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Oh okay - I've noticed it did that, dumped fuel and started spinning, in Orbiter, and wondered why that was. I've got an idea though about both of these. I have these scenarios already made, where the Soyuz and final stage are in orbit and joined together by a rigid element. And the whole thing...

Oh, I see. Well - for the first, seems there is an option to control the elasticity, so perhaps I could set that very low? As far as this experiment is concerned, even a theoretical zero elasticity so it is in effect rigid would be okay, because I'm only interested in what happens when you...

Thanks, yes that looks like what I'm looking for. I'm just an occasional user of Orbiter and would need to get back into the way of it first to try it out. Last time was for an article I was writing for my Science20 blog and to help with background material for a webinar on the SpaceShow on the...

Here is the webinar with Joe Carroll talking about tether experiments and his ideas for an Artificial Gravity Lab - now archived as video on vimeo: Partial and Artificial Gravity for Human Spaceflight 5-25-14 on Vimeo and as audio here http://thespaceshow.com/detail.asp?q=2249 - linking to my...

Great, glad you like it :). Done lots more videos now with help from Gattispilot - with a tether as well now, as you can see the results here - and if anyone is interested, Joe Carroll's space show webinar is tomorrow, Sunday 25th May. He'll be using the videos as resource material for the...

Thanks, just to say, Gattispilot has kindly said in a PM, he will attach the Soyuz to the final stage using attachment manager, and says he can attach them at 600 meters no problem. So I've taken him up on the offer, hopefully that will sort it out. Thanks for your help! ---------- Post...

Sorry I don't understand. I'm new to Orbiter, you need to say a bit more about what is involved. What steps would you go through to attach the Soyuz final stage to the TMA so that they can spin around each other after separation?

Oh, that's just what I need! What's the name of the dll, how can I find it? Just did a search in the forum for BrianJ + Tether, didn't turn up anything, and he has lots of posts here. ---------- Post added at 01:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:36 PM ---------- For anyone who is...

Hi everyone, I've been using Orbiter to make screenshots and videos for an article on Joseph Carroll's ingenious artificial gravity experiment. The way it works is that you tether the Soyuz TMA to its final stage - so after separation, then they remain attached. So at this point they are...

Actually, there's an old 1980s paper describing the idea of harpooning an asteroid - wonder if that's what you are thinking about? The idea is for a gravity assist slingshot - but perhaps it could be used for capture by the asteroid as well. Tethers and asteroids for artificial gravity assist...