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2007-04-03, 11:58 | Link #42 |
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No. Knightmares have replaced tanks as the main battle unit. In reality, KFs would be used as cavalry, as opposed to assault. Their great mobility, with the super charged roller skates and their harkens make it so an army could actually almost completely eliminate infantry in a non-urban setting, or almost eliminate armor in an urban one. Also, KFs would be quite good against IEDs, since it would take a much larger blast to do anything other then blow off the KF's legs. Problem is, just like infantry, KFs don't do so well in battle against heavy emplacements because they're soft targets. I'd be willing to say that a hellfire would probably do a KF in.
And considering that KFs weigh about...what, 8 tons...hm...lets calculate the force, asuming an 8 ton KF is going 60 mph after 3 secconds of acellerating 8 ton = 7257.47792 kg 60 mph = 26.8224 m/s F=M*A V=AT+V[0] 26.8224 m/s=(x)(3s)+0 x=8.9408 ms^-2 F=(8.9408ms^-2)(7257.47792 kg) F~64,887 N now lets calculate work and power S = 1/2AT^2+V[0]t+S[0] S = 1/2(26.8224ms^-2)(3^2)+0*3+0 S = 120.7008m W = NS W = (64887N)(120.7008m) W = 7,831,912 J Power = W/T Power = 7,831,912 J/3s Power = 2,610,637 Watts Power ~3500 Horsepower The KF engine would be arround 3500 Horsepower Jez, why do I do this, but never my Physics homework... |
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LOL I also dont do my homework(why do teacher give them to us??) |
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2007-04-03, 12:19 | Link #44 | |
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And yeah, screw HW. I can't wait for college |
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Even older F-16s have engines rated at 65kN (without afterburner), so you'll find that they're a lot more powerful than the ones on the Knightmare Frames.
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well according to the show, even the assault rifle the knightmare carry themselves can damage their armor. which isn't all that huge of a gun, I always wonder why they didn't make a version of it for infantry, even if you can't scale down the size you can still make them into those deployable heavy machine guns.
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2007-04-03, 13:20 | Link #47 | |
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Also, unfortunatly, you're right about the armor. As we actually see in the anime, Knightmares can be destroyed pretty easily with an RPG. The only thing left is the speed and manuverability of the Knightmare. I'd probably prefer to have 10 Apache hellicopters then 10 KFs. |
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2007-04-03, 19:19 | Link #57 |
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Very true. We also see how fragile KFs are durring the various fights. one shot to the arm or leg, and its gone. A 8 or 10 foot drop would be enough to destroy a heavyset KF (basically all the main battle KFs, but not the Burai or the Lancelot, since they can handle drops).
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