Momentum is NOT conserved..
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Momentum is NOT conserved..
I'm really doing a simple experiment in a gravity free environment: There's a box containing a free moving box inside. The small box moves from left to right and back. After it does that (you might want to set the simulation speed to x10), the net displacement is not zero. It has moved to the right only by use of internal forces. It's a closed system, it's not supposed to do that! That allows for reactionless drives and such to work. So please can anyone tell me a way to fix this? Or is this a known issue? It is supposed to return to it's equilibrium. Not way off it's equilibrium.
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Re: Momentum IS conserved.. my bad.
Ok so I figured out that the Air Resistance was turned on which onfluenced the net displacement. Whoops. And a reminder to restract the springs that pushed the box to their original length. Now the whole thing behaves accurately as I expect it to be.
Lesson learned: turn off air resistance when doing precise "vacuum"-ish experiments.
Lesson learned: turn off air resistance when doing precise "vacuum"-ish experiments.
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