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07/20/2007 1:02 AM

Hi guys

Did any body knows how to calculate different Gravity conditions (1G,2G,3G .. ETC) for the vehicles.

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Re: Gravity

07/21/2007 12:51 AM

For what vehicles? For what effect?

Please elaborate.

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Re: Gravity

07/21/2007 8:19 AM

Gravity is an acceleration measure, you can calculate with the same parameters the change of velocity over time.

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Re: Gravity

07/21/2007 3:14 PM

If a vehicle is said to be accelerating at 2G, then it is accelerating at a rate double that of the acceleration due to gravity. In metric units, on earth, a 2G acceleration would be an acceleration of 2 x 9.81 M/s/s, or 19.62 M/s/s. As a gross rule of thumb, acceleration rates in road vehicles (whether in straight line or around corners) tend to be fractions of 1G, with accelerations higher than that considered very high performance. In collisions, accelerations can be 50 times (or more) higher.

I don't know if any of that is even vaguely related to your question. Were you thinking about this planet vs other planets?

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