[General] Lorentzian transformations without Einsteinian spacetime?

[DataPacRat]

Continuing to read through Akins' PDFs, I've come across an idea I'm
hoping somebody here can help me understand better.

If I understand this point right, if you assume that electrons are
actually made of something photon-like, spinning round and round in
their tiny circles, then as that electron is accelerated toward the
speed of light, you can derive the Lorentz transformations of length
and time from the angles of the spiralling photon-like-things.

With this model, is there any reason to assume that spacetime itself
is 'bent', ala the traditional explanation involving dropping a ball
onto a sheet? That is, can this approach produce the precession of
Mercury's orbit, and the other tests of relativity? Or am I misreading
this, and this model is unrelated to this part of physics?



Thank you for your time,
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DataPacRat
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