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Stephen schrieb:
> attack craft behave as if they were aeroplanes. Accelerating forward to
> go faster when they are in orbit and banking when they turn.
Yeah, they obviously didn't play those "attractor" leves of "Osmos" :-)
As for banking however, there /is/ some sense to it (though probably
unknown to most movie makers) for manned craft: While "upward"
acceleration of 9g can be survived with proper equipment and training,
"downward" acceleration of that order of magnitude probably kills
instantly though brain hemorrhaging, and I could imagine that "sideways"
acceleration of 9g could break a pilot's neck.
(I couldn't find any definite infos on this on the 'net, but it seems
that for instance roller coasters in Germany may have an "upward"
acceleration of up to 6g, but a "sideways" acceleration of no more than 2g.)
So while it is most likely true that attack craft in movies typically
bank because the director didn't think /at all/, non-banking (manned)
attack craft would only prove that the director didn't think /enough/.
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