SPACE SHUTTLE FOR MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR X & 2004

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Space Shuttle

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 modeled and the systems and avionics are re-created to an extremely high level of detail. It's out of this world!

Loaded with Features

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.

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

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

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

System Requirements

Flight Simulator X
2.5GHz+
1Gb RAM
128Mb+ 3D graphics card
Windows XP
1Gb hard disk space
DVD-ROM drive