Re: Station-building: a vessel proposal

[David Henderson <orbiter@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 7 Dec 2002, Joshua Nicholson wrote:

> Question. Is it possible to give transponder frequencies to the payloads 
> specified in the multistage add-on? Trying to visually find those modules 
> in the middle of space is a difficult task, to say the least. I guess the 
> idea in this scenario is to use the Ariane final stage to get the modules 
> as close to the station as possible so the Dragonfly can use visual 
> docking, but it would be a nice capability to have just in general.

Yup, it's a fair point (I've just done the second mission in full). It's a
case of get the second stage close enough (takes a long time with my
flying!), then jettison the first payload (module II), pick it up with
dragonfly and dock it, then repeat with module I. I used the A5
transponder to get there, then <SHIFT>-V to dock with the module.

I don't mind sticking an XPDR or IDS line into the scenario files, but can
someone tell me how they work (or at least which paragraph in the SDK
manual it's documented in)? I don't understand what "568" and "528" mean!

Next up I plan to produce a module-I and fuel module payload. I'll work on
a fuel transfer MFD if someone wants to make a 4-tonne fuel vessel graphic
that can fit in the remodelled Ariane V fairing along with a module-I.

Do you think it would be better to keep the fuel modules as tanks on the
station (don't know if that's feasible yet), or simply as carriers that
donate their fuel to the station and then re-enter?

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