Originally Posted by
jimjim1
Here is quite a nice video with more details.
The tension in the production launch arm,
47m radius,
40 rpm
will be 20 giga newtons.
or 2 million tons weight
The 10 ton launch vehicle will be subjected to 10,000G when it is spinning around.
Something not discussed in any detail is how they re-balance the launch arm after release.
Looking at this film the arm looks like it could move along the slot possibly rebalancing it that way. Or the launcher section could retract?