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Post by omnipotentvoid on Jul 12, 2017 8:58:40 GMT
shiolle very true, but as you said this has nothing to do with the material. As such it's not really relevant, because my point is that there is no reason to exclude fibrous/porous materials from railguns because all relevant properties are given. The problems you bring up are relevant to railguns in general, not microstructured materials specifically.
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Post by shiolle on Jul 12, 2017 9:57:23 GMT
Ok, this discussion strayed from its initial topic and I am sorry about that. I have a question though: since most of the stock materials, including boron filament you mention in the title are dielectric, is the purpose of this thread to use some modded porous materials as railgun armatures?
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Post by omnipotentvoid on Jul 12, 2017 11:48:18 GMT
Ok, this discussion strayed from its initial topic and I am sorry about that. I have a question though: since most of the stock materials, including boron filament you mention in the title are dielectric, is the purpose of this thread to use some modded porous materials as railgun armatures? No, rather to allow the use of such materials that are already in the game. I see no point in adding a duplicate boron filament material because the game won't let me use the normal one. The thread is meant to point this out and ask if there are any issues with the idea. As such you were completely right to point out your concerns and even if the conclusion wasn't on topic the discussion most certainly was. As for materials being dielectric: all materials are inevitably dielectric (save for vacuum and perhaps neutron degenerate matter). This should of course be modeled in game. Gating materials to avoid the problem is not a solution and railguns should certainly check if the voltage across rails and projectile is large enough for either to decompose. |
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Post by Dhan on Jul 13, 2017 16:48:02 GMT
Ok, this discussion strayed from its initial topic and I am sorry about that. I have a question though: since most of the stock materials, including boron filament you mention in the title are dielectric, is the purpose of this thread to use some modded porous materials as railgun armatures? I believe OP just wants to be able to use some hilariously underwhelming armature materials. |
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Post by omnipotentvoid on Jul 13, 2017 18:44:37 GMT
Ok, this discussion strayed from its initial topic and I am sorry about that. I have a question though: since most of the stock materials, including boron filament you mention in the title are dielectric, is the purpose of this thread to use some modded porous materials as railgun armatures? I believe OP just wants to be able to use some hilariously underwhelming armature materials. No, I'm just anoyed by the fact I don't have the option for no good reason. |
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