Updated Gundam

"Combs, Mike" wrote:
>
> From: Steve Long [mailto:longsteven@...]
>
> > Are you saying that in this instance, the motorcycle will
> > have no more stability than if it was standing still with
> > its wheels stopped?
>
> True. The only difference between that situation and the situation of
> the wheels being stopped is that when you turn or tip the motorcycle,
> there's a certain amount of stress on the frame.
>

I don't follow you. You are saying that a motor/bicycle with
counter-rotating wheels will fall over if unsupported, whereas one with the
wheels rotating in the same direction won't? And if you aren't saying
that, how are the "stresses on the frame" of a motorcycle different from
the stresses on the link between two Oneill habitats that are being forced
to keep their axes of rotation pointed directly at the sun as they orbit
around it? (Which I understand is why the idea of linking them together was
proposed in the first place.)

Steve