On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 01:09:31PM -0600, pymike wrote:
> Here's a simulation of Ian riding a rocket bike, based on his original
> code:
http://pynguins.com/~pymike/files/Geometrian's Bike.zip
>
> On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Ian Mallett <
geometrian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hmmmmm...
> True, let's take it slower.
> F = MA
> A = F/M
> A = 4,152,000/546,720
> A = 7.594381036
> Gs = A/9.8
> Gs = 0.77493684041
>
> Maybe I got the numbers wrong. As it turns out, I took the force for
> the booster rocket alone and used the mass of the ENTIRE rocket
> assembly, which is comprised of two boosters plus the main stage, all
> having 4.15 meganewtons of thrust...so we have three times the force,
> which makes all the calculations 3 (or more, if exponential) times
> bigger. You get the idea though.
>
> --
> - pymike
> "Python eggs me on."