Re: FT: FB2 Preview - Obi Wan Tuffley

Thomas Anderson wrote:

>
> the trouble is, a ship's turning ability is not proportional to its
linear
> acceleration ability; longer (ie bigger) ships turn more slowly. i
think a
> ship twice as long turns one quarter as fast (ie, takes 4 times
longer)
> but don't quote me on that. thus, a linear scale between angular and
> linear acceleration is somewhat incorrect. still, as has been noted,
this
> is a game.
>

But for larger ships, you've purchased larger engines already - 1 Thust
Point
for a Mass 10 ship Does not equal 1 Thrust Point for a Mass 100 ship.
Since engines purchaced of for any size ship are proportional to the
size of
the ship, wouldn't they be able to pivot the ship equally?

Chan