Gaming Gravity Launch - Amuse yourself for a few minutes

[blixel]

http://sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/gravity.html

Edit: How to play. Adjust the Thrust lever, rotate the Angle knob, then press launch. For finer precision, place the mouse cursor over the Thrust/Angle numbers, click the number to get focus, type in the number you want, then press Enter to confirm.

 

[mojoey]

 

[Artlav]

That wasted a dozen minutes.

 

[jedidia]

Well, that last one was pretty tricky... :lol:

 

[MattBaker]

Houston, this is Columbia, successful lunar orbit insertion, repeat, we're in lunar orbit!

 

[RisingFury]

Houston, this is Columbia, successful lunar orbit insertion, repeat, we're in lunar orbit!

Something similar happened to me, just the orbital radius was much larger and the orbit transitioned from a highly elliptical one to a circular one.

 

[Pipcard]

Can't do the last one. The most I can get is two stations.

 

[Ripley]

Well, that last one was pretty tricky... :lol:

Indeed it was!
Funny slingshots happen, too! Even instructive for newcomers.

It could be so much better if objects positions was randomized between the runs.

Now...I happened to write down all the different needed values for each stage.
We can negotiate the price :lol:

 

[Grover]

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

nothing like an intricate double-lunar-free-return to hit the last 3 stations!

if only real lunar programmes could be this easy!

 

[orbekler]

Mission accomplished!
About 20mins, and I discovered that changing directly digits doesn't work, you have to move sliders only.

 

[orbekler]

...Now...I happened to write down all the different needed values for each stage....

I wanted to do the same for the last round, if it wasn't that just after the "YESSSS!", values disappeared leaving this dull rocket.

 

[Quick_Nick]

10 minutes first try. Fun.

 

[Ripley]

Mission accomplished!
About 20mins, and I discovered that changing directly digits doesn't work, you have to move sliders only.

You had to confirm your input by pressing ENTER...

 

[blixel]

Here are some fun ones. (These only work for Round 2. I haven't messed around with finding interesting launches for the other levels.)

Thrust = 6.1942
Angle = 40.71

Thrust = 6.45
Angle = 44


It's more fun to avoid rendezvousing with the Satellite and just seeing what kind of orbits you can achieve.

 

[Ripley]

About fun ones (although not a "solution"), try this on 4th Round:

Thrust = 6.7
Angle = 55

 

[Thundersnook]

7.21 and 44 for a failed, but funny Level 5 xD

 

[Rtyh-12]

For another gravity sim (though this one is just objects orbiting each other and is really a sim, rather than a game) you could try http://www.nowykurier.com/toys/gravity/gravity.html. It can kill quite a lot of time... :shifty:

 

[asbjos]

For another gravity sim (though this one is just objects orbiting each other and is really a sim, rather than a game) you could try http://www.nowykurier.com/toys/gravity/gravity.html. It can kill quite a lot of time... :shifty:

Wow, thanks!

That was a nice simulator. It's fun to add objects, and with the tracking, you can get nice views!