Re: Schoon's Simpler Sensors

>Laserlight wrote:
>(or--for those of you who stubbornly and mistakenly cling to the 15
minute
>turn instead of the right, the proper, the natural 7.5 minute turn--2.5
>hours).

Andrew Martin wondered:
>Using the 7.5 minute turn, what acceleration is each thrust point, and
how
>far is each movement point?

You can set your acceleration to whatever you like, of course, but if
you
have a 7.5 minute turn, however many G's you thrust at is how many
thousands
of kilometers you travel.  That's not quite exact, but 1G=10m/sec^2 errs
on
the high side, and 1G=9.8m/sec^2 errs on the low side, so it's close
enough
for me.

Try it yourself.  The formula is d= 0.5 a t^2 where d = distance
traveled, a
= acceleration, t= time.  This assumes a continuous thrust over the
course
of the turn.