Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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You can't use the FDI 's or the 8-ball as a
reference in the mission simulation because you
have this gimbal flip which just gives you fits .
We didn't use Rate Command very much, mainly just
for the burns.
In fact, t he burns are the onl y
times we used Rate Command.
I used the Direct
system several times and I thought the Direct was
really good. It was good and crisp and you had
good authority with it.
I had the impression that the spacecraft was a
lot more stable vehicle in Di rect than it was in
the simulator.
Tmt' s right.
In t he simulator you tend to sit there and go
too much and go too much.
When Gordo'd stick a
shot of Direct in to go someplace, it never
showed up in another axis.
An equal shot i n the
other direction would stop it r i ght now.
Yes.
The effects momentum of the spacecraft didn ' t seem
to be as great in flight as they were i n the
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