YouTube videos by David Courtney

If you go to David Courtney's YouTube page, you can browse all of his videos, including many that aren't related to Orbiter. The list below is meant to provide a way for Rocket Science amateurs to easily find videos related to specific topics. David is still quite actively adding videos, so if you see something new that isn't in this list, please add it to the appropriate category, or create a new category as needed.

Beginners

The Absolute Beginner Guide has 43 parts. Don't be too intimidated: the basics are covered in parts 1 through 10, which take you through launch, basic orbital maneuvers, and deorbit and landing.

Add-on MFDs

Parts 17 through 22 of the Absolute Beginner Guide cover the installation and use of some useful add-on instruments: Burn Time Calculator, Base Sync MFD, Aerobrake MFD, TransX, and Glideslope 2.

Spacecraft

Parts 23 through 28 of the Absolute Beginner Guide cover the installation and operation of the XR2 Ravenstar.

The 4-part series XR2 Rescue provides some challenging Earth-orbit maneuvering.

Navigation (IMFD)

David recruited Dimitris (dgatsoulis on Orbiter Forum) to help him learn about IMFD, and recorded a 15 part series.

Navigation (TransX)

Parts 29 through 43 of the Absolute Beginner Guide cover the use of TransX for planning Earth-Moon, Moon-Earth, and Earth-Mars flights (with a little IMFD thrown in).

Earth-Moon Flight

Parts 11 through 16 of the Absolute Beginner Guide cover the process of getting from the Earth to the Moon, and back.

In addition, he has a somewhat more advanced 13-part series using the XR2 Ravenstar from Earth to Moon and back.

Sightseeing and Thinking Out Loud

Not, strictly speaking, a tutorial, but he has a neat view of Jupiter from its Galilean satellites.

David also has several series that not structured as tutorials, but are useful to watch an experienced orbinaut work through various kinds of spaceflight challenges.

• Earth to Ganymede - 8 parts

• Voyager-Style Grand Tour - 8 parts

• Slingshot Mission - Mars to Venus to Earth - 9 parts

• Deorbit, Reentry, and Landing - 11 parts

• Earth to Mercury - 6 parts

• AMSO - 2 parts

Filmography

In all, Courtney has posted more than 130 videos comprising of more than 72 hours of play time, creating videos for Orbiter 2010 from 2012 to 2014, and for Orbiter 2016 in 2021. The following table lists Courtney's videos cataloged by youtube's search engine.

