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Re: Hypothetical design question
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lugnet.space
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Wed, 25 Jun 2003 05:39:50 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Spencer Nowak wrote:
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In lugnet.space, David Laswell wrote:
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When you want
to shoot someone on your six, you spin the ship around and fly backwards
instead of doing wide banking curves through, um, near vacuum.
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If you spin anything around without curving or coming to a complete stop,
you’ll be sorry. Inertia still applies in space, and at the speeds probably
used, a 180-degree spin will turn the entire crew into little puddles on the
back of their seats.
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Nope.
You’re misapplying inertia. The whole ship, including contents, has inertia.
If it is moving, say, 1.25 Km/s (pretty darn quick) in arbitrary direction A, it
(and all it’s contents will continue to move in direction A, and which direction
it happens to be facing doesn’t mean diddly squat.
If it starts applying thrust, then it matters which direction it’s facing, but
not until then.
James
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) He does have a point as far as capital ships are concerned. A Starfury is a one-man ship, and everything I've seen suggests that when a Starfury rotates in flight, the cockpit is pretty darn near the center of rotation, so the pilot can (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) I was under the assumption you would accelerate after the direction change. Actually, the way this all started, spinning the ship to shoot behind you, is a bit foolish. Unless in a little fighter, there should be guns all around, like a modern (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) If you spin anything around without curving or coming to a complete stop, you'll be sorry. Inertia still applies in space, and at the speeds probably used, a 180-degree spin will turn the entire crew into little puddles on the back of their (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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