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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What matters is how fast your body is moving. So if you put one gravitron inside another one and both are spinning at the same speed, you’re stationary and it would feel exactly the same as if both gravitrons were not spinning.
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