Kerbal Space Program, or: "How many rockets can I slap onto this thing?" - Games

[QUOTE=LarparNar;33124853]Help me.[/QUOTE] If you can give me how the speed and time to orbit aroudn it once I'll calculate R for you. [editline]4th November 2011[/editline] And how big kerbin is

[QUOTE=LarparNar;33124881]A Kerbin day is 6,001273479783508 hours btw.[/QUOTE] Heh I just used the circular orbit calculator and found where the period was 6 hours. It's 2869 km [editline]4th November 2011[/editline] Also, Kerbin stats can be found here: [url]http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/~kerbalsp/wiki/index.php?title=Kerbin[/url]

[QUOTE=dije;33124548]Mün :v: Also I tried several times to land on the mün today, and every time I ended up orbiting the sun :tinfoil:[/QUOTE] Technically you're orbiting the sun from the start...

[QUOTE=LarparNar;33122934]Huge post incoming. [B]Don't fucking quote this whole fuckload of images or I will fucking murder you[/B] *pics and shit*[/QUOTE] Parts used, please ?

[QUOTE=kirderf;33125158]Technically you're orbiting the sun from the start...[/QUOTE] You know what he means. Don't be a dick man.

[QUOTE=kirderf;33125158]Technically you're orbiting the sun from the start...[/QUOTE] Although now I want to build a rocket to get away from Kerbin, and then to an orbital velocity of zero around its sun, so that I can just fall into it again and again.

First, the nominator is G * M * period^2 -> (6.675*10^-20) * (5.29*10^22) * 21600 The denominator is 4 * pi^2 so the whole thing is [img]http://i.imgur.com/ZSsY9.gif[/img] = 124.547 kilometers from the center of Kerbin. This can't be right.

I started playing this yesterday and it's awesome. I finally was able to make a ship that can get into orbit with Kerbin. Then I tried to land only to find out that the stuff I put in my command capsule was too heavy for the parachute to slow the descent significantly enough to prevent the crew from dying on impact. :v:

[QUOTE=LarparNar;33125041]Heh I just used the circular orbit calculator and found where the period was 6 hours. It's 2869 km [editline]4th November 2011[/editline] Also, Kerbin stats can be found here: [url]http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/~kerbalsp/wiki/index.php?title=Kerbin[/url][/QUOTE] Ugh, does 33977 km sound reasonable? [editline]4th November 2011[/editline] Or 2797 km

[QUOTE=thrawn2787;33124256][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwxuqHuscg0[/media] Skip to 3 minutes for the lower orbit, the first 3 minutes is the larger one.[/QUOTE] The song's style sounds familiar. Is the artist Orange Lounge?

Keosynchronous orbit achieved. It's not perfect, I'm moving approx 11.9m/s relative to the surface, but it's fucking trippy to go in 10000x and look at Kerbin.

[QUOTE=wootmonster;33125372]First, the nominator is G * M * period^2 -> (3.531100*10^3) * (5.29*10^22) * 21600 The denominator is 4 * pi^2 so the whole thing is [img]http://i.imgur.com/bNIlV.gif[/img] = 4.675412 × 10^9 m = 4 675 412 km subtract Kerbin's radius from that and you get 4 675 412 km - 600.06 km = [b]4 674 811 kilometers[/b] distance from Kerbin. This can't be right. wait, I know what I did wrong, recalculating now.[/QUOTE] Problem is that we don't know what unit R is supposed to be. And you're using the forumla wrong. G should be G not 3.531100*10^3. [editline]4th November 2011[/editline] I see you fixed it, but the exponent for G is ^-11.

[QUOTE=Swebonny;33125568]Problem is that we don't know what unit R is supposed to be. And you're using the forumla wrong. G should be G not 3.531100*10^3. [editline]4th November 2011[/editline] I see you fixed it, but the exponent for G is ^-11.[/QUOTE] I updated my post. On [url=http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/~kerbalsp/wiki/index.php?title=Kerbin]this page[/url] it says that the gravitational parameter is [i]3.531100e3 km^3/s^2[/i], and the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_gravitational_parameter]gravitational parameter[/url] is the gravitational constant * the mass of the planet. so G = µ/M = (3.531100e3 km^3/s^2)/(5.29e22 kg) = 6.675 × 10^-20 But forget every single calculation I've made so far, it's not the right answer.

[QUOTE=DrasarSalman;33124730]Made this beast with mostly vanilla parts, used some heavy struts and a lot of SAS modules on top of boosters: [/QUOTE] Heres a tip. If you know the direction relative to your rocket that the gantry is, you can move the rocket in the editor quite far away. Off the entire platform as well, then insta-launch.

