O'Neill Cylinders

[Daigoro]

Originally Posted by Brett

I have 10 km radius here, and period 200 seconds. My reading suggests that that is ample to avoid dizziness, disorientation, and sickness. But there will be some noticeable Coriolis effects. A person running fast (10 ms^1) to the east will feel a 6% increase in "gravity", and a person running fast to the west a 6% decrease. The difference in long-jump distances will be the same. Rising in a high-speed lift (1 storey per second) you will feel a force of a 0.9% of a gee pushing you east.

I don't think it will affect anyone's Rugby skills.

5-6%, or a 10-12% range in ability, would be quite significant in many situations. With guns, having to shoot higher or lower by that much (and it would be more at bullet velocities) would give a huge penalty to skill.

I think Rotating Frame G-Experience would be a valid enhancement if you want to go for realism.