DG-S Virtual Cockpit

# DG-S Virtual Cockpit Layout

Click on panel elements for details.

View control in virtual cockpit mode:

- Click right mouse button and drag mouse to rotate, or
- Use `Alt` + `↑` `↓` `←` `→` to rotate.
- Use `Home` to re-center view.
- Use `Ctrl` + `Alt` + `↑` `↓` `←` `→` to lean left, right, forward and back.
- Use `Ctrl`-arrow key combinations to move between VC positions.

Left MFD (multi-functional display). The MFDs are the primary instruments for monitoring vessel status parameters. Control buttons: PWR - MFD on/off; SEL (`Shift` `F1`): select mode; MNU (`Shift` ```): display button functions. See also MFD documentation.
Right MFD (multi-functional display). The MFDs are the primary instruments for monitoring vessel status parameters. Control buttons: PWR - MFD on/off; SEL (`Shift` `F1`): select mode; MNU (`Shift` ```): display button functions. See also MFD documentation.

Artificial horizon: visual pitch and bank indicator.

Slope and range indicator. Shows the current ascent/descent slope angle and the corresponding range in km.

AOA (angle of attack) indicator. Displays vertical inclination of vessel axis against airspeed vector.

Slip angle indicator. Displays horizontal inclination of vessel axis against airspeed vector.

Main, retro and hover engine status indicator displays. TSFC: thrust-specific fuel consumption (kg/kN/s) - depends on atmospheric pressure. Flow: fuel flow rate (kg/s) for main engines (left and right), retro engines (left and right), and hover engines (front and back).

Scramjet engine status indicator displays. TSFC: thrust-specific fuel consumption (kg/kN/s) - depends on atmospheric pressure, Mach number, throttle level. Flow: fuel flow rate (kg/s) for left and right engine - depends on throttle level, Mach number, atmospheric pressure.

Status indicators for landing gear, retro engine covers, radiator, cabin hatch, nose cone, outer and inner airlock.
Head-up display (HUD).

Orbit mode: displays orbital plane elevation ladder and azimuth ribbon, pro-and retrograde indicators.

Surface mode: displays horizon elevation ladder, heading indicator and airspeed vector.

Docking mode: displays target marker, relative velocity indicator and approach path, if instrument docking signal is received.

HUD mode selector: Docking, Surface, Orbit and Off.

Navmode selector: kill rotation, horizon-level, prograde, retrograde, orbit-normal and orbit-antinormal.

Propellant status indicators for main tanks and RCS (reaction control system) tanks.

Propellant status indicator for scramjet fuel tanks.

Main engine pitch gimbal controls and indicators. Main engines can be pitched individually or simultaneously by clicking the Up/Down switches (up to +/- 1 degree). Click "Center" to re-center.

Main engine yaw gimbal controls and indicators. Main engines can be pitched individually or simultaneously by clicking the Left/Right switches (up to +/- 7 degrees). The yaw gimbal range is designed so that at max. gimbal, the angular moment induced by a single engine at max. throttle can be compensated. Click "Center" to re-center. Click "Div" for divergent setting, and "Auto" for automatic compensation of angular moment induced by different throttle levels.

Aerodynamic surface control: off / pitch only / full. Left-click to turn selector left, right-click to turn right.
Keyboard: `Alt` `/`Numpad switches between off and full.

RCS thruster control: off / rotation mode / linear mode. Left-click to turn selector left, right-click to turn right.
Keyboard: `/`Numpad switches between ROT and LIN, `Ctrl` `/`Numpad switches between OFF and ROT.

Yaw/bank/pitch indicators for angular velocity, angular acceleration and torque.

Hover balance control and indicator. Manually move thrust balance to front engines (pitch up) or aft engines (pitch down). Use Center button for equal balance.

Scram engine pitch gimbal control (left/right). Manually adjust pitch gimbal thrust vector between 4 and 14 degrees. Use Center button for neutral position (9 degrees).

Airlock operation.
Outer door: operate with `O`
Inner door: no keyboard shortcut
Chamber: not yet implemented

Pitch trim control and indicator (airfoil). Left click in the top half to pitch down (shortcut: `Insert`Cursorpad), or in the bottom half to pitch up (shortcut: `Delete`Cursorpad).

Left/right scramjet temperature indicators, for: diffuser (Td), combustion chamber (Tc), and exhaust (Te).