> From: [email removed] (Tony Hayes)
> Subject: (3270) Artificial Gravity via Flying Circles
>
> Flying the ship in circles would "plaster" the crew to the walls not the
> floor. Centripetal force and all that. [ ... ]
It's exactly because of centripetal acceleration that this works. The
ship would fly in a circle, accelerating TOWARDS the center. Since the
floors are towards the back of the ship, this works. Here's an ASCII
picture:
<-- path of ship
*****
*** ***
** **
* *
* *
| * center * ^
| * of * |
v * rotation * |
* *
* ^ *
** / \ **
*** |_| ***
*/^\*
^ ship is accelerating TOWARDS the center of rotation
^
-->
Jerry Williams ([email removed])