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The force of the bullet wouldnt send you flying at all...You can shoot a 9mm in space and be just fine. Now if you're firing fully auto you might start to drift a little bit.

[QUOTE=Cone;43037276]tl;dr you're only correct if they remember to turn off inertial dampeners before attempting to move, if they didn't they would get thrown into the back of the ship and probably die[/QUOTE] That's what I get for butting into a convo without making sure I had all the context. :downs: [editline]1st December 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=SGTSpartans;43037598]The force of the bullet wouldnt send you flying at all...You can shoot a 9mm in space and be just fine. Now if you're firing fully auto you might start to drift a little bit.[/QUOTE] Strongest 9mm round is 7.45 g and travels at 435 m/s. The recoil speed of the astronaut would be m1*s1/m2 = 0.00745*435/130 = 0.027 m/s about.

[QUOTE=Aathma;43037691]That's what I get for butting into a convo without making sure I had all the context. :downs: [editline]1st December 2013[/editline] Strongest 9mm round is 7.45 g and travels at 435 m/s. The recoil speed of the astronaut would be m1*s1/m2 = 0.00745*435/130 = 0.027 m/s about.[/QUOTE] You're forgetting the square/cube law which inversely increases the motion the further it is away from center mass. It's still not a lot though. According the the holy bible projectrho which reckons recoil in space for sidearms is actually overrated: "bullet momentum 4 kg m/s, fired from 40 cm from the center of the axis, the angular momentum imparted to the marksman is thus 1.6 kg m2/s. Divide that by marksman's moment of inertia, and you get an angular speed of 0.05 rad/s, or less than 3 deg/s." or to use as propulsion, it'll give you 0.12m/s Delta V.

Whatever happened to the armed drone idea? That seems to make the most sense.

[QUOTE=NoDachi;43037897]You're forgetting the square/cube law which inversely increases the motion the further it is away from center mass. It's still not a lot though. According the the holy bible projectrho which reckons recoil in space for sidearms is actually overrated: "bullet momentum 4 kg m/s, fired from 40 cm from the center of the axis, the angular momentum imparted to the marksman is thus 1.6 kg m2/s. Divide that by marksman's moment of inertia, and you get an angular speed of 0.05 rad/s, or less than 3 deg/s." or to use as propulsion, it'll give you 0.12m/s Delta V.[/QUOTE] ahh yes square/cube law. Invalidating giant monsters and shooting a gun in space.

[QUOTE=Kyle902;43038312]ahh yes square/cube law. Invalidating giant monsters and shooting a gun in space.[/QUOTE] science can be a real bitch smtimes

Wouldn't the drone float away too? Besides, wouldn't robots be super accurate and quick with their aim? If the game is to be realistic a single robot should be able to clear a room of ten people with a pistol in one second. why not use Shoes that stop you from drifting with the power of science? (grappeling hooks and thrusters would be fun too) If shooting actualy had you floating away, why not turn around and shoot in the direction you're floating?

[QUOTE=Aathma;43037691]That's what I get for butting into a convo without making sure I had all the context. :downs: [editline]1st December 2013[/editline] Strongest 9mm round is 7.45 g and travels at 435 m/s. The recoil speed of the astronaut would be m1*s1/m2 = 0.00745*435/130 = 0.027 m/s about.[/QUOTE] Agreed a 9mm would do bugger all. Hence why I mentioned higher caliber rounds. For example, here on Earth, when doing a clay pigeon shooting activity in 2nd year of highschool I witnessed a rather small person given the same shotgun as everyone else. While most people could comfortably deal with the recoil this wee guy toppled over backwards when he fired it. My point is that guns can still apply significant rotational force - it just depends on the gun and it's round.

I honestly forgot what thread I'm in after not looking at this tab for a while :v:

I'm glad threads like these help remind me that I'm not as big of a nerd as I thought

This thread seems to consists of physics discussions and the odd Dr. Who reference. The KSP thread is like a feed on what SpaceX are up to and general irl space craft discussion. Hmm.

