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ericthered · 04-24-2017, 12:13 PM

Vehicles are tuned to work ideally in the gravity they are currently in. I suspect changing the gravity away from optimal will change the performance of the machine for the worse, be the change greater or less than optimal gravity. These changes are probably minimal until you get to the x1.5 or x.5 range.

I could certainly see a vehicle intentionally designed to switch between different gravities though, and you can certainly engineer for a different gravity than earth.

04-24-2017, 12:13 PM	#8
ericthered Hero of Democracy Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: far from the ocean	Re: [Science] The Hard Science of Low Gravity versus High Gravity Vehicles are tuned to work ideally in the gravity they are currently in. I suspect changing the gravity away from optimal will change the performance of the machine for the worse, be the change greater or less than optimal gravity. These changes are probably minimal until you get to the x1.5 or x.5 range. I could certainly see a vehicle intentionally designed to switch between different gravities though, and you can certainly engineer for a different gravity than earth. __________________ Be helpful, not pedantic Worlds Beyond Earth -- my blog Check out the PbP forum! If you don't see a game you'd like, ask me about making one!