2010-10-09, 06:25 PM
I interpreted it as a bad description of how objects would behave under increased gravity.
You're right, any object floating in the air prior to the rotation would not experience increased gravity. However, any object thrown into the air from the rotating chamber would have outward momentum that would cause it to "fall" to the floor at what appears to be an accelerating rate. I'm fairly sure of this.
To increase the force gradually over time, just increase the speed of rotation and the angle of the floor. Would be tricky, but not impossible next to other methods of simulating gravity.
2147483647 Wrote:How would this increase gravitational force on objects floating in the air? How would this increase gravitational force in the system Random_Overlord described?
You're right, any object floating in the air prior to the rotation would not experience increased gravity. However, any object thrown into the air from the rotating chamber would have outward momentum that would cause it to "fall" to the floor at what appears to be an accelerating rate. I'm fairly sure of this.
To increase the force gradually over time, just increase the speed of rotation and the angle of the floor. Would be tricky, but not impossible next to other methods of simulating gravity.