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Re: Explorer Power Gain Problem
- To: KellySt@aol.com
- Subject: Re: Explorer Power Gain Problem
- From: Kevin C Houston <hous0042@maroon.tc.umn.edu>
- Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 12:11:03 -0600 (CST)
- cc: T.L.G.vanderLinden@student.utwente.nl, kgstar@most.magec.com, stevev@efn.org, jim@bogie2.bio.purdue.edu, zkulpa@zmit1.ippt.gov.pl, rddesign@wolfenet.com, David@interworld.com, lparker@destin.gulfnet.com, bmansur@oc.edu, DotarSojat@aol.com
- In-Reply-To: <960315003844_351764055@emout04.mail.aol.com>
Kelly:
> Now I remember. I calculated the power the drive system would need for a one
> secound boost, and assumed it would be consonstant for the flight. I.E. if
> it takes X watts to push the ship at a ship G for a secound. Multiply that
> by the number of secounds of boost to get to desired speed, and ....
>
> Given that the engine should need to output the same power, to accelerate the
> same mass, at the same rate, at diferent speeds. It seems like it should
> work.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but if this is a mass based fuel system, then
the mass of the fuel tank is going down constantly, and therefore the
total mass of the ship is not the same