Re: What do your ships look like? (was: Minatures)

David Brewer wrote:
> > Ever tried shooting out to the side form a rotating ship? Gunners
might 
> > start getting a bit giddy after a few minutes...
> > Also, the further away from the hull you can take the rotating part,
the 
> > slower it will have to rotate. Using this sort of artificial gravity

> > during a battle, however, is stupid. 
> 
> My physics being awfully rusty... wouldn't a rotating (fully- or
> partially-) ship be this great big gyroscope? Wouldn't that make
> it behave in really strange ways? 
> 
> Somebody with a clue please tell me how right/wrong I am.

It shouldn't be a problem.  If the ship is rotating, then pitch/yaw
won't
be as easy as it would be as if the ship wasn't rotating, but it
shouldn't
be a problem.

(If I were at school, I'd have my physics textbook with me.  But since
I'm 
working, I'm not.  In any case, I still have to analyze the physical 
characteristics of a Starfury.	(8-) )

J.

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