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Subject:	Re: Tanks or Power Armor
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Date:	Sat, 28 Aug 2004 22:31:49 GMT
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Dude, one ton? I’m not even considdering using enough armor to withstand an artillery or missle barrage. That’s way to inconcieveable. That kind of PA wouldn’t be woth the trouble. Lightweight, durable materials like carbon fiber, magnesium alloys, and delrin would be perfect for building lightweight, small PA’s. Small, high torque motors in berring mounts would privide flexability , strength, and ease of maintenence. The largest single component would be the battery. I’m in no way saying that this is at all possible now, or even within a few years. As I said, the tank would still remain, simply because it’s the most durable, stable, and powerful platform. However, given the turn in warfare in the last fifty years, PA would deffinately be a boon, and start to replace tanks in some facets, but they wouild never be able to replace them. And, if we’re assuming that tanks will eventually move to hover versions, and it’s fairly certain that we’d need to improove on the fan and skirt design, why can’t this tecnology be applied to smaller, personal means?

The whole problem we’re hitting, is so much is dependent upon theory, scientific and millitary, neither of which is set in stone. One hundered years ago, we were still using tactics that had been used in the revolutionary war. After WWI, the rules needed to change, so tactics were altered. After Vietnam, another lesson was learned, tactics changed. Modern warfare is defined by smaller, guerrilla tactics. We aren’t so much worried that the enemies are going to launch a flyover bombing run as we are that they have snipers in that building over there, or if that man is the one with ten pounds of explosives strapped to his stomach. Who’s to say what will happen in ten more years, or twenty, or one hundred?

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		Re: Tanks or Power Armor
(...) Half of that. 1000 pounds. Think "compact car", or 1/10th of a Hummer, if you prefer. Consider the various systems that would have to be strapped onto the pilot. You start out with a frame designed to fit around a human body. You'd need (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)

		Re: Tanks or Power Armor
(...) We're working on it: (URL) Project> The current powered exos in the lab weigh about 100 lb apiece and can carry a payload of over 70 lbs, but mobility is still rather limited. --Bram (20 years ago, 29-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)

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		Re: Tanks or Power Armor
(...) Okay, now you're just fantasizing. A human-sized PA would probably weigh at least half a ton, so it'd need a huge boost to get off the ground. To get enough boost for airlift that doesn't look sluggish, you're probably looking at having to (...) (20 years ago, 28-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)

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