Space Shuttle Re-Entry in Microsoft Flight Simulator!

[@Potatoincanada201]

9:02 Thats a docking port that allows the space shuttle to connect to the ISS

[@OrbitalVelocitySFS]

@@Potatoincanada201 it also includes an airlock

[@4RMS7TRONG]

It’s not designed to fly. It’s designed to finesse a fall from space. Pretty cool.

[@BotturasStudios]

we need a real reentry mission if msfs 2024 from outer space like 3 million feet or sum, using the real tactics in the real mission like 30 or something degrees aoa while banked to the left or to the right to steer and slow down... that would be so cool

[@Somniumband]

Real

[@MrRealXxd]

YEAH

[@brentdick5711]

you need orbital mechanics for that

[@brentdick5711]

better off playing KSP

[@smoli]

You've got Orbiter Space Flight Simulator and Reentry Simulator for that. Both extremely difficult.

[@edcola6671]

They put the flying brick in the sim.

[@kylehurst16]

The reason the landing gear isn’t too complex is because there are no hydraulics on the landing gear. The landing gear switch inside the cockpit releases a mechanical mechanism that opens the doors and the gear just drop down due to gravity. That’s also why they deploy so quickly. The landing gear had to be manually shut after landing if it was to be flown again.

[@GrandTouringMedia]

That's the Captain Sim quality I remember from fs2004 and fsx. They had a few really realistic aircraft back then that they failed to properly port to this sim. They are finally catching up and going back to their roots in terms of quality.

[@TANTFCC]

Massive video

[@dogwastaken.]

You know what else is massive?

[@XTC12]

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[@DeLorean8533_YT]

@@dogwastaken.LOWWW TAPER FADE

[@XTC12]

@@Stevens_Aviation2024ruined it

[@BufAndIag]

@@Stevens_Aviation2024ruined it

[@Bulldog628]

This is sick!

[@AodhhanM]

Looks like they ported over a lot of the code from Shuttle Simulator, which came out around 2016. Read up a bit, and you'll learn how to turn on the HUD and flight computer information. Then you can easily follow the information on the HUD from the FL500 mark to land it like a pro. Amazing what spending less than 10 minutes of research and reading will do to make things better.

[@HAVOC_26]

Space shuttle reentry is the process by which a space shuttle re-enters Earth's atmosphere after a mission. During reentry, the shuttle experiences intense heat and friction from the atmosphere, which can damage the shuttle if not managed properly. Aerobraking is a spaceflight technique that uses a planet's atmosphere to slow down a spacecraft. It's similar to how an airplane uses flaps and spoilers to slow down before landing. S-Turn: Usually not required, but the shuttle will perform S-turns if it is too high on energy at the start of TAEM (too high, or too close to the runway). Acquisition: Turns the orbiter towards a point of tangency on the heading alignment cone (HAC) and then flys wings-level until it intercepts the HAC. The tangency point is referred to as "waypoint 1" (WP1). During this phase, the orbiter slows to below Mach 1, at which point the commander takes CSS (control-stick steering), which is the closest thing the shuttle has to a "manual" mode. Heading Alignment: Guides the orbiter around a virtual "cone" until it is in alignment with the runway. It's not really a cone, mathematically speaking, but it's the easiest way to visualize it. Prefinal: Establishes the orbiter on the outer glide slope. The final guidance phase is called "Approach and Landing". It begins when the orbiter is below 10,000 feet and established on the outer glide slope (OGS), but no later than 5000 feet regardless of glide slope.

[@maximilianburkhardt2503]

There were actually Space Shuttle missions that landed without a parachute and not at Cape Canaveral. Some missions also landed at Edwards Air Force Base or White Sands (STS 3).

[@JasonRonimous]

@@maximilianburkhardt2503 Edwards was the original landing facility. In later years they landed there in case of bad weather in Florida.

[@MikeA-c8q]

It looks great, I had the same issue with the low spawn in, you're suppose to press FLY quickly and not wait. That spawns me around 265K ft.

[@AaronRheins.]

Very interesting, I’ll try that next time!

[@Margarita14891]

8:55 thats the docking adapter. It connects to the main airlock of the shuttle and allows it to dock with the international space station, or formerly the Mir space station. It can be removed in order to accomodate sattelites or habitats like spacelab. 10:11 the tiles are made of silica. A highly heat resistant material made of 90% air. It can whistand temperatures up to 8k degrees. Each shuttle had 24k+ tiles that each had to be individually custom made and differed from shuttle to shuttle. The white sections are covered in a nomax felt fabric blanket, which acts more as an insulator from the temperature dhanges on orbit. The nose and leading edge of the wings are covered in reenforced carbon carbon panels that are even more heat resistant, but insanely fragile and, when one panel was damaged in 2003, it leas to the loss of the orbiter columbia. Coincidently, columbia is the orgiter modelled in the game Im a self proclaimed shuttle expert, go ahead and ask me any questions you may have

[@larrybremer4930]

As I recall for the final descent and landing phase of flight it should be around 300kts and 10k fpm descent rate for approach maneuvering then start to flare slowly at about 1000 feet AGL for touchdown at about 210-220 kts. As for the control stick at the aft cabin windows, I think that is an OMS (orbital maneuvering system) control so they can pilot the shuttle from there with a view of the docking collar for docking to the space station or to form up on a satellite for arm capture since the pilot cannot see that for a visual approach from the flight deck.

