pioneerspacesim/pioneer — Issue #839: Surface port landing approach suggestion
Author: Cailean556
Created: 2011-12-03 15:53:30+00:00
State: open

This isn't an issue so much as a suggestion, I know that right now the auto-pilot initiated landings take the most direct route - which is fine for space stations and low or nil gravity worlds however for planets with gravity, I was wondering if you might consider changing the auto-pilots logic to use a glide slope type approach to surface ports. The idea came to me when I was buzzing Brasilia in a Lanner and I noticed that Brasilia's port has a runway. Speaking of which, would it be possible for ships that have a wheeled landing gear to be able to utilise the runway if a runway is available at that particular starport? I tried it with the same Lanner...really wasn't a good idea. Perhaps all surface based ports on medium (I mean between .75 and 1 G) and normal gravity (1G) or even heavy gravity worlds have a runway based port with several VTOL pads next to it or something.

For Your Consideration/Approval

Thank you in advance for reading.