Centrifugal gravity skiing

Centrifugal gravity skiing
Polar Region
1985, B4 size, gouache on Kent paper
Plan for Centrifugal Skiing
Original draft:
Plan for Centrifugal Skiing
1981, oil painting on drawing paper
Skiing in centrifugal gravity
Skiing in centrifugal gravity
Skiing in centrifugal gravity
Simulation

Centrifugal gravity skiing

"You can ski inside the rotating cone. Beginners must be careful, as a nasty attendant will randomly change the number of revolutions of the cone, causing the artificial slope to change drastically. Sometimes, at zero rotation, or 90° slope, the ski becomes weightless and floats."

(from a 1981 postcard of the original plan)

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Science Fiction

I think that's a misunderstanding of science.

Centrifugal gravity skiing depicts an imaginary ski slope created by rotating a huge cone floating in space and using the artificial slope that forms inside it. To make it realistic, I first created a physical simulation program and conducted experiments.
While investigating the angular velocity and gravitational effects of a cone, I discovered by accident that the trajectory of the ball would follow an interesting path. For example, if you throw a snowball at this ski resort, it will make a strange loop in the air.
This trajectory should also apply to skiers themselves, and when they jumped vigorously in a certain direction, they found that inertial forces made it possible for them to glide long distances. I immediately named this "Coriolis flight". The flight of Coriolis became the central attraction of centrifugal gravity skiing, but it was dangerous for beginners, so a warning sign was put up.

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