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State Vector MFD
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StateVectorMFD is basic MFD for displaying a vessel's state vectors at the current time and at a some other time relative to the present time.
Operation
Loading the MFD
Load the MFD by pressing the MFD "SEL" button and select "State Vector". The MFD will show the current state vectors in a column on the left hand side and the state vectors for a future time in a column on the right hand side.
If it is the first time you have started the MFD in the simulation session T+ will be equal to zero and both sets of state vectors will display the same numbers.
The origin of the coordinate system (the reference body) will be set to the current major gravitational influence on the vessel.
Changing T+
To change the time used for predicting the future state vectors, press the T+ button and enter a time (in seconds).
Changing the Reference Body
Press the REF button and select a new reference body.
Changing Vessel Focus
When you change vessel focus, the MFD will remember the settings for each vessel and MFD position.
Saving/Loading Scenarios
This MFD does not save or load its state to the scenario file at this stage so all settings (reference body, T+) will be reset when reloading the scenario.
Credits
This MFD uses the Kepler Orbital Simulation Toolkit (KOST) by CJ Plooy and Tim Blaxland.
It also use the built-in Orbiter pop-up menus for selecting the reference body. Thanks to C J Plooy for his work in making this functionality available.
Copyright Notice
Copyright 2009 by Tim Blaxland (tblaxland@gmail.com)
StateVectorMFD is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
StateVectorMFD is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with StateVectorMFD. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.