Weirdness: Can A Star Fox Barrel Roll Work In Space?

Saw it yesterday, really good stuff! But I do wonder if on Wii U Peppy will tell us to do an aileron roll instead...

eh i see what you did here but yeah i subbed him lets see if he has any good vids if not then unsub already subbing to many science related stuff xD

science is awesome.

oh and to solve the problem he was talking about, seeing as were talking about the arwing, which is equipped with guns, just fire a few shots in the direction the nose points after the roll. that would straighten it out, right?

And then there is the G-Diffuser system.
To quote the Arwingpedia:

"The G-Diffuser system could also manipulate a gravity field around the ship, causing it to 'fall' through space, the higher the gravity, the faster they fall, and without any of the variables that an atmosphere would provide, terminal velocity would be based on the strength of the gravity field directing the ship. This gravity field would also explain their maneuverability, why they can move from one area to another without much turning or leaning, because it is proven that there is no hang-time in which you float in the air, you go up, you come down, no middle point where you float."

Adn for the scientific explaination:

"The G-Diffuser system appears to be a system intended to reduce the effects of gravity/acceleration on the pilot of an Arwing. The effects of this system might be duplicated by future advances in Zero-point Energy (ZPE) technology. ZPE is the so-called "background energy" of space, created by tiny pairs of particles that spontaneously appear in space as a result of Heisenberg Uncertainty. These particle pairs are theorized to cause electromagnetic drag on accelerating objects, resulting in the phenomenon that we know as inertia. Harnessing the Zero-Point Energy could result in a nearly limitless power supply as well as certain theorized anti-gravity/inertia-less effects, coincidentally duplicating the action of the G-diffuser system."

You could do barrel rolls in space but they wouldn't actually move your ship at the same time, as they would in an atmosphere. So you'd just be the same target, but spinning.

@DarthNocturnal from my understanding, this was more of a "would this be possible in real life?"

Love it!

@DarthNocturnal because sci-fi always leads to the pushing or anticipation of scientific novelties. Take any of Bradbury's books and you can see that his sci-fi was met in the future. Or, if you want to put it in gaming terms, sci-fi is the developer while science is the coder.

I would love to see the outrage if they proved that a barrel roll is not possible in space.

But anthropomorphic, talking animals is totally plausible!

We all know how Nintendo's all about Gyroscopes...

Interstellar shows some interesting use of rotation in space, I won't spoil anything though.

I phased out the moment he said flux capacitor.

I love my science.

Better than Game Theory

@Einherjar The more you know.

@Shiryu No.

Out of the realm of realism?
Of course the idea of a band of mercenaries containing a fox, pig, bird and rabbit, all under the control of the general of a dog army is total realism!

@Einherjar Always bet of the G-Diffuser. thumbs up

@Dezzy Well, yes, but the Arwing is using its main thrusters and inertia to move forward all the time. The series is known mostly as an on-rails shooter, after all.

Okay, so a gyro would do the trick, but what are they using to constantly power the thing? It's seems like a pretty inefficient use of the ship's power and fuel systems.

This is actually really cool. I love PBS.