Le 2010-06-25 23:30, SharkD a écrit :
> On 6/25/2010 9:41 PM, clipka wrote:
>> Which in turn will contribute to somewhat stabilizing angular
>> speed throughout the whole atmosphere.
>
> And pressure?
>
> OT, I was planning on maybe adding a hang glider flying near the lamp.
> They'd be in for one hell of a ride!
>

Not for the presure.
As the air in the center may, under some conditions, rotate slightly 
faster than the station, the presure *will* diminishes from the surface 
toward the center.
BUT, as the radius is /only/ 1 Km and quite probably a rim gravity less 
than Earth's gravity, the presure gradient will be relatively small, 
possibly small enough to be neglected. Maybe in the order of 2% or 3%.
After all, you realy don't need a full Earth gravity, something between 
0.5G and 0.7G should be enough.


Alain

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