Yeah, but I am trying for a small ship appearance, like a mission to Mars.  No
matter how many wheels there are, they all have to be stopped everything
strapped down to maneuver the ship.

But for 95% of the mission, the ship is in straight (well, elliptical) flight
with the wheel spinning.

Just for scale, the interior of the wheel is supposed to be about 15-20 feet
from floor to ceiling.  The entire wheel is about 100 ft radius.



Mark Wagner wrote:

> Bryan Valencia wrote in message <38EE26E6.3BA6FF34@209software.com>...
> >More of the ship designed...
>
> You might want to make it two stacked wheels.  A single wheel like that will
> cause problems when it starts or stops spinning -- the spaceship will end up
> spinning in the other direction.  Two wheels spinning in opposite directions
> will balance each other.
>
> Mark

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