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b_b · 622 days ago · link · · parent · post: Am_u is too much of a pussy to directly link to this spectacular 42-minute puff piece on the glory that is Spinlaunch
You'll notice he said the doors close in about 30 msec, not 30 usec. I'm not an expert, but I'm pretty sure milli is bigger than micro. Not sure though. Been a while since I was in college. "Simple solutions to complex problems."
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Oh god I'd forgotten. "You would, though, if it were playing" Just a gentle reminder - basic rotational mechanics analysis on this nightmare has something like 99% of the energy of the system going into rotation, not displacement. No matter how you build it, it's Physics 101 impossible.