Aerodyanmics

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I recommend try to use my add-ons with orbiter as a basis of comparsion for
your aerodynamic modeling and trajectory profiles. I have done hundreds of
ascents and re-entries comparing my numbers with orbiter to the numbers
recorded in NASA documents. 

This is very time consuming to do and having a reference in my add-on
should speed your work and it's accuracy considerably. 

I highly recommend this as it give a second by second printout of all sorts
of aerodynamics information for an Atlas Ascent

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mscorbaddon/Mercury_AtlasTestObjectives.pdf?d
ownload

Once I was able to create the correct parameters forOrbiter's aerodynamics
for Project Mercury making my other projects work correctly became very
easy. The key parameters that varied for capsules were L/D, moments of
inertia, and Parachute diameter. 

My documentation site
http://www.ibiblio.org/mscorbit/document.php

A better site than mine for documentation
http://www.geocities.com/bobandrepont/spacepdf.htm
Gemini as rich set of re-entry documentation

Original issue reported on code.google.com by robertsc...@gmail.com on 17 Apr 2008 at 8:23

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Thanks; this is great information. The Gemini re-entry stuff will be valuable; 
I have
gotten it working via trial-and-error and a few scattered docs.

Original comment by seh...@gmail.com on 24 Apr 2008 at 2:36