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Shinkurex:
In a vacuum, which would hit the ground first, a feather or a bowling ball?

Sgt. Spoon:

--- Quote from: Shinkurex on May 15, 2013, 01:35:09 pm ---In a vacuum, which would hit the ground first, a feather or a bowling ball?

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yeah but we're not in vacuum are we

Shinkurex:
this is true... that then gives you the topic of air resistance.... A squid is smaller, so it's lighter, but there is not a lot of surface area... in a galleon, you have a large amount of surface area, although it's heavier.... in the end, all things fall at the same rate (~10 m/s squared if I remember physics(If im wrong, I'm sorry :P))....

HamsterIV:

--- Quote from: Sgt. Spoon on May 15, 2013, 01:26:42 pm ---Since the lighter ships are able to rise and sink faster than the heavier, shouldn't it be the other way? I honestly don't know.

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Maybe rising and sinking is done by heating or cooling the gass in the baloon, or by changing the air helium mixture. Either way it can be done faster if there is less gas total to work on. Hence ships with smaller balloons can accelerate faster in the vertical.

Sgt. Spoon:

--- Quote from: HamsterIV on May 15, 2013, 02:15:34 pm ---
--- Quote from: Sgt. Spoon on May 15, 2013, 01:26:42 pm ---Since the lighter ships are able to rise and sink faster than the heavier, shouldn't it be the other way? I honestly don't know.

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Maybe rising and sinking is done by heating or cooling the gass in the baloon, or by changing the air helium mixture. Either way it can be done faster if there is less gas total to work on. Hence ships with smaller balloons can accelerate faster in the vertical.

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True, but when I said that I was more thinking about the gameplay aspect instead of the realism aspect. That be; if the ligher ships are "programmed" to be able to accelerate faster in the vertical direction, maybe that will apply when the balloon is popped and they're falling as well.

If it were real life, the heavier ships would be falling faster.

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