[@Potatoincanada201]

The thing about first approach was you weren’t too high or too low. You we’re supposed to approach that high in a space shuttle in real life so that you won’t stall out and crash and you were approaching quite quick, the space shuttle is meant to approach at 100 m/s2 (space units of measurement lol). There’s also tons of instruments since you can hardly see anything and also since you can’t VFR fly in space. Your also kind of meant to set speed brake to around 50% or where you can maintain airspeed. Also, Swiss001 reviewed this, it was Captain Sim who made it.

[@wizardgaming758]

Your second attempt reminded me of the space shuttle landing in The Core. Great stuff!

[@cmax889]

The cockpit is actually the second story too. There’s a “basement” under the pilot where they shove a few more astronauts.

[@soccerchannal3098]

yooo finally a new video keep upp the suuuper nice content!!

[@tb_sports-m4l]

MSFS is insane!

[@JasonRonimous]

The final approach was described to me as a spider coming down on a single web line. It was that steep. You knew it was close when you heard the double sonic boom. The astronauts practiced that approach in a NASA Gulfstream. Check my comment history for video i shot of a landing for NASA TV.

[@HongryMongry]

5:44 MASSIVE?

[@cartermoodyunplugged2987]

That’s insane!

[@stephenfortin9485]

thats how the shuttle lands . very high/ fast and steep

[@AVİATİONEge]

Very good video

[@patrickcarolan6216]

Looks so good and nice 🎉🎉😮

[@LearnTrueHealth]

The area that opens up is probably where they put the fuel (I’m a space nerd)

[@linnthantaung2751]

no it's where they put the cargo/payload that they are trying to put into space

[@alessiovettorato1021]

Apart from the one used in the oms and rcs, the orbiter carried no fuel, it was all on the external tank that got dropped a few meters per second shy of orbit

[@jordanfilz2418]

This is sad as you said you where a space nerd you should know that

[@Otonashi-kun]

With the speed that the shuttle has, normally at that altitude and distance from KSC the shuttle should be at mach 2, 3 or 4 I think so you can reach the landing site, then also is pretty common that a few moments before landing you hear the typical twin sonic boom so obviously the shuttle is too slow at the moment that you start the sim.

[@the99thtimelord16]

I can land it at the shuttle complex from re-entry.

[@Otonashi-kun]

@@the99thtimelord16 Me as well, I play Orbiter SpaceFlight Simulator, so at that stage of the reentry, the shuttle should be faster because its tecnically a brick gliding from sky so they need a lot of energy to get it to the ground safely at KSC If you want a reference video about the speed that the shuttle should have, this is a video kzbin.info/www/bejne/joncqX-PhdSYjLs

[@muhammadbinaatir]

What a challenge that you have conquered dear sir 🎉🎉🎉 great vid Aaron

[@Maryammoj]

I first I was like oh wow video of Aaron again it’s probably one day old. I didn’t know it was four hours old

[@EthanMilley-o6s]

The thing in the back was an airlock to doc to the ISS

[@dkoonce6271]

@AaronRheins. Re-entry approach for shuttle landing is extremely high on purpose due to shuttle being under no power through the entire re-entry process. At roughly $7 billion dollars per shuttle the cost of losing a shuttle for under shooting the runway is too high! Also the runway is incredibly long at 15001 feet to compensate for speed, weight, and angle of attack.

[@Somniumband]

Aaron could you please do a flight with this thing😂

[@TheOblivionBringer]

this is so cool

[@coreymcdonald7745]

‘Here’s some kind of launch pad” that’s actually where they launched the Space Shuttles..

[@ShoenRuslyRabino]

Its made by captain sim and for the first time they made a costom cockpit i knew this swiss001 because he reviewed it before it release

[@what-x5]

3:10 captainsim made it I know from swiss001 video 😊

[@augustinus443]

the shuttle responds to controls way to easy, especially the final pich up on flaring.

[@maximoose2775]

Man, if CS put this much effort into all of their planes, everyones opinion on them would be way different lol

[@cartipleasedropiammusic]

9:02 Thats the docking port

[@hgfdshgfds-d7u]

good job

[@Dyson_Cyberdynesystems]

Aww. No mention of Microsoft Space Simulator 1.0

[@Theboyz44YT]

6:43 that’s deep

[@gaspo53]

How do you do a freewalk in the sim?

[@Slypilotguy]

2020 is the most solid sim.

[@МиленКацев]

Captain Scam made this!!

