MS Flight Simulator 2020 Space Flight

I simulated Branson's recent 'spaceflight' by taking off in the Cessna business jet, then pressed Y and F4 to elevate the plane to 2750000 ft (maximum permitted), then pressed Y to restore game mode. At this point the plane plunges to earth but you regain control at 50000 ft and can land without damage.

Steve C said:

I simulated Branson's recent 'spaceflight' by taking off in the Cessna business jet, then pressed Y and F4 to elevate the plane to 2750000 ft (maximum permitted), then pressed Y to restore game mode. At this point the plane plunges to earth but you regain control at 50000 ft and can land without damage.

You should have burned up on reentry, lol.

SoFine409 said:

You should have burned up on reentry, lol.

The descent speed was only about 200mph!

Here... if you're bored enough, here is a Terminal Velocity calculator...

https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/termv.html

Ghot said:

Here... if you're bored enough, here is a Terminal Velocity calculator...

Terminal Velocity

Should be c. 2800 mph starting at 275000 feet !

Ghot said:

Here... if you're bored enough, here is a Terminal Velocity calculator...

https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/termv.html

Thanks. The drag coefficient is the tricky one to estimate.