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Originally Posted by johndallman
Islandia is clearly the main place in cislunar space for flying with Low-G Wings. You learn close to the axis, but going "down" from there is risky, and thus part of the sport of the thing. Compact single-use parachutes are important, but of course, they add weight. Flying the length of the habitat under your own power is a significant demonstration of skill, and is a requirement for admission to the identify group of fliers.
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Clarke has quite a bit on this in
Rendezvous with Rama but I don't believe anyone's yet done a formal analysis of how wind shear (or convection!) might develop in a rotating cylinder in freefall.