[QUOTE=Paramud;43039080]I'm glad threads like these help remind me that I'm not as big of a nerd as I thought[/QUOTE] thats a funny way of saying you haven't learnt much in your life

[QUOTE=NoDachi;43039101]thats a funny way of saying you haven't learnt much in your life[/QUOTE] I've learned a fair amount more than most, I'm just not such a pretentious nerd about it.

a-am i a pretentious nerd? ;-;

[QUOTE=Paramud;43039166]I've learned a fair amount more than most, I'm just not such a pretentious nerd about it.[/QUOTE] He's pretentious for discussing things that a stereotypical nerd talks about? Dude, what the fuck? GTFO if you're not interested instead of hating on people.

paramud was referring to nodachi in particular, because nodachi said that paramud had not learned much, implying that paramud is dumb nodachi said this to paramud because paramud made a useless post about not being a nerd

the guy thought that chemical reactions can't happen in space because there is no oxygen so idk you tell me

[QUOTE=Wickerman123;43039751]He's pretentious for discussing things that a stereotypical nerd talks about? Dude, what the fuck? GTFO if you're not interested instead of hating on people.[/QUOTE] I was referring more to the fact that he assumes anyone not as interested as him is unintelligent. [QUOTE=NoDachi;43039912]the guy thought that chemical reactions can't happen in space because there is no oxygen so idk you tell me[/QUOTE] I didn't know people had thought to use oxidizers in vacuums, I'm not incapable of understanding it. Don't get your pocket protector unalphabetized just because I'm not a certified super space scientist and don't have an encyclopedic knowledge of space experiments. (By the way, I did happen to point out that this is not my preferred area in my first post you responded to.)

[QUOTE=Paramud;43040013]I didn't know people had thought to use oxidizers in vacuums, I'm not incapable of understanding it. Don't get your pocket protector unalphabetized just because I'm not a certified super space scientist and don't have an encyclopedic knowledge of space experiments. (By the way, I did happen to point out that this is not my preferred area in my first post you responded to.)[/QUOTE] The entirety of spaceflight is powered by oxidizers in vacuums. [QUOTE=Paramud;43040013]I was referring more to the fact that he assumes anyone not as interested as him is unintelligent.[/QUOTE] No way that is not fair, I don't think that. [img]http://i.imgur.com/lqQDTZe.png[/img] I just think you're king of the mountain because you liked the chime in with saying things are not possible even though you'd openly admit whether or not you actually knew that to be true. I'm actually awful at maths and physics and I don't care much for it.

Clearly I've gotten space madness and have been hallucinating because, rereading the thread, I've somehow invented a heated argument inside my head. I'm being serious, I actually thought insults were flying and all that. I don't know what happened. I'm sorry.

[QUOTE=Paramud;43040134]Clearly I've gotten space madness and have been hallucinating because, rereading the thread, I've somehow invented a heated argument inside my head. I'm being serious, I actually thought insults were flying and all that. I don't know what happened. I'm sorry.[/QUOTE] too late shots fired

[QUOTE=NoDachi;43040150]too late shots fired[/QUOTE] Question: Were these shots possible in space and have you calculated how much your trajectory has been altered by firing them?

[QUOTE=Pilotguy97;43040171]Question: Were these shots possible in space and have you calculated how much your trajectory has been altered by firing them?[/QUOTE] hold on im still rearranging my pocket protector

If you jizz in space, does it push you back?

[QUOTE=Tea Guy;43040279]If you jizz in space, does it push you back?[/QUOTE] you have just invented the Ejaculation Mass Drive except it'll only really spin you sorry

[QUOTE=NoDachi;43040288]you have just invented the Ejaculation Mass Drive except it'll only really spin you sorry[/QUOTE] Speak for yourself, my center of mass is smack dab in the middle of my crotch.

what the fuck is this thread even about anymore

we're pages away from an Event Horizon blood orgy

[QUOTE=NoDachi;43040288]you have just invented the Ejaculation Mass Drive except it'll only really spin you sorry[/QUOTE] [B]Meatspin 2.0[/B] [I]Cumming Soon[/I]

Gyroscopic stabilization dongs