[@nimislaknumis4615]

captainsim redemption arc

[@HELERsx]

Of course its CS....Awesome textures and details but probably lent the flight model from a default plane.

[@what-x5]

Cap sim rlly cooked on this one

[@Thomsaultimate]

Im guessing captain sim and this is before the end

[@Wxlkyy]

5:44 massive?

[@samuelwilliams3130]

You just had to be landing Columbia 💀

[@Decent_GameplayBG]

Hah you wasted 15$ 😅 This is just a skin of generic glider in MFS with no sounds and physics 😅!

[@TheOblivionBringer]

CAPTAIN SIM?!?

[@o_fingers_o]

import the FSX space gauge ...

[@Skittlezz45]

2024 is so f*****g broken, Devs continue to actively support 2020 🤣

[@SoarFiveM]

How do you get it?

[@Samus_BG]

sick

[@CorsairAvia]

I dare you to land upside down! Also I'm the legit first

[@dr.aravindnamasivayam8887]

hi bro love u big fan pls reply

[@CentauriBros]

I’m gonna say Captain Sim😊

[@gravityxspace]

W video

[@BuckyBarnesNC]

You would think it would be in 2024 first and not 2020. Maybe my thinking is off. Just saying if you want people to buy the new one ya know?

[@Reset60-l9z]

Can you try unknown airbase in Rolox is super good and very close to Real life

[@JasperAv12]

Can you make more landing challenges video pls?

[@taoyao2012]

i dare u to land it at 300 knots

[@Devil-Pumkin]

Is that msfs2020? Edit: oh u said it

[@Runway_Models1987]

Does captain sim update his products? no one ever hears from him I feel like he just sets and forgets planes but idk

[@KarimKattach]

I saw a mobile game Ad that stole one of your shorts

[@BuckyBarnesNC]

When you get big that’s what they do. Free advertising 😂

[@LearnTrueHealth]

(Also a plane nerd)

[@Stevens_Aviation2024]

Hello bro

[@Railfan513]

Yo what’s up Aron I have Avery special request for you. As a young Canadian could you do a video on the Avro Arrow the supersonic that flew at 60,000 ft and had a top speed of Mach 2 and could you do a video on the martin mars water bomber the largest water bomber in the world you can go see it at the BC Aviation Museum located at YYJ Victoria International Airport on Vancouver island both aircraft are very special to me even more so the arrow and I would love for a bigger content creator than my self to introduce it to a wider audience and I would love to help you in making both videos I requested you to make as I live pretty close to the museum if you can’t do it that’s ok and also every Avro arrow ever built has been chopped up into slices because it’s program was slashed anyway I’m done talking and peace ✌️

[@SpoonSputnik]

If you read this comment then you have to play Xplane 12, or Acceleration flight simulator on roblos

[@JoshuaGuzman-s7b]

0:48 It's not a plane

[@Aviation921]

Captain sim and this is way better than what they usually do.

[@HS_Aviation]

Under 1 hour gang 👇

[@AlfieKemp-j7x]

Isn't this 2020 tho?

[@Grantowens-gl2nu]

The astronauts weren’t as good as they seem most if not all of the controlling was done by a computer all of that stuff is there in case of failures

[@aviation4germany]

Its Captain sim

[@Decent_GameplayBG]

Captain Scammmm 😅

[@Lightone2]

1 hour gang 👇

[@Pawpadlad]

What’s up. Do you respond to comments, that’s probably An odd question…..

[@Techywechy2110_Aviation]

Is it free?

[@EthanHappytalks]

No

[@EthanHappytalks]

Sad

[@midnight_aviation]

5:43 and you know what else is massive?

[@TAMReality]

Yoo W

[@Samus_BG]

hi

[@Gdub33]

Little bit click baity title. You only showed like coming down from 60K feet. You didnt really "re-enter" anything. Especially not from space to earth.

[@coreymcdonald7745]

MSFS 2020 has an altitude restriction of 100,000 feet, I think, so you can’t really re-enter the atmosphere like the real shuttle did. You could maybe replicate it in 2024 when Captain Sim updates this add-on for that.

[@BuckyBarnesNC]

It’s not click bait. Aaron is one guy in here that doesn’t do that. Relax man.

[@BuckyBarnesNC]

@@coreymcdonald7745I bet they will have the real deal in 2024 one day.

[@Nicalobocinator]

Its msfs bro not ksp

[@Gdub33]

@@BuckyBarnesNC well then why does his title saying he's "re-entering". And I'm relaxed, I'm chilled man. Just pointing that his title is a tad exaggerated.

[@Jamesgiglio12]

:0

[@Brobocraft]

Captain SIM

[@МиленКацев]

Scam

[@LandenFeist]

Captain sim

[@Everyday_youtuber2425]

Space nerd and avation nerd

[@dogwastaken.]

1 view in 1 minute bro fell off

[@TheFJ61]

First??? 🏆 ✈️