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In an interesting commercial move, Just Flight are offering to deliver to customers who pre-order their Space Shuttle three weeks earlier than the public release date. This strikes me as a good way to get customers signed up to a product early. It’ll be interesting to see if other developers follow this lead. See this post for additional information relating to the Just Flight/Captain Sim Shuttle.
Space Shuttle is now available to pre-order! The official release date is the 10th August, but anyone pre-ordering this unique simulation before the 17th July will have their copies shipped on Friday 20th July.
The development team at Captain Sim has harnessed the skills of a Shuttle-trained Cosmonaut to develop a flight sim first. All six Shuttle orbiters are faithfully modelled and the systems and avionics are re-created to an extremely high level of detail. It’s out of this world!
- Panels include hi-res 2D, virtual cockpit, Commander view 2D panel, HUD, exterior model animation control panel, simicons panel, radio panel and GPS panels.
- Software features a video ‘launch’ to start the program and set the scene for the journey back to terra firma.
- Amazing animations include payload bay doors, SRMS (Shuttle Remote Manipulator System), drag chute, radiators and landing gear.
- Includes a voice package with 19 cues based on actual crew and Mission Control communications. This operates in real time according to the current flight situation.
- The package includes the radio aids that provide original Space Shuttle -19°/-17° steep OGS glide slope and shallow glide slope for runway 15 and 33 at the NASA Shuttle Landing Facility (X68) in Florida.
- Manual features a custom tutorial prepared by Just Flight to guide virtual astronauts back to Earth.
- Bonus version with limited features for Flight Simulator 2004 is included in the package.
See the product page for full details - and don’t forget to take a look at the video (39Mb low-resolution, 70Mb high-resolution and streaming versions are available).
Space Shuttle is priced at £19.99/€29.95/$34.99
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PieEater 07.09.07 at 6:24 pm
Not one for my collection at this point in time but I’d be interested in anyone’s feedback who does make the purchase. I imagine the reviews will be out soon which will make for interesting reading. I wander if you are limited to the airfields you can land the shuttle at, and whether you can orbit the earth above different locations.
mark.avey 07.10.07 at 6:28 am
Hi PieEater. I haven’t tested this yet, but my understanding is you can land anywhere - well, anywhere that can handle a speeding Space Shuttle! As far as orbiting is concerned, again, don’t take this as a fact as I’m not 100% certain, but I think you slew the Shuttle when in orbit, so you should in theory be able to go anywhere.
Mark - FlightSimX