Top products from r/KerbalAcademy
We found 14 product mentions on r/KerbalAcademy. We ranked the 7 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
1. Fundamentals of Astrodynamics (Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering)
Sentiment score: 2
Number of reviews: 3
Dover Publications
Show Reddit reviews2. Spaceflight Dynamics: Third Edition
Sentiment score: 2
Number of reviews: 3
Used Book in Good Condition
Show Reddit reviews3. Introduction to Space Dynamics (Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering)
Sentiment score: 2
Number of reviews: 2
Show Reddit reviews4. Fundamentals of Astrodynamics: Second Edition (Dover Books on Physics)
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Show Reddit reviews5. Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
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Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
12 action buttons, an eight-way hat switch, and a rapid-fire triggerButton customization and multiple controller configurationsIts USB driven
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Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
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Your link got me to purchase the current version of that book and Introduction to Space Dynamics. I'm working through the latter, though, as I found Bate's book completely beyond me–though good reading for the bit I did. Intro to Space Dynamics is proving very difficult, but I'm at least making some progress and feel like I have a chance at understanding it.
In short, thank you!
Sure!
This first one is the one I like the best:
Fundamentals of Astrodynamics
Spaceflight Dynamics: Third Edition
Introduction to Space Dynamics
They're all heavy on equations and there's a lot of overlap among them. I found the first one, Fundamentals of Astrodynamics, to be the most approachable.
And if that's too much for you, the Logitech Extreme 3D Pro is a great stick.
Spaceflight Dynamics by Wiesel has a section on optimal gravity turns if you're interested in the math. What it boils down to is you perform a very small angle turn as you leave the launchpad and then follow your prograde until you're in orbit. The math is in figuring out what that angle should be for your desired orbit. I read that book as a library loan, but I can look up my notes if you want more details.
I am amazed that they are selling that 970 for almost the same price of a 1070.
970 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NVODXR4/?tag=pcpapi-20
1070 https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Support-Graphics-08G-P4-6173-KR/dp/B01GX5YWAO/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1478474552&sr=1-1&keywords=gtx+1070
This book is quite useful and understandable with a bit of reading: https://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Astrodynamics-Dover-Aeronautical-Engineering/dp/0486600610/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1524583559&sr=8-1&keywords=orbital+mechanics
This seems like a fine time to share this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8Sv5y6iHUM
It doesn't answer your question, but that was already answered.
Also there is book on the topic:
https://www.amazon.com/Project-Orion-Story-Atomic-Spaceship/dp/0805059857
That one is for a pre-order second edition coming out in July of next year, for anyone interested in the current edition you can find it here
I went through a lot of books trying to find the most basic ground up book in orbital mechanics. I recommend this author: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0486497046/ref=mp_s_a_1_8?qid=1416526070&sr=8-8&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70