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Re: Simulating platform instability on land?
From: Peter Monta
Date: 2013 Jul 30, 08:56 -0700
From: Peter Monta
Date: 2013 Jul 30, 08:56 -0700
Hi Frank, You and Greg are probably right---I should just try some sights from a boat rather than worry too much about simulation. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, and have in fact taken the ferry a few times to Angel Island, so that would be easy enough. Or I could do one of the tours from Fisherman's Wharf out beyond the Golden Gate for a few hours, though, as you say, this may not be enough time on the learning curve. > You need six degrees of freedom. Yes, and the actuators needed to push around a person-sized mass would start to get expensive. > How about simulating lunars in the doldrums on a miserably hot day > when the Sun is near the zenith, and your hands are slippery with sweat! > And let's not forget simulating lunars on a day with nice weather and > easy seas. I think I would prefer the latter. :-) Cheers, Peter