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Thrashard96:
About the weight of nanocomposite: it weighs 120kg? In research mail it was written that carbon nanotube things weigh less than any other material (about 100 times, like instead of 120kg, it should weigh 1.2kg). Besides, it conducts electricity, and about that, i have an idea (quite frequently heard one): a lightsaber. So if you've watched sci-fi science show, you'd know.

Hertzila:

--- Quote from: PAUL1UZ5 on August 21, 2010, 09:30:43 pm ---About the weight of nanocomposite: it weighs 120kg? In research mail it was written that carbon nanotube things weigh less than any other material (about 100 times, like instead of 120kg, it should weigh 1.2kg).

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CNTs are many times stronger than anything else, slightly edging ahead of diamonds in most qualities, however, I really doubt they would be much less dense than normal graphite or carbon. And if you soldiers can handle huge weight (it has a powered exoskeleton) then why sacrifise protection for less weight? (And anyway I think that's just an internal quality for a script/line of code somewhere and has some (this many units equal approx. that many real units) or no relation to actual units like kilograms and pounds.)


--- Quote from: PAUL1UZ5 on August 21, 2010, 09:30:43 pm ---Besides, it conducts electricity, and about that, i have an idea (quite frequently heard one): a lightsaber. So if you've watched sci-fi science show, you'd know.

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And how the heck would you do that? Sure you might get a cattle prod cubed (like I think the stun baton already is) but how exactly would make it cut everything?
I'll stay with the kerrs and monoknives, thank you very much.

DarkRain:

--- Quote from: Hertzila on August 21, 2010, 10:19:14 pm ---
--- Quote from: PAUL1UZ5 on August 21, 2010, 09:30:43 pm ---About the weight of nanocomposite: it weighs 120kg? In research mail it was written that carbon nanotube things weigh less than any other material (about 100 times, like instead of 120kg, it should weigh 1.2kg).

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CNTs are many times stronger than anything else, slightly edging ahead of diamonds in most qualities, however, I really doubt they would be much less dense than normal graphite or carbon. And if you soldiers can handle huge weight (it has a powered exoskeleton) then why sacrifise protection for less weight? (And anyway I think that's just an internal quality for a script/line of code somewhere and has some (this many units equal approx. that many real units) or no relation to actual units like kilograms and pounds.)

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Actually those lines I mentioned are commented out (as that part hasn't been implemented yet), I was asking if they had a meaning relative to real units of some kind or are only arbitrary to show the weight relative to each other

Edit: BTW if those are real unit they should be pounds 100kg for combat armour (wich dosn't have exoskeleton) is way too much

H-Hour:
Hi guys, I split these posts off the artwork thread because I want to keep that thread focused on origin's models. But feel free to continue the discussion here. Sorry for any confusion.

Hertzila:

--- Quote from: DarkRain on August 21, 2010, 11:02:12 pm ---Edit: BTW if those are real unit they should be pounds 100kg for combat armour (wich dosn't have exoskeleton) is way too much

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Agreed, though even in pounds that would be too much for a simple armour (unless it has incredibly thick kevlar plates/layers). 45kg is just about the weight of the whole kit used by the rapid deployment forces.



--- Quote from: H-Hour on August 22, 2010, 10:12:29 am ---Hi guys, I split these posts off the artwork thread because I want to keep that thread focused on origin's models. But feel free to continue the discussion here. Sorry for any confusion.

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No confusion here.
Or... Wait a minute, why is the world spinning with everything in inverted colours  ???. [/joke]

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