elocity indicators

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le/t&right wheel !ra%e

landing gear control&status nose cone control&status

2.2

.irtual +o+,pit

0he delta-glider pro.ides a +-D .irtual coc%pit (*C) "ode in addition to the 2-D panel "ode$ 0he *C puts you in the pilot=s seat1 with the head-up display in /ront o/ you1 and all controls and displays within easy reach$ :ou can operate switches and le.ers with the "ouse$ >oo% around you !y pressing the right "ouse !utton and dragging the "ouse1 !y using 1 or with the coolie hat on your 4oystic%$ :ou can also lean le/t1 right and /orward with
89D 89D "ode panel le/t M,D ho.er /&! !alance air/oil control scra"4et gi"!al -CS control "ain gi"!al scra"4et te"perature /uel le.el /uel status hori<on slope O & slip controls gear indicator lights right M,D 89D colour& airloc% control nosecone tri" angular .el$&"o"$

1 to get a !etter .iew o/ your surroundings$

na."ode panel

Mo/ing 0et1een .C positions 0he de/ault .irtual coc%pit position places you in the pilot=s seat1 !ehind the pane o/ the head-up display and with access to all instru"ents and /light controls$ :ou can howe.er also switch your position to any o/ the ( passenger seats in the ca!in1 /or e2a"ple to e2perience the replay o/ a recorded /light /ro" a passenger=s perspecti.e$ 0o switch to a di//erent *C position1 use Ctrlarrow %ey co"!inations$ 0he picture illustrates the di//erent 4u"p paths$

Delta-glider Operations Manual (c) 2005-2006 Martin Schweiger

! Controls and instru-ents

RC and aerod2na-i+ +ontrol sele+tion 0he , C0-> selector is used to acti.ate control o/ aerodyna"ic sur/aces .ia "anual user input$ Manipulating the control sur/aces is only e//ecti.e within an at"osphere at su//iciently high dyna"ic pressures$ 0he settings are# O,, (control sur/aces disconnected)1 O; (control sur/aces ena!led)1 and ?)0C8 (only pitch control ena!led)$ 0he -CS MOD@ selector sets the -eaction Control Syste" "ode which is used to control attitude in /ree space$ During at"ospheric /light1 when aerodyna"ic control sur/aces are acti.e1 the -CS is usually disa!led$ 0he selector can !e set to O,, (-CS disa!led)1 -O0 (-CS in rotational "ode)1 and >); (-CS in linear "ode)$ Aoth selectors can !e set with the le/t and right "ouse !uttons$ Shortcuts /or -CS are
Numpad (-O0&>);) and (O;&O,,)$ Numpad

(O;&O,,)$ Shortcut /or

, control is

Numpad

Main engine gi-0al +ontrol Aoth "ain engines can !e gi"!alled independently in pitch and yaw$ 'i"!al range is 1$0B in pitch1 and C$CB in yaw$ 0he yaw range allows to co"pensate /or tor3ue generated !y a single engine at "ain thrust$ 0he "ain engine pitch and yaw gi"!al controls are arranged le/t o/ the "ain throttle$ 0he gi"!al setting is controlled !y /lip switches /or the le/t and right engine$ 0he gi"!als can !e operated /or !oth engines indi.idually1 or si"ultaneously !y clic%ing !etween the switches$ Aoth the pitch and 4aw gi"!als can !e returned to neutral position !y pressing the appropriate 6C@;0@-7 !utton$ )n addition1 the yaw gi"!al control supports di.ergent (6D)*7) and auto"atic (6 90O7) settings# Dith 6D)*71 !oth engines are set to di.ergent thrust at their e2tre"e li"it1 so that !oth thrust .ectors are aligned with the glider=s centre o/ gra.ityE with 6 90O71 !oth engines are set to parallel thrust1 and the gi"!al angle is ad4usted so that the total thrust .ector is aligned with the centre o/ gra.ity1 e.en i/ the :aw gi"!al DIV and AUTO "odes two engines produce di//erent thrust$ 0he auto"atic "ode re"ains acti.e until another "ode is selected$ 0he current setting o/ pitch and yaw gi"!als is shown !y indicators ne2t to the controls$ 0he scra"4et .ersion (D'-S) has additional gi"!al controls /or the scra"4et engines$ 0he scra"4ets can only !e gi"!alled in a single a2is (pitch)$ 0he controls are identical to the "ain pitch controls$

Ke20oard

+ontrols

)n addition to the generic Or!iter .essel control %eys1 the D' supports the /ollowing .esselspeci/ic %ey controls# Operate landing gear

Delta-glider Operations Manual (c) 2005-2006 Martin Schweiger

Operate nose cone doc%ing "echanis" Open&close outer airloc% door Deploy&retract air!ra%es Deploy&retract radiators FSpace Open ani"ation control dialog !o2

& Control dialog

:ou can open a dialog !o2 with shortcuts with so"e co""on control actions /or the D' !y pressing GSpace$ 0his is particularly use/ul /or e2ternal ca"era .iews1 when the control ele"ents on the instru"ent panels are not accessi!le$ "anding gear# e2tend&retract the undercarriage$ Retro doors# Open&close protecti.e doors co.ering the retro engines on the leading edge o/ the wings$ 0he retros are only /unctional when the doors are /ully open$ Close the doors during at"ospheric /light$ Outer airlo+,# Open&close the outer airloc% door$ Inner airlo+,# Open&close the inner airloc% door$ Nose +one# Open&close the /our seg"ents o/ the nose cone to e2pose the doc%ing "echanis"$ Open !e/ore doc%ing approach or /or @* operations1 close during at"ospheric /light$ Es+ape ladder# @2tend&retract a ladder /or access to the airloc% entry when landed$ 0he escape ladder is only operational i/ the nose cone is open1 and will retract auto"atically when the cone is closed$ Top 3at+3# Open&close the escape hatch at the top o/ the passenger ca!in$ Radiator# @2tend&stow the radiator located in the rear o/ the glider=s /uselage$ @2tend only during or!ital phase o/ the /light$ "ig3ts# 0urn the glider=s stro!e and na.igation !eacons on and o//$

( Te+3ni+al spe+i4i+ations
@"pty "ass Main /uel "ass -CS /uel "ass Ma2 ta%eo// "ass >ength Dingspan 0hrust )sp )nertia (?M)) Stall C> Stall O 11$0H10 %g (D') + 12$IH10 %g + 0$6H10 %g + 2($IH10 %g (D') 1C$C6 " 1C$56 " 5 2 2 1$6H10 ; ( 2 2 +$(H10 ; 5 + 2 1$1H10 ; ( (H10 "&s 2 15$5 & 22$1 & C$C " 1$0 20B
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1+$0H10 +%g (D'-S) + (10$(H10 %g F 2$5H10 ) 26$IH10 %g (D'-S) ("ain engines) (wing-"ounted retro thrusters) (ho.er thrusters) (/uel-speci/ic i"pulse in .acuu")
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