Let’s say you’re riding one of those gravitron rides that are common at carnivals but this one is different. It’s a gravitron inside a gravitron and you’re in the inner gravitron. The outer gravitron spins clockwise and the inner gravitron along with it fast enough so that you feel 3 G’s of force. While the outer gravitron is spinning clockwise the inner gravitron begins to spin counter clockwise fast enough to simulate 3 G’s of force. Since the inner gravitron is spinning the opposite direction as the outer gravitron would you feel O G’s of force or 6 G’s of force?
Follow up question if the force is doubled. You have the outer platform spinning one direction and the inner platform spinning the opposite direction at the same speed. Relative to the earth it would look like the person riding the inner platform is standing still. Could anti gravity be simulated by tilting the ride 90° so that the rider is constantly facing the ground while feeling 6 G’s of force pushing him upward?
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First question it doesn’t really work that way. The force that you feel is a result of you going in a circle. The graviton is what spins you around yes, but the actual force you feel depends on how fast you are going, not the machine.
Like if you were to just run in a circle in the opposite direction inside a graviton (or more realisticly drive a motorcycle inside) you could cancel out the rotation and it would basically be just like running on a treadmill.
Same principle with he second 90degree setup. You aren’t moving relative to earth so you feel gravity as normal.
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