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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