Re: [GZG] [FT] Scale in the Tuffleyverse

[Roger Burton West <roger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Jan 21, 2007 at 09:41:30PM +0000, Samuel Penn wrote:
>On Sunday 21 January 2007 20:07, Laserlight wrote:
>> Depends on what your thrust is. If 1mu = 1g/turn, the effective gravity
>> well is avctually quite thin.
>The figures I used back when I worked it out had 8 thrust = 1g.

You can set any two of the three parameters: MU size, turn length, and
acceleration level. (Many listers have settled on 1 thrust = 1 g for
convenience.) Once you do that, the third parameter falls out
automatically. There's a longer explanation at

http://lists.firedrake.org/gzg/200308/msg00415.html

but I think the most popular scale has generally been 1MU=1000km,
1 thrust=1 g, and one turn = a little over five minutes.

Roger
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