Physical physics are physical and such
Still not necessarily for fighters, try to position pilots around the center of mass, for larger ships don't turn as fast. I'm not 100% sure how to calculate the force experienced during a turning maneuver, however I don't think it should matter if you and the ship are going the same speed.
Re: Physical physics are physical and such
It doesn't matter what your velocity is, if you turn at the same rate it'll be the same change in V, just over a longer distance.
Let's say that two fighters are going some retarded velocity, like half c, relative to space. Their courses are parallel and in the same direction, so they have 0 velocity relative to each other. They decide to dogfight. They could do the same things (relative to each other) that they would do if they both started dogfighting with no velocity. The velocity of the pair isn't going to change very much unless it puts in an effort to do so.
The same thing with orbits.
Let's say that two fighters are going some retarded velocity, like half c, relative to space. Their courses are parallel and in the same direction, so they have 0 velocity relative to each other. They decide to dogfight. They could do the same things (relative to each other) that they would do if they both started dogfighting with no velocity. The velocity of the pair isn't going to change very much unless it puts in an effort to do so.
The same thing with orbits.
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