wouldn't it be a better idea to make the hips a little wider, to distribute the weight sideways?
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That looks remarkably like the mechs from Avatar...
Damn son, that's cheating. Unhook the ropes on it from the beam and then we'll see how well it works.
[QUOTE=gnampf;51546205]Damn son, that's cheating. Unhook the ropes on it from the beam and then we'll see how well it works.[/QUOTE]
The hooks are not holding it up there just there if it falls.
[QUOTE=gnampf;51546205]Damn son, that's cheating. Unhook the ropes on it from the beam and then we'll see how well it works.[/QUOTE]
if you look closely the ropes are slack
A few more countries involved and we can turn the showdown between the American and Japanese mechs into a Battle Royale.
So, pretty much the mechs from Avatar?
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I mean I guess they were meant to be somewhat plausible so once again reality copies fiction.
They need to team up with DARPA or some shit and make these things agile, loud and pure mean-looking
I was going to suggest they team up with Boston Dynamics so it can balance and run better.
But than I realized they would probably just bully the Korean robot by kicking it around and knocking it over.
[QUOTE=CodeMonkey3;51546762]Snip-O[/QUOTE]
If they've got it walking around without a person in it, then clearly they could do a bit more like turning it into a full fledged drone.
Naturally, I've got to ask why does avatar not have a single drone in it?
Are mechs even practical?
Apart from looking dick erectingly badass as all hell, what can they do that can't be done faster, easier and cheaper by something else?
Looks pretty damn cool but I imagine it's quite a bumpy/uncomfortable ride if it were to go at any reasonable speed based on how much the cockpit seems to shake around already.
[QUOTE=_Maverick_;51546851]Are mechs even practical?
Apart from looking dick erectingly badass as all hell, what can they do that can't be done faster, easier and cheaper by something else?[/QUOTE]
I mean, no, but fuck practical I want my mech suit damn it.
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Then again the US military is actually funding research into mech suits so they must think it has [I]some[/I] practical applications, perhaps the research will go into making better robot soldiers though, instead of ones we can get inside.
[QUOTE=_Maverick_;51546851]Are mechs even practical?
Apart from looking dick erectingly badass as all hell, what can they do that can't be done faster, easier and cheaper by something else?[/QUOTE]
When you start looking at mechs as more Knight suit then practice everything makes sense
[QUOTE=Morbo!!!;51546631]They need to team up with DARPA or some shit and make these things agile, loud and pure mean-looking[/QUOTE]
And also equip them with a nuclear railgun
[QUOTE=_Maverick_;51546851]Are mechs even practical?
Apart from looking dick erectingly badass as all hell, what can they do that can't be done faster, easier and cheaper by something else?[/QUOTE]
theoretically they would suffer from decreased armor plating due to weight limitations, but would be capable of defeating basically any form of terrain. It would be difficult for them to get stuck as a result of ground conditions. Certainly some forms of terrain may be more challenging than others, but the use of legs and the presence of arms would facilitate self recovery.
On top of that, they could better utilize cover and concealment to their advantage. Instead of having to peak the entire vehicle around a corner, a mech could use weapon mounted cameras and simply point that around, or even over, and obstacle.
They also likely could serve functions outside of combat. The use of mechanical hands as your hardpoints means that swapping tools is as simple as it is for people. Due to the human design, it also means that you can use them to rapidly construct or move just about whatever you want. Using hands to build stuff, even giant hands, is generally less awkward than most other construction equipment. The military's current powered exoskeleton designs are focusing on the use of exosuits outside of combat. Consider, with the appropriate interface, how much more rapidly cargo could be moved onto a truck with one of these instead of a forklift.
Provided you could install decent point defense, and get the armor plating decent enough to resist small arms fire, they could be an interesting addition to combat. Otherwise they would likely still play a role in logistics.
[QUOTE=Morbo!!!;51546631]They need to team up with DARPA or some shit and make these things agile, loud and pure mean-looking[/QUOTE]
And armoured, too. If SK wants to field these, they'd need to have plating good enough to resist most bullets. Especially on the legs.
But still, this is a cool fucking mech for the time period.
[QUOTE=jonu67;51546990]I mean, no, but fuck practical I want my mech suit damn it.
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DARPA is building mech suits and exoskeletons, a completely different best from two-story mechs with a pilot cabin. Those are the useful ones.
I guess a huge mecha could be useful for space exploration? The only practical use that's ever really shown is navigating terrain that's too uneven for tanks and wheeled vehicles.
what's a mech suit? a mech is a huge honking walker, so what's the suit part?
If you can make a mech dexterous enough it's really just scaled up infantry, which is the better way to use it. You can't really go for the Battletech "Mech as walking tanks" route because they can't really fill that role well by their nature. But as supersized Infantry, then yeah they can do that just fine if you work out dexterity for them.
[QUOTE=Joazzz;51547367]what's a mech suit? a mech is a huge honking walker, so what's the suit part?[/QUOTE]
A Mech suit is just a smaller almost infantry sized mech, which is the way forward mech wise.
If it was more agile and resistant to small arms fire, it'd make for an amazing infantry support vehicle, think Titanfall and not MechWarrior.
You wouldn't go against a tank with it, but it'd be great in close urban environments, as long as it's not getting shot at by anti-armor weapons.
Yeah that's one of the main problems that mills around in my head when it comes to mechs. Even if you could deploy one of those big boys in the Middle East, sending men fleeing from the imposing frame of a metal giant, some of them might get lucky with an RPG and send millions of dollaroos down the drain.
I guess I could see these more in law enforcement rather than straight up military.
If it's in military use it has to be as durable as a Nokia 3210, effective in all terrains, last for days on back up power, have cumbersome weapons fitted to it. Work in all weather etc.
So many HUNDREDS of conditions it has to meet. Because western military doesn't just look at equipment and go "yeah, that'll do." By the time you have a proper battle mechanic ready for war, you could have a few tanks for the same price.
Besides, if just a SINGLE leg goes, that's it. It's out.
Law enforcement however, wouldn't need to add much, because thankfully not every person has access to weapons capable of damaging it.
Fit it with a water cannon or something, and it would be a walking invulnerable roadblock, like a mobile operating centre.
Crazed gunman? Send the mech to stop them.
Riot? Mech.
Basically, what I'm says is...
[T]http://s.emuparadise.org/fup/up/36937-Future_Cop_L.A.P.D._[NTSC-U]-1.jpg[/t]
[B]GIVE US FUTURE COP LAPD[/B]
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