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I wonder if they have enough rotational inertia to cause gyroscopic effects while they're spinning. I wonder if it could be used to stabilize the ship. Or it ca
by infogulch 8y ago
I wonder if they have enough rotational inertia to cause gyroscopic effects while they're spinning. I wonder if it could be used to stabilize the ship. Or it causes more issues than it solves you can just stop spinning it, just like you can stop it to stop it acting like a sail.
- ansible 8y agoWithout running the numbers, just looking at the mass of the sail vs. the mass of the ship, is say the effect is neglible.
- marmadukester39 8y agoI know of a company that makes these as retractable spinning cylinders
- JoBrad 8y agoThe PDF that @danielvf posted mentions gyroscopic benefits on page 20.