On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 04:28:29 +0100, Ian Woollard
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>Ok, what if you accelerate upwards and then the control system suddenly
>decides it's high enough- it turns down the engines for a moment, air
>drag now means you have negative g's in the direction you were moving
>in. The fuel will end up at the top of the tank, and your engines will
>suck gas.
Even the most aggressive simulations - mine - didn't have the vehicle
pulling negative g's. In real life, they *certainly* wouldn't. This
is not a performance demonstrator. It is a technology demonstrator.
-R
--
"SEAL training is just like Ranger training, except
it's three weeks longer. It takes that long to teach
them how to balance the balls on their noses."
-- Doug Jones
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