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Re: New mechs for your approval
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lugnet.build.mecha
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Tue, 20 Nov 2001 01:33:15 GMT
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> :) To be honest I think you are way past the reality problem. If the Titan
> existed and it fired even a few of its cannons at the same time it will fly
> back in to the air.
Not at all, think recoiless rifles and energy weapons (lasers). Neither of
which produce recoil. On Titan only the chain guns and missles produce
recoil, all the rest are energy weapons. (In fact who says a chain gun
couldn't become recoiless? Oooh, that'd be evil. I love it.) I dislike
weapons that require ammunition; it sucks running out of ammo in the middle
of a fire fight.
Also, Titan's mass and inertia would cancel a lot of the recoil issues.
Look at the A-10 warthog, it's primary weapon slows it down each time it
fires. Why doesn't it fall? Because of its inertia, it still has enough
forward motion to keep it airborne. This mech would be very heavy, and
would be firing on the move. The recoil of both chain guns would be
negligeble. When you also factor in the necessary hardware such as balence
gyros for the pilot to just get the thing standing, I don't think recoil
becomes much of an issue.
However, for those who read "Rifts" (RPG) There is a thing called the
Glitterboy. This mech has one weapon. A sonic boom producing railgun.
Part of Glitterboy's hardware is a pair of drills in each leg, that anchor
the mech in place when the weapon fires. Of course Glitterboys arn't that
big, more like mobile armor suits, (Gauges sized). So again, I think that
mass would have to account for something.
> Do you have a pictures of such an "animal"?
Er, handy, no. But look at the "Nova" Omnimech in the Battletech universe.
(Either the Technical readout 30XX produced by Fasa, or it's in the video
game Mechwarrior 2, or, if you're near a gaming store, there are minatures
of the mech) That's the chassis I'm thinking of.
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| (...) :) To be honest I think you are way past the reality problem. If the Titan existed and it fired even a few of its cannons at the same time it will fly back in to the air. (...) Well its a thought. I have never seen it done and I will never try (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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