Recent content by IjonTichy

Sorry but that's wrong. The tides are not related to the strength of the gravity force itself but to the inhomogeinity of the gravitational field. Therefore a near object with small mass can cause stronger tides than a massive object at large distance even if the latter produces a higher gravity...

I think I am an advanced Orbinaut. I can dock with Space stations with nonspherical gravity sources and gravity-gradient torque enabled. I can do interplanetary flight with the Transfer MFD only and multiple slingshots with TransX. And recently I managed to fly the Shuttle into orbit manually...

There is no wobble if the common rotation axis of the two "gyros" coincide with one of the principal axes of inertia of the ship.