Mission SPACE

[Stitch_Kingdom]

Hey i dont know if this thread is about already but i just wondering if anyone knows actually how Mission SPACE makes u feel how u feel. when u step into the loading area u can see above you all the mechanical equipment but is that all it does spin u around??

i would love to be able to see this attraction working from the outside. i dont know if there is a video around??

Nath

 

[barnum42]

Correct - it spins you around to simulate the acceleration and can also tilt and rotate. It's what your eyes see on the monitor that fools you into thinking you are moving - hence the warning to keep your eyes open and looking at the screen if you think you are going to feel ill, because with them closed your other senses will tell you that you are at the end of an arm rotating quickly around a room, which is more likely to cause protein spills than anything else.

 

[TheOneVader]

The spinning creates centrifugal forces, which makes you feel heavier than you actually are. This works because your body wants to keep moving straight, but the centrifuge is essentially "turning" around in a circle, pushing your body to the back of the capsule.

 

[Rayray]

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[NASAMan]

The spinning creates centrifugal forces, which makes you feel heavier than you actually are. This works because your body wants to keep moving straight, but the centrifuge is essentially "turning" around in a circle, pushing your body to the back of the capsule.

Sorry, but there is no 'centrifugal force'. Although your definition fits well with centripital force. If you swing a ball on a string around your head and let go, the ball will not fly straight away from you (as centrifugal force would dictate) but tangent to the rotation.

But to the original point - the beauty of the ride is in the smoothness of the transitions from standing still to rotating, while tilting the vehicle to make the actual "down" masked by an artificial down. The 'weightless' effect uses the phantom effect caused after high g-loads. Stand in a doorway and try to extend your arms straight out (as the doorway blocks them you are essentially pushing out and upward on the doorframe). Hold this position for at least 45 seconds then step away. Your arms seem to float up, because you muscles continue to retract. Try this and you'll understand the feeling in M:S and why they don't dwell too long on it!

 

[WDWKat26]

Off Topic: If the board had $5 for every post made about M:S and how it makes you feel, we'd be able to take the board to WDW


Just kidding hehe

 

[TheOneVader]

Sorry, but there is no 'centrifugal force'. Although your definition fits well with centripital force. If you swing a ball on a string around your head and let go, the ball will not fly straight away from you (as centrifugal force would dictate) but tangent to the rotation.

But to the original point - the beauty of the ride is in the smoothness of the transitions from standing still to rotating, while tilting the vehicle to make the actual "down" masked by an artificial down. The 'weightless' effect uses the phantom effect caused after high g-loads. Stand in a doorway and try to extend your arms straight out (as the doorway blocks them you are essentially pushing out and upward on the doorframe). Hold this position for at least 45 seconds then step away. Your arms seem to float up, because you muscles continue to retract. Try this and you'll understand the feeling in M:S and why they don't dwell too long on it!

Centrifugal, centripetal, same thing.