RE: railguns

Inertial redirectors?  Hmmm, so you could conceivably use them to
redirect the
force of the recoil in such a way  that firing the railguns would
increase your
forward velocity.  Talk about your odd thoughts.

:-)

Bill

"Bell, Brian K" <Brian_Bell@dscc.dla.mil> on 09/16/1999 11:29:02 AM

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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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> -----Original Message-----
> From:   bbrush@rev.state.ne.us [SMTP:bbrush@rev.state.ne.us]
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> 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
>