HOw Does Mission Space work?

[civileng68]

Ahhh

Originally posted by grandmath
I understand the effect with the slingshot around the moon and the descent to Mars, but how do they achieve the same feeling when you lay on your back for the launch? The G's should put pressure up on your head because your feet are looking toward the center of the centrifuge, but it still feels like your entire body is pushed back in your seat, just as when you face the center normally.

???

ahhh, good point.

 

[TimeTrip]

Originally posted by grandmath
The G's should put pressure up on your head because your feet are looking toward the center of the centrifuge, but it still feels like your entire body is pushed back in your seat, just as when you face the center normally.

Where is it written that your feet are pointing to the center of the centrifuge at that point?

 

[grandmath]

Because you tilt on your back (clearly feel the real earth gravity and the rotation, it just feels like you're beding backwards and look up while on a chair) and you're not yet moving. So you are perpendicular to the center axis. So I assume you are really on your back. Although it could be one of WDI's best trick I've ever felt!

So, if someone can clarify...

 

[TimeTrip]

I don't believe they actually tilt you onto your back for that portion. Obviously the video wants you to think that you are, but I believe the centrifuge is actually spinning you very quickly while you are sitting normally, or even tilted forward slightly. That would give you the shove down into your seat feeling, and not the blood rush to the head feeling. I could be wrong about that, but in either case I'm pretty sure that it definitely does not tilt you onto your back for that portion. :veryconfu

 

[s25843]

The Pod can tilt so your back is horizontal to the ground, and it can also move left and right for the Mars approach scene

 

[TimeTrip]

Originally posted by s25843
The Pod can tilt so your back is horizontal to the ground,

I believe it tilts you on your back for the early part of the takeoff. Then as the takeoff progress it tilts you to normal position while spinning up.

But does it do that during the landing (not the approach)? I don't think it does put you on your back .

 

[s25843]

Originally posted by TimeTrip
I believe it tilts you on your back for the early part of the takeoff. Then as the takeoff progress it tilts you to normal position while spinning up.

When you feel the "Zero G" you are actually feeling the pod return to the normal position

 

[epcot2004]

...not as well as the hype it created.:hammer: :lookaroun

 

[wdwmagic]

Originally posted by TimeTrip
I don't believe they actually tilt you onto your back for that portion. Obviously the video wants you to think that you are,

Right, the capsules dont support going fully flat on your back. They support around 55 degrees max tilting backwards, and 40 degrees max tilting forward.

 

[grandmath]

Originally posted by TimeTrip
I That would give you the shove down into your seat feeling, and not the blood rush to the head feeling. I could be wrong about that, but in either case I'm pretty sure that it definitely does not tilt you onto your back for that portion. :veryconfu

I don't think that it is spinning fast to give you this sensation. First, the effect could be achieved much more easily and realistically by simply tilting the pod backwards.
Secondly, the effect is very natural, it is not forced G pressure like when it is spinning, it is a relaxing position and you can still move your head without feeling ill at all.
Thirdly, if it was spinning so fast at first, then why would you feel the pressure coming when you start going up in the sky?

As TimeTrip says, I also think it is a mix of real sensation and the video. The pod may tilt backwards, not completely, just 55°. But combined with the video it feels 90°. Then as the rocket ascends, you are maybe brought back into normal position. But then again, I don't know, this sequence still feel different than the slingshot, of the descent on Mars when you look forward. Here, I don't know, all my senses clearly tell me that I'm going up in the sky, on my back. Disney magic perhaps

I would LOVE to see a video of the pods in action!

 

[bsandersjr]

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