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b_b · 618 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
Yes, that was fucking rich. "If this were pultruded..." It reminded me of Nigel Tufnel Explaining to Marty Debergi about how much sustain his '59 Les Paul has. Priceless.
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.