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Originally Posted by AlexanderHowl
. . . flying from the zero-g center to the rotating edge would be suicidal unless you had a very high flight speed.
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That's why Islandia wingfliers carry parachutes. They should not need them if they stay close to the axis, but some like to show off how much "gravity" they can climb back out of, and inevitably, a few are too optimistic.