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Old 01-29-2013, 02:53 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by niky View Post
If you use a rocket instead of a drive wheel and drive your bike in space, you will be able to maintain perfect acceleration no matter how much momentum you put into the bike.
This is nonsense. It takes power to accelerate in space just like on earth. If your engine produces 100 hp and your rocket mass is 600 lb your acceleration at 100 mph will be .625 g. At 1000 mph acceleration will be .0625 g

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