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The acceleration needed to make a turn with radius r at speed v is. v²/r (https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-physics/chapter/6-2-centripetal-acceleration/ h
by Someone 3y ago
The acceleration needed to make a turn with radius r at speed v is. v²/r (https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-physics/chapter/6-2-centripetal-acceleration/ https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-physics/chapter/6-2-c...)
If that combined that with earth’s gravity has to give you 1.1g, that has to be (via the Pythagorean theorem) about 0.2g or 2m/s². Let’s pick r = 100m. Then, v² has to be 20, giving as a velocity of about 16 km/hour. r = 1km would require about 50km/hour.
Sounds doable, until you consider your “put gyms, hotels, swimming pool, living quarters, etc. in it”. That’s a lot of mass and space.
Centrifuges that we put potential astronauts and fighter pilots in are a lot smaller.
On the other hand, there’s the idea of “a massive floating railway, Maglev-style, which will travel along a track with a radius of 2.5 kilometers within an underground vacuum tunnel. The machine will run on excess energy generated from wind and solar, and it can reach speeds up to 2,000 km/h. When the renewable energy production is insufficient, the kinetic energy from the train movement will be reconverted and sent to the grid.” that engineers claim can be built (https://www.greenoptimistic.com/energy-train-mph/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/energy-train-mph/). That would hit over 10g and weigh a lot more than that hotel. I can’t find updates, though.
- jillesvangurp 3y agoThat's why I proposed using a train. Minus the swimming pool, totally doable to have one driving around at relatively low speeds. We use trains to move many tonnes of cargo around already. So, I don't see the mass as a show stopper.
- Someone 3y agoReply to self: the MVP for this probably is to walk around with a backpack that’s 10% of your body weight. That’s a lot cheaper and for many sports likely would bring the same benefits.