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Post by The Astronomer on Jan 6, 2017 4:57:57 GMT
I was designing a lightweight gun for drones when I noticed the aluminium that's taking over 75% of my gun's mass! In fact, they are everywhere. Virtually all of my custom stuffs use no aluminium, but aluminium appears in most, if not all of them.  Where did it came from? Note that as of now, tracers have no mass. |
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Post by Esterov on Jan 6, 2017 5:10:17 GMT
The Loader is made out of aluminium, increasing it's power consumption increases the amount of aluminium. Here's my lightweight railgun for comparison  |
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Post by The Astronomer on Jan 6, 2017 5:45:57 GMT
The Loader is made out of aluminium, increasing it's power consumption increases the amount of aluminium. Here's my lightweight railgun for comparison Oh, I see. Thanks for the answer! |
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Post by mmmfriedrice on Jan 6, 2017 16:47:46 GMT
I presume the wattage of the loader influences volume? Would it be possible to replace aluminum with a lighter, stronger material?
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Post by bigbombr on Jan 7, 2017 12:57:57 GMT
I presume the wattage of the loader influences volume? Would it be possible to replace aluminum with a lighter, stronger material? CoadE uses aluminium as a placeholder for complex electronics, you can't really replace it with a lighter materials it is just used as a stand-in for electronics. |
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Post by David367th on Jan 9, 2017 2:19:00 GMT
I presume the wattage of the loader influences volume? Would it be possible to replace aluminum with a lighter, stronger material? CoadE uses aluminium as a placeholder for complex electronics, you can't really replace it with a lighter materials it is just used as a stand-in for electronics. Somewhere in the code there's a line called DefaultMetal or something and it's defaulted to alluminium. I guess you could change it to Graphite Aerogel if you feel like being cheeky. |
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Post by bigbombr on Jan 9, 2017 14:15:37 GMT
CoadE uses aluminium as a placeholder for complex electronics, you can't really replace it with a lighter materials it is just used as a stand-in for electronics. Somewhere in the code there's a line called DefaultMetal or something and it's defaulted to alluminium. I guess you could change it to Graphite Aerogel if you feel like being cheeky. It might be interesting to look up the density of electronics. But then we'll have to separate 'real' elektronics (like the remote control) and various other electrical systems (linear accelerators from projectile weapons, electrical motors for pumps and reaction wheels, ...). |
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Post by Enderminion on Jan 16, 2017 21:25:50 GMT
Aluminium is the placeholder material for everything thats placeholded like food or water or electronics or loaders
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Post by David367th on Jan 16, 2017 21:44:36 GMT
Aluminium is the placeholder material for everything thats placeholded like food or water or electronics or loaders Food and water are still separate materials. |
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