Re: [OT] Moon Dragon Review?

Thomas Barclay wrote:

> I'm not sure what the movement you are looking at is like, but I'd 
> imagine the following facts come into play:
> 1. Banking to turn sharper is mostly (AFAIK) a technique that 
> utilizes air pressure to aide the turn (Hence the Star Wars fighter 
> game is true to the movies but an offence to physics)
> 2. Gravity on the lunar surface is like 1/6th of earth. It is there, 
> but won't have as much pull as earth, hence dives to build up energy 
> will be less effective, and energy loses as one climbs will be less 
> pronounced.  
> 3. Atmospheric drag on airless worlds should not be a factor.

   If I remember correctly Moon Dragon does not include any of the above
3 factors into its system.  I know that it ignores gravity and
atmospheric
drag.  I'm not as sure about the first.

Enjoy,
Tom Granvold			<thomas.granvold@eng.sun.com>