Re: Fusiondrive Control Incorporated

> >   The CG in general is a minfield of rationalizations that can backfire in
> > nasty ways: Imagine a powerplant that uses a weight suspended with CG
> > and has a generator attached to the wire. If the energy used up by the CG
> > is less that what you get out of the generator, you have yourself a free
> > energy device at least as good as the 'thruster plate power plant' that
> > was possible in MegaT:)
>
> Granted, but my idea doesn't depend on a something-for-nothing effect;
> it still works fine no matter how much energy the CG requires to
> maintain it's lift (as long as the ship has a power plant capable of
> running the CG).  My "trick" works by using the CG to control the rate
> at which potential energy is exchanged for kinetic energy, and by
> transforming and controlling the kinetic energy by the action of air flowing
> over lifting surfaces.  Principles familliar to all sailplane pilots.

  Yes, going down. But how about going up? Standing on the ground you have
zero potential energy (if the ground is zero) and zero kinetic energy.

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