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Adding asteroids to any site on the web
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Unaffected by friction during acceleration? #12

Closed alanhogan closed 13 years ago

alanhogan commented 14 years ago

Fly Erkie (hold Up). Let go. Watch him decelerate.

Now fly Erkie, and then start holding Left or Right continuously.

A. Let go of Up. Note Erkie starts spinning in place.

B. Keep holding Up. Note Erkie will indefinitely travel in approximately his previous direction of travel.

I would not expect A and B to have vastly different outcomes. I would expect that, in B, the ship would fly in circles, approximately in place.

erkie commented 13 years ago

This is fixed as of the latest beta.