Orbiter videos by David Courtney
Title	Duration	Post Date
Orbiter 2010 - De-orbit and Reentry (ISS to Wideawake International)	39:22	23 January 2012
Orbiter 2010 - De-orbit and Reentry (ISS to Wideawake International) Take Two	23:04	24 Janary 2012
Orbiter 2010 - De-orbit and Reentry with the standard Delta-glider	33:18	28 January 2012
Orbiter 2010 - Moon to Earth using TransX	1:16:23	21 March 2012
Orbiter 2010 - Moon to Wideawake International using TransX	55:47	7 April 2012
Orbiter 2010 - Fly With Me #1 - Around the World in the XR2 Ravenstar	38:04	24 April 2012
Orbiter 2010 - ISS Rendezvous using TransX	18:09	9 July 2012
Orbiter 2010 - Earth to Mars using TransX	1:11:12	24 July 2012
Orbiter 2010 - Earth to Mars using TransX (Part 1 of 9) - Explaining the Launch Date	14:24	20 August 2012
Orbiter 2010 - Earth to Mars using TransX (Part 2 of 9) - Explaining the Launch Date	17:32	20 August 2012
Orbiter 2010 - Earth to Mars using TransX (Part 3 of 9) - Explaining the Eject Orientation	8:34	20 August 2012
Orbiter 2010 - Earth to Mars using TransX (Part 4 of 9) - The Ride to Orbit	18:59	20 August 2012
Orbiter 2010 - Earth to Mars using TransX (Part 5 of 9) - Trans Mars Injection Burn	14:15	20 August 2012
Orbiter 2010 - Earth to Mars using TransX (Part 6 of 9) - Coasting to Mars	28:43	20 August 2012
Orbiter 2010 - Earth to Mars using TransX (Part 7 of 9) - Explaining Atmospheric Braking	30:56	20 August 2012
Orbiter 2010 - Earth to Mars using TransX (Part 8 of 9) - Base Alignment	23:19	20 August 2012
Orbiter 2010 - Earth to Mars using TransX (Part 9 of 9) - Landing	28:47	20 August 2012
Orbiter 2010 - Slingshot Mission - Mars to Venus to Earth (Part 1)	33:35	20 October 2012
Orbiter 2010 - Slingshot Mission - Mars to Venus to Earth (Part 2)	21:59	20 October 2012
Orbiter 2010 - Slingshot Mission - Mars to Venus to Earth (Part 3)	20:33	21 October 2012
Orbiter 2010 - Slingshot Mission - Mars to Venus to Earth (Part 4)	34:17	22 October 2012
Orbiter 2010 - Slingshot Mission - Mars to Venus to Earth (Part 5)	30:09	23 October 2012
Orbiter 2010 - Slingshot Mission - Mars to Venus to Earth (Part 6)	30:17	24 October 2012
Orbiter 2010 - Slingshot Mission - Mars to Venus to Earth (Part 7)	33:09	25 October 2012
Orbiter 2010 - Slingshot Mission - Mars to Venus to Earth (Part 8)	33:33	26 October 2012
Orbiter 2010 - Slingshot Mission - Mars to Venus to Earth (Part 9)	13:11	27 October 2012
Orbiter 2010 - XR2 Rescue Mission (Part 1) - Atmospheric Surfing	38:34	7 January 2013
Orbiter 2010 - XR2 Rescue Mission (Part 2) - Rendezvous & Docking	33:16	14 January 2013
Orbiter 2010 - XR2 Rescue Mission (Part 3) - Deorbit, Reentry, and Landing	40:05	21 January 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 1) Voyager Style Slingshot Tour of the Outer Planets	37:51	26 January 2013
Orbiter 2010 - Learn With Me #4 (Part 1) - Deorbit, Reentry, and Landing Space Shuttle Atlantis	35:34	28 January 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 2) Voyager Style Slingshot Tour of the Outer Planets	1:00:06	2 February 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 3) Voyager Style Slingshot Tour of the Outer Planets	1:24:09	9 February 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 4) Voyager Style Slingshot Tour of the Outer Planets	1:18:32	16 February 2013
Orbiter 2010 - Learn With Me #4 (Part 2) - Deorbit, Reentry, and Landing Space Shuttle Atlantis	1:05:36	18 February 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 5) Voyager Style Slingshot Tour of the Outer Planets	30:05	23 February 2013
Orbiter 2010 - XR2 Rescue Mission (Part 4) - Returning to the ISS	50:48	25 February 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 6) Voyager Style Slingshot Tour of the Outer Planets	39:25	2 March 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 7) Voyager Style Slingshot Tour of the Outer Planets	29:16	9 March 2013
Orbiter 2010 - Learn With Me #4 (Part 3) - Deorbit, Reentry, and Landing Space Shuttle Atlantis	1:03:26	11 March 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 8) Voyager Style Slingshot Tour of the Outer Planets	38:09	16 March 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 1) From the Earth to the Moon and back again	23:54	1 April 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 2) From the Earth to the Moon and back again	38:44	8 April 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 3) From the Earth to the Moon and back again	31:43	15 April 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 4) From the Earth to the Moon and back again	48:44	22 April 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 5) From the Earth to the Moon and back again	27:47	29 April 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 6) From the Earth to the Moon and back again	15:51	2 May 