Is it possible to create a artificial gravity well?

[Vane]

I'm going to start a project and its going to be to make an artificial gravity well, Reasons complicated and very in-depth don't want to explain right now.

So before i start i want to get your thoughts, Is it possible or do you think i'd be wasting my time trying?

[*Aqua*]

Edit: Sorry, completely misunderstood the topic.

Edited April 1, 2014 by *Aqua*

[thederper121]

Considering that there's no part involving gravity, probably not.

But, considering we've developed a Kraken Drive, anything's possible I guess.

[Vane]

Okay, Well thanks for the replies anyone else who can help me please don't hesitate to reply.

[*Aqua*]

You don't mean modding, right?

Then the only thing I can think of is

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[Tw1]

Give a little more detail please. In stock KSP, gravity is something planets are programed to have, and it is not possible to create one simply by getting a large mass of parts.

It could be possible to do it via mods- check out planet factory, which lets people make their own planets, complete with SOIs.

You might be better of asking about it in one of the mod creation sub-forums.

If you're wondering about creating artificial gravity in real life, the Science lab subforum is the place to get a discussion going.

A moderator will be able to shift this thread to the appropriate place.

Also, welcome to the KSP forums!

[CalculusWarrior]

A way to simulate gravity between two objects in space is just to attach a wire between them (perhaps a KAS cable) and set them a spinning. They will act in a similar manner to a planet orbiting around a star, assuming one is much larger than the other.

[lammatt]

i want to you a question. but i aint telling you the question.

[merendel]

A way to simulate gravity between two objects in space is just to attach a wire between them (perhaps a KAS cable) and set them a spinning. They will act in a similar manner to a planet orbiting around a star, assuming one is much larger than the other.

You seriously dont want to do this I did this by mistake with my skycrane tug. Tried to lug a 160ton mass of metal with a 30ton ship and didnt reel in the winch first. Those cables are a bit springy so I was geting whiped around like crazy, not on a nice spin. It also generated phantom forces that rapidly raised my apoapsis even with the engiens off till the stress riped the winch off my craft.

[astropapi1]

It's possible. You just need a big ring.

[Pds314]

Cables between objects are not gravity. They act very differently, having distance instead of distance^-2 as the scaling factor.

[Pds314]

One could always download Planet Factory CE and make a planet with immense gravity but a tiny radius.

[Chrisd857]

Well, there was this mod for v0.14.4

[Vanamonde]

Whether or not it's possible will depend on the method you're attempting. Since you haven't specified that, there's really no way to evaluate the possibility. (Meanwhile, moved to gameplay questions.)