Actual mathematical equation to determine distance travel at 1G

[Vidgar]

Hi All,

Classic Traveller had actual equations to determine time take to travel distances in space at various Gs.

Does anyone know them or where to find them?

 

[alex_greene]

Good point. They've been missing from the CRB since the old 1e, by the looks of it. I thought they'd have included them in the Companion, but as far as I can tell, no D there.
I had to go back to a facsimile print of the CT LBBs, and there is where I found the formulae, on p 10 of Book 2.
These formulae may have persisted into later editions (I don't have Megatraveller or Traveller TNE in my files any more, and I never owned GURPS Traveller), but these formulae definitely never made it to Mongoose Trav 1e.

T = travel time; D = distance; A = acceleration, which you could measure in G, or you could unify the SI units of measurement to metres (m) and seconds (s), with 1g = 9.8 ms^-2 (9.80665 ms^-2 to be more precise).

You're not in school. It's okay to use a calculator.

 

[Saladman]

That info made into The Traveller Book on page 54. I had to go look though, I've never actually used it.

 

[GarethL]

Bear in mind that often you'll want a zero-velocity intercept,

The math gets complex from here, but personally I find that a convenient stopping point for game purposes...

 

[alex_greene]

I dug up my copy of TTB - like Sword Worlds, I did not remember buying this book. I suspect I bought both books when they were offered as either freebies, or at a ridiculously low price during a sale.
Here we go.

 

[alex_greene]

We need to put these formulae into a spreadsheet. Any takers?

 

[Geir]

As noted in the feedback thread, the core book update has them on page 163 in a blue box.

 

[GarethL]

We need to put these formulae into a spreadsheet. Any takers?

Here's mine, fill in the grey cells for results,

Dist.xslx

 

[alex_greene]

As noted in the feedback thread, the core book update has them on page 163 in a blue box.

Got it.

 

[Vidgar]

GarethL, how did you attach you excel file

 

[alex_greene]

GarethL, how did you attach you excel file

He attached it to Google Docs, then copied a link here.

 

[GarethL]

GarethL, how did you attach you excel file

Exactly as Alex says,

 

[fvcoulter]

He attached it to Google Docs, then copied a link here.

Would saving it to OneDrive and sharing it work, too?

 

[AndrewW]

Would saving it to OneDrive and sharing it work, too?

Should. Still a link either way.

 

[GarethL]

Would saving it to OneDrive and sharing it work, too?

Do what you like with it, but sharing on onedrive always seems more complex to me, Google drive I find more intuitive, so that's what I typically use,

 

[fvcoulter]

Do what you like with it, but sharing on onedrive always seems more complex to me, Google drive I find more intuitive, so that's what I typically use,

For me, since I'm an Excel junkie, using OneDrive is my normal goto.