FSX / P3D

FSX SP2 Space Shuttle Atlantis

Space Shuttle Atlantis for FSX SP2/Acceleration delivers a reworked model and textures with tuned flight dynamics for authentic sub-orbital climbs to nearly 700,000 ft and Mach 4.65. Enjoy a detailed virtual cockpit, stable re-entry handling, shuttle-style landings, and SDK-compiled animations and gauge-driven effects, including bay doors, separations, and robotic arm payload ops.

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Completely re-worked model and textures . New flight dynamics optimized for SP2/Acceleration to restore sub-orbital performance. Acheive Mach 4.65 and climb to just under 700,000 ft under your own power at max realism. Very stable re-entry dynamics with Shuttle like landing characteristics. DVC added with a camera view for bay window , custom gauge controlled effects, animated SRB and External Tank separations , bay doors, robot arm and payload, elevons, spoiler/rudder, body flap and gear w/ nosewheel steering - compiled with the FSXA SDK.

Animations:
* open bay doors - Shift+E
* SRB Separation - Shift+E 2 // they disappear when exit 2 is fully open
* External Tank separation - Shift+E 3 // it disappears when exit 3 is fully open
* robot arm and module - Shift+E 4 // arm picks up module , releases it and re-stows

Gauge controlled effects:
Main Shuttle Engine Flames and smoke - are tied to Smoke and will light when the throttle is above 97%
SRB Flame and Plume - are tied to Cabin Lights and come on when throttle above 5% and Exit 2 is fully closed

Hints and Tips:

to fly around as a plane , open exit 2 and 3 to make the boosters and tank disappear

to do a vertical launch
- use SLEW to rotate to the vertical and place yourself on the desired launch location
- put the throttles at about 20-25 percent
- come out of slew and you begin your launch
- slowly increase throttle to 100 percent
- seperate the SRB's and External tank when you think it looks right
- welcome to space

the atmosphere ends at 400,000 ft - control surfaces stop working and any movement around pitch/roll/yaw axes will continue
until you get back below 400k - you can toggle slew mode to stop any motion or recover from tumbling

max altitude can be acheived by going level until you reach Mach 4.65 then pull up to an 85 degree climb use trim to keep the 85 degree climb angle

best sub-orbital trajectory is a 50 degree climb angle , this makes the re-entry angle less steep and more managable with a level flight recovery
occuring at a higher altitude

use the wing tip contrails on re-entry as a guide for your angle of attack - 15 degree angle of attack provides the best recovery

use small control inputs - ham fisted control inputs are the best way to send it out of control on re-entry

you can try landings with zero throttle or engines shutdown but use the spoilers for energy managment

best landing speed is around 215 knots

Space Shuttle Atlantis on launchpad

Space Shuttle Atlantis at launch

Space Shuttle Atlantis with booster rockets detatching

Space Shuttle Atlantis with main rocket detatching

Space Shuttle Atlantis in orbit with cargo doors open

Space Shuttle Atlantis cockpit

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atlantis-1.zip
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  1. Rainer Zufall

    Sorry, bro. But in the original setup there is only Shift+E for opening/closing all doors. If you try to tap Shift+E+1, it only accepts Shift+1 to display/u display the main panel in the current window.

    I can't find any other combination to separate the booster and tank. Only the doors are opening/closing, again and again. Better make the shuttle solo with "normal" aircraft flight control.

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  2. Shawn Andersen

    So very cool. Love your stuff big time.

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  3. Niterida357

    How do you get the space shuttle to launch?  My shuttle starts on the runway. I see a lunch pad but there's a shuttle already on it. I used slew but no luck.

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  4. Cayden

    For those of you who don't have effects make sure on the Atlantis folder you put the effect files into the main FSX effects folder.

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  5. mostafa mahmood

    Very cool.  The experience of the space shuttle Atlantis, especially flying over the Earth's atmosphere. I am very grateful. Thank you very much for this interesting experience Note I got a problem with me at the FSX Private Aircraft Gallery where the shuttle image appears in the place of another plane while he is at the location of the aircraft that came before it in the show.

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  6. joseph v. armstrong

    I want to thank Scarriere for the post; it helped a lot. I followed the instructions and it worked.

    • Press SHIFT+E and immediately 2, then let go, for the rocket boosters.
    • Do the same for the fuel: press SHIFT+3 and immediately 3, then let go.

    Now, one more thing: how do you put the shuttle on the launch pad and also make frame come from the rockets?

    The developer did a great job, but the instructions could have been a little bit more clear and detailed.

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  7. joseph v. armstrong

    I downloaded the Space Shuttle. I'm having the same problem: detaching the fuel tank and rocket boosters from the shuttle. It went into orbit—I reached 379,500 ft from the Earth—but still had those three tanks attached. I found a couple of suggestions and will try them.

    I would also like to change the control panel to a Space Shuttle panel. How can I do this? Can I download a Space Shuttle panel?

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  8. TheAmazingNate

    For the people who can't detach the tanks, you have to press shift + E, wait a quarter second, then 2 Repeat with Shift+E 3

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  9. silke cuff

    It uses a 737 cockpit and has no flame effects. There is no booster fire and you cant put it on the launch pad.why does it climb when I pitch it up for the correct 40-degree reentry. Other than this add-on is great.

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  10. RG

    Can you stay in orbit or do you drop back down once you reach the top of the parabola?

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