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Using 2200 mph (not 22,000) I get about 0.6 g acceleration. What surprised me is that to do a 180 would take 314 miles / 36 miles per minute or 8.5 minutes.
by gshubert17 4y ago
Using 2200 mph (not 22,000) I get about 0.6 g acceleration. What surprised me is that to do a 180 would take 314 miles / 36 miles per minute or 8.5 minutes.
- dredmorbius 4y agoWups. I'd misplaced a comma & added a zero. 1,000 m/s ~= 2,200 mph, and that's what I'd used in calculating. That said, I'm still not sure I'm using the calculator correctly, though I've checked against a few alternate methods and designs (e.g., the Stanford Torus, at 1.8 km / 1 RPM) and results check out.