[Kosh]

http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/GSP/SEM0L6OVGJE_0.html

Is this cool or what?

[Fineus]

Without understanding any of the theory... does that mean that by reversing the field you'd have anti-gravity?

[an0n]

No. It means you could put them on the ceiling and get anti-gravity.

It also means grav-plating would be possible - though the resources and power requirements would be astronomical, even taking into consideration recent advances in the production of carbon nano-tubes.

Still, it'd be a nice toy to have.

[Janos]

For an interstellar mission, the concept of parallel space is indispensable. An acceleration phase of some 34 days with 1g would result in a final velocity of one per cent of the speed of light, 0.01 c. Again, gravitophoton field propulsion would obtain the kinetic energy from the vacuum. The transition into parallel space
would need a repulsive strength of the gravitophoton field (positive gravitophotons), producing an acceleration ggp + =1m/ s2 at some 10
m (order of magnitude) away from the space-craft. The gravitational field strength of the spacecraft itself with mass 105 kg is given by
gg=G(M/R^2) = 6.67x10^-8m/s^2 . Inserting these values into Eq. (52), transition into parallel space would cause a velocity gain by a factor of n = 3.3x10^4, resulting in an effective speed of 3.3x10^2 c. This means for an observer in IR4 (Iraq: 4 dimensional space I believe it's refering to) that the spacecraft seems to have moved at such a superluminal speed. A distance of 10 light-years could be covered within 11 days. The deceleration phase requires another 34 days, so that a one-way trip will take about 80 days to reach, for instance, the star Procyon that is 3.5 pc^24 from earth. There are about 30
known stars within a radius of 13 light-years from earth.

ENGAGE THE HYPERDRIVE

[Turnsky]

No. It means you could put them on the ceiling and get anti-gravity.

It also means grav-plating would be possible - though the resources and power requirements would be astronomical, even taking into consideration recent advances in the production of carbon nano-tubes.

Still, it'd be a nice toy to have.

that, and it'd make space exploration for an extrended period of time a little easier on the human body, with artificial gravity, and anti grav, well, while it'd make a good toy, imagine being able to zoom along a flat surface with only the air around you slowing you down. 

[Bobboau]

put a few of these in a fighter jet canopy...

[Turnsky]

put a few of these in a fighter jet canopy...

and you'd have inertial dampeners? 

[Bobboau]

something like that, think about what the current limiting factor is in top of the line fighter jets, the reason why they can't turn much faster than they can now.

[Turnsky]

something like that, think about what the current limiting factor is in top of the line fighter jets, the reason why they can't turn much faster than they can now.

that's true, the machines are limited by the man, after all. if you can even half the effects of G-Forces on a pilot during high speed maneuvers, it'd make the pilot's life much easier, and the fighter even more viable in terms of its combat capability.

[NGTM-1R]

Another limit comes in though: you get negative gravities in normal flight. The body's tolerance for those is much less, you can only do about half as many negative as you can positive.

[Turnsky]

Another limit comes in though: you get negative gravities in normal flight. The body's tolerance for those is much less, you can only do about half as many negative as you can positive.

positive G's, negative G's, if you can find a nice tolerable middle ground, that'd be beneficial to the pilot, and the aircraft's performance on a whole, right?..

on another note, anti-grav + car = flying delorian? 

[Bobboau]

Another limit comes in though: you get negative gravities in normal flight. The body's tolerance for those is much less, you can only do about half as many negative as you can positive.

well obviusly you wont have it on full blast all the time

[watsisname]

Although just 100 millionths of the acceleration due to the Earth’s gravitational field...

I think it's going to take a really powerful one of these things to make a field that's useful for those applications.
Would be pretty cool though. *imagines someone using this for terrorism*  Uh-oh... gravity bombs! 

[IceFire]

Sounds encouraging.  It seems rediculous right now but I'm sure that given enough time, research, and resources they can work out something useful.  Inertial dampeners sounds great.

[Ace]

Mmmm... gravitic implosion torpedoes 

[Ulala]

No. It means you could put them on the ceiling and get anti-gravity.

Still, it'd be a nice toy to have.

Ender's Game? 

[an0n]

If you spun it fast enough, technically it should collapse in on itself and form a singularity.

[Charismatic]

FS2 ships dont gain speed. They stay at the same 20mph the whole time...

[Carl]

20 mph? where did you get that number?

[watsisname]

I think he means meters per second... which would be for most capships.