[QUOTE=LarparNar;33125497]Keosynchronous orbit achieved. It's not perfect, I'm moving approx 11.9m/s relative to the surface, but it's fucking trippy to go in 10000x and look at Kerbin.[/QUOTE] What's your altitude?

[QUOTE=Jacen;33125401]I started playing this yesterday and it's awesome. I finally was able to make a ship that can get into orbit with Kerbin. Then I tried to land only to find out that the stuff I put in my command capsule was too heavy for the parachute to slow the descent significantly enough to prevent the crew from dying on impact. :v:[/QUOTE] To get around that, I always have my capsule and parachute in a stage of their own.

Yes, but the problem is that you're not getting the gravitational constant. You're getting something that's off by like a few trillion units.

[QUOTE=wootmonster;33125707]What's your altitude?[/QUOTE] 2869 km 1008.8m/s (Average, it's not perfect.)

Does anyone have this pack and is able to reupload it? [url]http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/index.php?topic=1109.0[/url]

[QUOTE=LarparNar;33125768]2869 km 1008.8m/s (Average, it's not perfect.)[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Swebonny;33125422]Ugh, does 33977 km sound reasonable? [editline]4th November 2011[/editline] Or 2797 km[/QUOTE] Heheheheeeee [editline]5th November 2011[/editline] Off by less than 100 km. REAL SCIENCE IS WORKING IN KSAPSP

Some images: [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2668640/went%20well/new2/ob1%20copy.jpg[/img] [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2668640/went%20well/new2/ob2%20copy.jpg[/img] [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2668640/went%20well/new2/ob3%20copy.jpg[/img] [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2668640/went%20well/new2/ob4%20copy.jpg[/img] [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2668640/went%20well/new2/ob5%20copy.jpg[/img] [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2668640/went%20well/new2/ob6%20copy.jpg[/img] [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2668640/went%20well/new2/ob7%20copy.jpg[/img] [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2668640/went%20well/new2/ob8%20copy.jpg[/img] [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2668640/went%20well/new2/ob9%20copy.jpg[/img] [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2668640/went%20well/new2/ob10%20copy.jpg[/img] [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2668640/went%20well/new2/ob11%20copy.jpg[/img] [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2668640/went%20well/new2/ob12%20copy.jpg[/img] [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2668640/went%20well/new2/ob13%20copy.jpg[/img] While we're waiting for the video.

I succeeded in orbiting the Mun on my first try :D [thumb]http://horobox.reager.org/u/Orkel_1320540055.png[/thumb] [thumb]http://horobox.reager.org/u/Orkel_1320475921.png[/thumb] Ran out of fuel right after so I can't land or even return.

[QUOTE=wootmonster;33125639]I updated my post. On [url=http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/~kerbalsp/wiki/index.php?title=Kerbin]this page[/url] it says that the gravitational parameter is [i]3.531100e3 km^3/s^2[/i], and the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_gravitational_parameter]gravitational parameter[/url] is the gravitational constant * the mass of the planet. so G = µ/M = (3.531100e3 km^3/s^2)/(5.29e22 kg) = 6.675 × 10^-20 But forget every single calculation I've made so far, it's not the right answer.[/QUOTE] I just did R = (Gravitational constant * Kerbin mass * period^2) divided by 4 pi^2 and then cubic root out of everything. The unit R was meter I think.

[hd]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7uSgbSw-zY[/hd] Live Movie Maker fucked the colors, but still :v:

[QUOTE=Swebonny;33125921]I just did R = (Gravitational constant * Kerbin mass * period^2) divided by 4 pi^2 and then cubic root out of everything. The unit R was meter I think.[/QUOTE] Yes, R meter from the center of the planet. [editline]calc[/editline] I also did a pen and paper calculation of G using LarparNar's altitude as the reference, the result was G = 5.23e-25 (if Larp's altitude was the precise altitude (which it is not) for a geostationary orbit). But it's not right, though. Damn, this game is really sparking synapses, I love it :v:

I just used the KSP Calculator and tried different altitudes until I got an orbital period of 6 hours.

ground scrape orbit [img]http://i.imgur.com/NfVKV.png[/img]

How high is that? I'm gonna try one of those now.

[QUOTE=wootmonster;33126019]Yes, R meter from the center of the planet. [editline]calc[/editline] I also did a pen and paper calculation of G using LarparNar's altitude as the reference, the result was G = 5.23e-25 (if Larp's altitude was the precise altitude (which it is not) for a geostationary orbit). Damn, this game is really sparking synapses, I love it :v:[/QUOTE] I'm still not understanding how you're getting so weird G values. I mean G is 6....something * 10^-11.

[QUOTE=Swebonny;33126302]I'm still not understanding how you're getting so weird G values. I mean G is 6....something * 10^-11.[/QUOTE] I dunno either. Let's just forget it, it's wrong anyway. Me + math during weekends does not exactly work well.