I logged about 4 hours in the space shuttle
Well, the space shuttle sim at N.A.S.A., you know the big 20ft tall sim that moves in all axis' and is controlled by a room full of SGI computers
Won it at the '97 WB con, THNX HT AND PYRO! and OTT2 and NASA
I actualy landed that BUFF too, only 50' left of center and .6'/sec too fast, not bad after a 1/2 bottle of tequila
They lauched us (in the vertical position
was sitting on my back) and at a certain altitude we had an "emergency" and had to RTB. Talk about a glide path, we started at 200,000 at about 16,000 mph did a HUGE S-turn then I just kept the shuttle in the diamond, in the HUD, and set her down nice and easy. The landing flare was the hardest part, that and realizing what toe brakes were hehe.
2nd attempt was just like the first, I'm on the glide path and lined up perfect with the center of the runway. Except this time i hear laughing , in my headset (NASA headsets ROCK!) Beep, giggle giggle, Beep. All of a sudden the nose of the shuttle is vearing off to the right, I was looking at the runway through the left quarter panel window. I kicked full left rudder and set it down, only when I let go of the rudder the shuttle veared off the runway and crashed. They gave me a 60mph crosswind at 100 ft. that's why they were laughing.
I know that's not "real" flight, but that damned thing moved and it felt "real" minus the G forces. And the thing MOVED! BIGTIME! was realy an awesome experiece. I'll bring pictures to the CON...
Udie
