ALDEBARAN FUTURE EXPLORER

ALDEBARAN v5.0 "4FUTURE"

General

Aldebaran spacecrafts are designed for the exploration of moons and earth-like planets for up to 9 astronauts.
They have a rocket-like Vertical and an airplane/helicopter-oriented Horizontal operating mode.
In contrast to the other variants, the ALDEBARAN FUTURE EXPLORER is a science fiction vessel.

Science fiction components

The "4FUTURE" Aldebaran has a extremly powerful antimatter drive generating more than 5 Earth-g thrust with almost inexhaustible fuel reserves.
The main engines can be time-warped several times (for long acceleration phases, e.g. for a flight from Earth to Pluto).

Two operating modes

The vertical mode is intended for interplanetary travel, while the horizontal mode is for moving on the surface of moons and planets.

Vizzy

You can make all flights without using the Vizzy flight assistance programs at all.
This is certainly great fun for all experienced pilots. The craft is highly balanced and excellent to steer.

The Vizzy programs are generic, i.e. they fit into any environment - with some restrictions.
The automatic landing program (AG20) works on almost all atmosphere-free celestial bodies.

The hovering assistance programs (AG2,3, 11) allow flying like a plane or helicopter.
The Altitude Hold program (AG3) has a target altitude, which is set by activation of AG3 and can be modified with Slider 2 afterwards.

Venus Probe

Because there is no possibility of landing on Venus, this spacecraft has a probe under the hull that can be released above the Venusian atmosphere.
The probe flies through the atmosphere and can continue flying like a quadrocopter after dropping the fairings.

Universe

RSS1.2 and Juno System have been tested.

Activation Groups HORIZONTAL Core

1 : Docking / Solar Cells
2 : Hover PitchRoll Zero
3 : Hover Altitude Hold Control
4 : VTOL Front Engines
5 : Main Engines
6 : VTOL Rear Engines
7 : Lights EVA / Fuel Cells
8 : Lights Landing
9 : Flip-Engines
10 : RCS
11 : Drift Reduction
20 : Automated Horizontal Landing Program (Vizzy)

Flip Engines (positive) are controlled with Brake-Slider
Flip Engines (negative) are controlled with Pitch-Slider

Sliders

Slider 1 : VTOL Engines angle (-1: forward horiz. 0: up horiz. 1: backw. horiz.)
Slider 2 : VTOL Altitude Target Control (-1: -2.5m/s 0: set altitude for hold 1: +2.5m/s)
Slider 4 : Opening Hatches
BRAKE : Flip Engines (positive), Brake on Wheels
PITCH : Flip Engines (negative)

Acknoledgements

@CanadaDuck for the wonderful Capsule Mark V :
Mark V cockpit, modified a little bit for the Aldebaran project, MarkV Cockpit
Radar and radio systems of the UMS ÜBERLICHT are based on publications by @AstroAerospace

Beautiful RSS1.2 by: @HyperPatch , @IMULAerospaceIndustries , @deepfriedfrenchtoast

Test protocol

After about 100 hours of development and testing, here is the first version of this fun spacecraft.

RSS1.2
Venus O(rbit)
- A(tmospheric) L(anding) with Probe
Earth S(tarted) & OAL
-Moon OLS
Mars OALS
Jupiter O
- Callisto OLS
- Europa OLS
- Ganymed OLS
- IO OLS
Saturn O
- Titan OALS
Uranus O
- Oberon OLS
Neptun O
- Triton OLS
Pluto OLS

Prohibited:
- Mercury
- Landing of Aldebaran on Venus

Juno system
Droo SOAL
- Luna OLS
Cylero OALS
Urados O

Prohibited:
- Vulco and Sergeaa

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