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 7) From the Earth to the Moon and back again	31:22	6 May 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 8) From the Earth to the Moon and back again	28:35	13 May 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 9) From the Earth to the Moon and back again	35:53	20 May 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 10) From the Earth to the Moon and back again	51:13	27 May 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 11) From the Earth to the Moon and back again	39:11	3 June 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 12) From the Earth to the Moon and back again	30:01	10 June 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 13) From the Earth to the Moon and back again	26:03	17 June 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 1) Absolute Beginner Guide - Getting to Orbit 1	45:15	18 July 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 2) Absolute Beginner Guide - Getting to Orbit 2	37:59	25 July 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 3) Absolute Beginner Guide - Plane Alignment 1	1:05:07	1 August 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 4) Absolute Beginner Guide - Plane Alignment 2	34:28	8 August 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 5) Absolute Beginner Guide - Raising/Lowering the Orbit	1:01:55	15 August 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 6) Absolute Beginner Guide - Rendezvous / Sync Orbit MFD 1	1:01:12	22 August 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 7) Absolute Beginner Guide - Rendezvous / Sync Orbit MFD 2	35:49	29 August 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 8) Absolute Beginner Guide - Docking	39:00	5 September 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 11) Venus Slingshot - Deorbit, reentry, and landing at KSC	38:17	9 September 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 9) Absolute Beginner Guide - Launch Heading	15:06	16 September 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 10) Absolute Beginner Guide - Deorbit and Landing	55:03	23 September 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 1) Earth to Mercury - Setting up the mission	32:05	3 October 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 11) Absolute Beginner Guide - Earth to Moon 1	22:48	7 October 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 2) Earth to Mercury - More setup	25:40	10 October 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 12) Absolute Beginner Guide - Earth to Moon 2	31:31	14 October 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 3) Earth to Mercury - Fuel considerations/First Launch	24:18	17 October 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 13) Absolute Beginner Guide - Earth to Moon 3	30:56	21 October 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 4) Earth to Mercury - Launch do-over	17:47	24 October 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 14) Absolute Beginner Guide - Earth to Moon 4	21:36	28 October 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 5) Earth to Mercury - Ejection burn/Mid-course corrections	35:09	31 October 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 15) Absolute Beginner Guide - Earth to Moon 5	28:15	4 November 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 6) Earth to Mercury - Arriving and landing	31:27	7 November 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 1) IMFD Training with Dimitris - Earth to Moon	30:29	10 November 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 16) Absolute Beginner Guide - Moon to Earth	32:24	11 November 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 2) IMFD Training with Dimitris - Earth to Moon	29:42	17 November 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 17) Absolute Beginner Guide - Burn Time Calculator	41:10	18 November 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 1) Earth to Ganymede	32:23	21 November 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 3) IMFD Training with Dimitris - Earth to Moon	29:54	24 November 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 18) Absolute Beginner Guide - BaseSync MFD	27:12	25 November 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 2) Earth to Ganymede	33:02	28 November 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 4) IMFD Training with Dimitris - Earth to Moon	26:30	1 December 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 19) Absolute Beginner Guide - AeroBrake MFD 1	34:39	2 December 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 3) Earth to Ganymede	25:48	5 December 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 5) IMFD Training with Dimitris - Moon to Earth	40:29	8 December 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 