Space Shuttle

Space Shuttle

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[iPhone God App] It was found using the Space Shuttle actually

This is SPACE SHUTTLE, with full instructions at www.X-Plane.com. Based on the X-Plane engine, SPACE SHUTTLE lets you really get some cool bits of the Space Shuttle experience, in completely real-time simulation. Nothing is compressed or made unrealistic, but instead the 8.5-minute launch (to 400,000 ft) and last 12 minutes of re-entry (from 200,000 ft, Mach-10) are accurately represented.

Here are the options:

->Launch: This option lets you WATCH the launch in real-time, from 10 seconds left in the count-down, through orbiter-roll, through SRB-separation, though External-Tank separation, right through to low-orbit insertion, at 17,500 mph at 400,000 ft. You won't FLY this launch, but the times and speeds and events are accurately laid out for you to see, so you can finally see what happens AFTER the shuttle leaves sight of the cameras on it's flights to space! REALISTIC depiction of the Earth is included, including realistic atmospheric visibility and Earth curvature, so you can see what the view is REALLY like when riding a rocket from sea-level to 400,000 ft.

->ISS Docking. This is a docking sim that gives you full freedom in all 6 dimensions: X, Y, Z, Pitch, Heading, and Roll... This is as tricky as space-flight gets, and YOU will attempt to dock with the ISS... can you handle it? Shuttle and ISS geometry and docking-points are rendered accurately, so you will see the real scale and geometry of both craft.

->Final Approach: Now THIS is one you can FLY like a plane! You will be placed at about 18,000 ft, about 10 or 15 miles short of the runway at Edwards... you will fly clear down to landing on your own! Any decent flight-simmer should be able to handle this one, no problem.

->Near and Distant Re-Entries: THESE are ones that you can fly yourself, and these ones are tricky! I can do them, though, so I know you can, too! You will start off as far as about 600 miles out, at 200,000 ft, Mach-10, well above almost all of the atmosphere, and guide the Orbiter down, by hand, clear to Edwards. The instrumentation in the cockpit is similar to the instrumentation in the real Orbiter, so you will be following the speed, energy, and altitude curves from 200,000 ft all the way down to landing as you S-turn through the stratosphere at Hypersonic speeds. (I am not even slightly kidding or exaggerating. That is the re-entry procedure). Along with pretty accurate instrumentation, help-tips are presented to you in real-time, during the re-entry, to help guide you down, so you should be able to handle it, with enough practice, even if you are not currently familiar with shuttle re-entry procedures. Once you get some practice and get good enough, you will actually start your GLIDE at 600 miles out, 100 miles up, Mach-10, and hand-fly the glider clear to touch-down right on the runway, all in real-time, with pretty accurate physics. It is unlike any plane you have ever flown, or any game you have ever played, but I can do it every time, and one astronaut has hand-flown the entire procedure (rather than leaving it to the autopilot) one time in the history of the shuttle program.

Can YOU do it?

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Evaluation
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  • GOOD!!
  • Usually?
Ok

Ok

  • 4.0
  • Calster907 2015/06/19

Needs a improvement of the take off it would be cool if you could take off.

Love this game!! Awesome

Love this game!! Awesome

  • 5.0
  • Hotrocks247 2015/06/19

Great app but would like to see more gadgets in the shuttle deploy shoot and landing lights also be able to launch a space shuttle with a commercial aircraft to celebrate the end of rocket launches , thanks :)

Good

Good

  • 4.0
  • Ufgsotz 2015/06/19

What is S-turning and you should be able to fly lift-off

Cool but...

Cool but...

  • 4.0
  • Saradirich 2015/06/19

The section planes is useless it should be spacecraft anyway. What you should do is be able to fly Soyuz that's basically the buran and the future spacecraft that will deliver modules and supplies to the ISS. Another option should be orbit, being controlled by NASA mission control Houston and an option to fly the launch yourself along as there's a notice saying 'go for main engine start when your suppose to. There should map like the x-plane apps and most importantly for space shuttle and all x-plane apps a sonic boom when your aircraft goes supersonic. Don't forget that the space shuttle is the fastest plane in the world, this means: 1. When putting the brakes on they make sparks and have very little effect. 2. A parachute is deployed on landing Other than that it's very good From AlexanderARich

Good

Good

  • 4.0
  • Lukewells 2015/06/19

Good app but it is a bit to expensive and needs a big update. I want to be able to self control the launch instead of it being automatic. There should also be a free roaming ability so you can just go around like on the others. Needs big update

Good

Good

  • 4.0
  • Aliencaterpillar 2015/06/19

I love x-plane but this isn't as good but still better than most games including angry birds. A bit buggy though

Stop moaning everyone

Stop moaning everyone

  • 5.0
  • Legendoflink 2015/06/19

Great app, although taking off manually and a few more missions would be appreciated. I hope you're working on it Austin!

Awsome glitch

Awsome glitch

  • 5.0
  • KeelsR92CP 2015/06/19

If you start app end app leave overnight a cesna 172 appears instead of shuttle (I am NOT lie ing) please DO NOT delete glitch because if you want space shuttle just go to plane and select it and you get it.DO NOT DELETE GLITCH.

Brill

Brill

  • 5.0
  • Chris.rees 2015/06/19

just so you know X-plane i am your biggest fan. I love the x-plane games and this game is brill in fact i'm playing on it right now its that brill.

Great game

Great game

  • 5.0
  • D0ZZA 2015/06/19

Good but somtimes need to reselect plane or it just blacks out

ok

ok

  • 4.0
  • jimbob12370 2015/06/19

it is good at first but after a bit it get's boring

needs update

needs update

  • 4.0
  • rod 2456798 2015/06/19

I tried playing this game today and it launched but the screen was dull and then I went onto the menus and no info came up until I tapped on the mode I wanted then when the mode was loading the app quit and I tried it again and it done the same thing so please update.