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Why not just give the Walker relatively large feet for it's size? I've seen the Mobile Propulsion Labs (A group dedicated to constructing a real life mecha) perform calculations showing a 4 Ton Mecha 20 feet tall (Granted this thing had no armor) with feet large enough to practically walk on quicksand, far lower ground pressure than human feet have. You don't have to use normal human proportions, just give the thing snoshoes and you're good to go through a guy's lawn without damage.
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Nov 6 2004, 07:51 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 626 Joined: 1-March 04 Member No.: 6,112 |
Oh, you crazy Dumpshockers. |
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Nov 6 2004, 11:15 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
But then you've got a giant snowshoe-sized area under which anything will get flattened, so you need a lot of clear space. ~J |
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Nov 7 2004, 08:15 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 665 Joined: 20-November 03 Member No.: 5,834 |
Yep, not like those 50 foot wide strips of pavement we need for cars.
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Nov 7 2004, 10:13 PM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
QUOTE (Moonstone Spider @ Nov 7 2004, 03:15 PM) Yep, not like those 50 foot wide strips of pavement we need for cars. That's really the point. The only advantage that humanoid mecha have over cars is agility. A mech can go places where a can't. It can maneuver in tight spaces in a way that a car can't. Ideally, it can step over obstacles. Having giant feet kind of defeats this advantage, without which a mech is just an absurdly expensive, vulnerable, and slow car. |
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Nov 9 2004, 05:17 PM
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Azrael, you're the best. This is BroJ the guy who started that project way back when. Somebody was just asking me if I still had the Word doc file from that project or the old saved threads. Unfortunately I had neither, but this will give them something. Thanks man. |
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