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If you go to [https://www.youtube.com/user/DavidWCourtney?spfreload=10?&ab_channel=DavidCourtney 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_For_Amateurs|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.
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#redirect [[List of Orbiter related videographers]]
  
== Beginners ==
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The [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPu_SHPaJzs4e1NfhY8jxPGgk5S4duEql 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 ==
 
 
 
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRztQ3vQyTI&index=17&list=PLPu_SHPaJzs4e1NfhY8jxPGgk5S4duEql&spfreload=10&ab_channel=DavidCourtney 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 ==
 
 
 
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD3fCU7qgcI&index=29&list=PLPu_SHPaJzs4e1NfhY8jxPGgk5S4duEql&spfreload=10&ab_channel=DavidCourtney Parts 23 through 28 of the Absolute Beginner Guide] cover the installation and operation of the XR2 Ravenstar.
 
 
 
The 4-part series [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPu_SHPaJzs6eXphACTFPrkdSkHCHZEmC XR2 Rescue] provides some challenging Earth-orbit maneuvering.
 
 
 
== Navigation (IMFD) ==
 
 
 
David recruited Dimitris (dgatsoulis on Orbiter Forum) to help him [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPu_SHPaJzs7Cp8OBsj41Ka-EIhReBbSJ learn about IMFD], and recorded a 15 part series.
 
 
 
== Navigation (TransX) ==
 
 
 
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD3fCU7qgcI&index=29&list=PLPu_SHPaJzs4e1NfhY8jxPGgk5S4duEql&spfreload=10&ab_channel=DavidCourtney 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 ==
 
 
 
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s1nCxUinEg&list=PLPu_SHPaJzs4e1NfhY8jxPGgk5S4duEql&index=11&spfreload=10&ab_channel=DavidCourtney 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 [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPu_SHPaJzs68Xmj-mXp1Wdqx8OscwmE0 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 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYHWiqKk-3Y&spfreload=10&ab_channel=DavidCourtney 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.
 
 
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPu_SHPaJzs4Xg87ZQAlIARjuJpTUZ-VM Earth to Ganymede] - 8 parts
 
 
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPu_SHPaJzs5sdpNVYV_P1yFzg5RzoCCS Voyager-Style Grand Tour] - 8 parts
 
 
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPu_SHPaJzs7Vjg2VqnjfqJADIirNeiMq Slingshot Mission - Mars to Venus to Earth] - 9 parts
 
 
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPu_SHPaJzs6N8xzCY8450CUp6xhEIUne Deorbit, Reentry, and Landing] - 11 parts
 
 
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPu_SHPaJzs7ghB_UEnh7b9Y9gJbx-5CO Earth to Mercury] - 6 parts
 

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