On Tue, 26 Jul 2016 11:49:48 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 7/25/2016 6:45 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Sun, 24 Jul 2016 07:49:25 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> I have seen Star Wars. It is one of the films that drive me non linear
>>> with their orbital mechanics.
>>
>> Interestingly, we just watched TFA again last night, and my wife and I
>> were remarking on the physics of flight they used with the ships.
>> Conservation of momentum seemed to be applied in a lot of cases, which
>> was interesting to see.
>>
>>
> But did they use orbital mechanics where thrusting forward goes
> outwards?

I'd have to watch again more closely, but I believe so, at least with the 
smaller ships. The capital ships are a lot harder to tell.

Jim



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