On Wed, 27 Jul 2016 07:11:22 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 7/27/2016 12:26 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>>
> I imagine it would be hard to see. Unless it is a set scene.

True.  We were just happy to see conservation of momentum in play as the 
Falcon changed its thrust vectors. :)

Jim



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