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    Is Gravity really a force, like e.g. magnetism?

    On the topic of accelerometers seeing no force in free fall: To understand this, you need to know how a very basic accelerometer works. An accelerometer consists of a spring, which is attached to the casing on one side, and to a heavy mass on the other side. If we try to move the casing...
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    Gravity at a distance

    Using the allmighty calculator* we get an acceleration of approx. 0.0025 m/(s*s). If you want the force, you would have to multiply this with the mass of the Object at that distance. * Try...
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    Faster than light?

    No, i think that would be the 13 dimensional string guys. Faster than light travel would falsify either relativity or causality. So let's say we loose relativity - because i really like my causality. The interesting question in that case would be: Whats the one and only right frame of...
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    Powering up the Type S (numbers included)

    The flight from Earths surface to the 100d takes 260 minutes. :lol: If one would just use the deuterium (natural abundance 0.015%) we would just have ~175 MW and could use the Hydrogen for cooling or powering the fuel cells of ground vehicles. So, the Scout one the Moon would be more similar...
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    Powering up the Type S (numbers included)

    One nice thing: Think about all the little 40 W bulbs rushing across the sky in a busy system. One not so nice thing: Think about a small Types S landing on the surface, an the intense light which it radiates (400 GW!) to overcome the gravitational pull of the planet. Every observer would be...
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    Powering up the Type S (numbers included)

    Any idea how to convert this in passive sensor rules?
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    Powering up the Type S (numbers included)

    Hi, i've recently tried to figure out if a Type S Scout powering up on the Earth could be observed from various points in the solar system. Here's what i have come up with: First we have to know how much Energy is radiated. We need some assumptions: 1. The fuel consists of hydrogen 1. 2. by a...
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    New Equipment: Sonic Spear

    If one assumes a speed of sound in water of 1500 m/s and a ultrasound frequency of 2 MHz, one wavelength of the infrasound would be 0,75 millimeters. Multiple emitters would fit on the head of the staff in the correct positions to achieve the desired beamforming by interference (the same...
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    Medic!

    One could constrain the maximum damage by bad first aid to the damage of the original treated wound.
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    Medic!

    If a player tries to shoot someone and misses, should i interpret the negative effect as healing?
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    Effective armor for small craft, non-cap & capital ships

    Nice. One side effect of proper surface calculation is the need for spherical shapes for military craft, while traders would prefer box like configurations for easier docking and loading. The insane amount of armor on bigger ships calls for bigger capital ship weaponry, which in turn could...
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    Effective armor for small craft, non-cap & capital ships

    In principle you are right, but lets consider a sphere: Because the surface is proportional to radius squared (r^2) and the volume V proportional to r^3, the ratio between the two is proportional to 1/r. But as we use the volume as we build starships, we have to express the one over r in terms...
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    Effective armor for small craft, non-cap & capital ships

    Hi, i'm a first time poster but long time lurker on this Board. As a physicist, i encountered and approached the same problem in a more mathematical way: To calculate the armor point cost in dtons for any ships volume, i use: Cost[dtons]=Volume[dtons] * ShapeConstant * VolumeFactor *...
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