I have run a numbers based on two ideas:
1.) the average Fen car can do 10g acceleration
2.) acceleration is proportional to the squared maximum speed (twice maximum speed, four times acceleration)
The results surprised me a bit...
Funny: time to the target is proportional to the maximum speed *G*
Some examples:
Magn. Midnight (0.2c max, 40g acceleration) can get to Mars in 7 hours... a typical Fen car (0.1c, 10g) can do it in 14 hours... a space station (0.001c, 0.001g) needs 60 days.
Same ships for getting to Saturn: MM in 1.3 days, Fen car 2.6 days, space station 260 days.
1.) the average Fen car can do 10g acceleration
2.) acceleration is proportional to the squared maximum speed (twice maximum speed, four times acceleration)
The results surprised me a bit...
Funny: time to the target is proportional to the maximum speed *G*
Some examples:
Magn. Midnight (0.2c max, 40g acceleration) can get to Mars in 7 hours... a typical Fen car (0.1c, 10g) can do it in 14 hours... a space station (0.001c, 0.001g) needs 60 days.
Same ships for getting to Saturn: MM in 1.3 days, Fen car 2.6 days, space station 260 days.