Hey guys,I'm an explorer and right now approximately 7k ly away from SOL. I've recently found a planet which has 18k radius, 6 times heavy than Earth and almost 2G gravity. Since these kind of giant planets's orbit level start up to 8000 - 10000 km, I gave a try to make an experiment.
[video=youtube;ob7Kb8hY0EY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob7Kb8hY0EY[/video]
Started engines at 2.38Mm and stopped at 1.40Mm level. So, in a distance of 980 km Y-axis, my Anaconda has managed to reach 5228m/s as fastest within 44 minutes. I could have reached more than 5km/s, if I had had the patience it requires.Probably you're asking why I hadn't just dived into the planet vertically. The reason that I would not be able to get the fastest speed by diving right onto the ground is related to the spinning velocity and the gravity of the planet. You may have heard a term called "slingshot effect".(The slingshot effect is also known as a planetary swing-by or a gravity-assist manoeuvre. It is performed to achieve an increase in speed and/or a change of direction of a spacecraft as it passes close to a planet.)So, we practically swinged-by the planet. And to do that we needed to turn the noise of the ship to somewhere between the horizon and the opposite direction of the ground.
[video=youtube;ob7Kb8hY0EY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob7Kb8hY0EY[/video]
Started engines at 2.38Mm and stopped at 1.40Mm level. So, in a distance of 980 km Y-axis, my Anaconda has managed to reach 5228m/s as fastest within 44 minutes. I could have reached more than 5km/s, if I had had the patience it requires.Probably you're asking why I hadn't just dived into the planet vertically. The reason that I would not be able to get the fastest speed by diving right onto the ground is related to the spinning velocity and the gravity of the planet. You may have heard a term called "slingshot effect".(The slingshot effect is also known as a planetary swing-by or a gravity-assist manoeuvre. It is performed to achieve an increase in speed and/or a change of direction of a spacecraft as it passes close to a planet.)So, we practically swinged-by the planet. And to do that we needed to turn the noise of the ship to somewhere between the horizon and the opposite direction of the ground.