RE: railguns

Inertial dampers? If you have this technology, why not Inerta impellers
and/or inertia storage.

Quite a while ago, I decided that the PSB for cinematic movement was a
combination of gravity drive for thrust and an Inertia Redirection
System
for turns. This is why ships maintain velocity (and inertia) through a
turn
(even a 180 degree turn).

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Brian Bell
bkb@beol.net
http://fly.to/fullthrust/      
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: bbrush@rev.state.ne.us [SMTP:bbrush@rev.state.ne.us]
> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 12:15 PM
> To:	gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> Subject:	Re: railguns
> 
> Recoil arresters, absorbers, etc. would be a requirement on this
system I
> think.
> :-)  Of course if they have inertial dampers, then there's no reason
they
> couldn't use something similar to help reduce recoil.  PSB
> 
> Bill
>