Recent content by Darrin

I meant 30 m/s^2 ... can't seem to find the edit button above. Typo... So now that I think I'm using the correct terms. Could someone please tell me the formula to determine the torque required to get the above spacecraft up to 292 revolutions per minute?

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Sorry I don't follow you. I'm probably not being clear. I specified the size of the vehicle above. Maybe a better example is a merry-go-round. Let's say we want the merry-go-round to spin 180 degree with a kid on the outside rim taking a maximum of 2gs of force. Up to 90 degrees he is...

hmm, well it is not home work. Been a decade or two since I've had that. I'm just outline a physics model for a space game. Try to maintain some realism while being fun. Perhaps should have said that at the beginning but did in another post. I want to keep accelerations in meters per...

Hi, I was researching the force required to spin a space ship. There is an old thread here but I'm not quite understanding the post. https://www.physicsforums.com/archive/index.php/t-151000.html To move a spaceship forward we have something like F = ma. 1000 kilogram space ship...

Very nice. Thanks for the thoughtful responses. So far the factors that seem to effect a ship so far. Particle Damage Acceleration Limitation on the human body Force required to accelerate something heavy Fuel mass Fuel gathering Engine effiency Friction (very minor) Solar Winds...

Hi, I hope I'm posting in the right forum. So I've been working on a game design and was toying with the idea of using acceleration and maximum speed. There are game design problems with not just putting a maximum speed on a ship like players never being able to catch each other. However I...