20) Absolute Beginner Guide - AeroBrake MFD 2	32:04	9 December 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 4) Earth to Ganymede	12:16	12 December 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 21) Absolute Beginner Guide - How to fix TransX	10:20	16 December 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 5) Earth to Ganymede	30:27	19 December 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 22) Absolute Beginner Guide - GlideSlope 2	43:14	23 December 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 6) Earth to Ganymede	31:55	26 December 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 23) Absolute Beginner Guide - XR2 Ravenstar Installation	15:29	30 December 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 7) Earth to Ganymede	26:53	2 January 2014
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 24) Absolute Beginner Guide - XR2 Ravenstar Basics	25:49	6 January 2013
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 8) Earth to Ganymede	35:26	9 January 2014
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 25) Absolute Beginner Guide - To the ISS in the XR2 Ravenstar	29:40	13 January 2014
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 26) Absolute Beginner Guide - To the ISS in the XR2 Ravenstar	27:49	20 January 2014
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 27) Absolute Beginner Guide - Deorbiting the XR2 Ravenstar	28:13	27 January 2014
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 28) Absolute Beginner Guide - Reentry and Landing with the XR2 Ravenstar	26:37	3 February 2014
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 29) Absolute Beginner Guide - Learning TransX - Earth → Moon	27:17	24 February 2014
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 30) Absolute Beginner Guide - Learning TransX - Earth → Moon	38:52	3 March 2014
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 31) Absolute Beginner Guide - Learning TransX - Earth → Moon	32:31	10 March 2014
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 32) Absolute Beginner Guide - Learning TransX - Earth → Moon	30:53	17 March 2014
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 33) Absolute Beginner Guide - Learning TransX - Earth → Moon	33:23	24 March 2014
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 34) Absolute Beginner Guide - Learning TransX - Moon → Earth	32:30	31 March 2014
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 35) Absolute Beginner Guide - Learning TransX - Moon → Earth	29:08	7 April 2014
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 36) Absolute Beginner Guide - Learning TransX - Moon → Earth	33:55	14 April 2014
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 37) Absolute Beginner Guide - How to install IMFD	12:56	21 April 2014
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 38) Absolute Beginner Guide - Combining IMFD with TransX - Moon → Earth	28:09	28 April 2014
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 39) Absolute Beginner Guide - Earth to Mars with TransX 1	26:58	5 May 2014
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 40) Absolute Beginner Guide - Earth to Mars with TransX 2	29:36	12 May 2014
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 41) Absolute Beginner Guide - Earth to Mars with TransX 3	28:16	19 May 2014
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 42) Absolute Beginner Guide - Earth to Mars with TransX 4	26:54	26 May 2014
Orbiter 2010 - (Part 43) Absolute Beginner Guide - Earth to Mars with TransX 5	31:14	2 June 2014
Orbiter 2016 - (Part 1) KSC to ISS (After a 6 year break)	25:30	30 May 2021
Orbiter 2016 - (Part 2) KSC to ISS (After a 6 year break)	27:50	31 May 2021
Orbiter 2016 - (Part 3) KSC to ISS (After a 6 year break)	15:42	1 June 2021
Orbiter 2016 - (Part 1) ISS to Brighton Beach	27:32	3 June 2021
Orbiter 2016 - (Part 2) ISS to Brighton Beach	27:41	5 June 2021
Orbiter 2016 - (Part 1) ISS to Mir	27:10	17 June 2021
Orbiter 2016 - (Part 2) ISS to Mir	23:52	19 June 2021
Orbiter 2016 - (Part 1) XR2 KSC to ISS to Moon	28:04	21 June 2021
Orbiter 2016 - (Part 1) ISS Rendezvous with IMFD	19:12	22 June 2021
Orbiter 2016 - (Part 2) XR2 KSC to ISS to Moon	19:16	23 June 2021
Orbiter 2016 - (Part 3) XR2 KSC to ISS to Moon	28:01	24 June 2021
Orbiter 2016 - (Part 2) ISS Rendezvous with IMFD	18:32	25 June 2021
Orbiter 2016 - Using PursuitMFD to dock with the Arrow Freighter	14:29	27 June 2021
Orbiter 2016 - Automated Lunar Landing with PursuitMFD	17:42	27 June 2021
Orbiter 2016 - (Part 4) XR2 KSC to ISS to Moon	22:47	28 June 2021
Orbiter 2016 - (Part 5) XR2 KSC to ISS to Moon	10:44	29 June 2021
Orbiter 2016 - (Part 6) XR2 KSC to ISS to Moon	32:12	30 June 2021
Orbiter 2016 - (Part 1) XR2 ISS to StationV Rotating Space Station	19:01	1 July 2021